British Cycling hires Cogent Elliott
Cogent Elliott has been chosen by British Cycling, the governing body of cycle sport in the UK, to handle film and online digital activity for two of its national programmes, [...]
Joe Barnes joins W as head of digital
W has enhanced its digital division with the appointment of Deep Focus London’s Joe Barnes as head of digital. Barnes will work alongside W’s senior leadership team, which [...]
Behind the Headlines with Fever’s Jo Chappel
Jo Chappel, creative director at Fever, on finding those eureka ideas during the most menial of tasks, launching a “Culture Vulture” programme to enhance [...]
Spreckley to promote copper-embedded clothing
PR agency Spreckley has been engaged to launch Copper 88, a range of copper-embedded compression garments, in the UK through trade and consumer media relations. The client is [...]
Cunard appoints Samsung’s Rachel Lloyd
Luxury travel brand Cunard has appointed Samsung’s Rachel Lloyd as head of PR. Lloyd will be responsible for driving the company’s PR and social media strategy globally. She [...]
Monarch hires Freuds director David Page
Airline group Monarch has appointed David Page as its new group head of communications. Page’s brief covers internal and external communications and CSR. He will report to [...]
Temple Bar Advisory aids Upham IPO plans
Corporate and financial PR agency Temple Bar Advisory is working for Upham Group, a pub operator with its own craft brewery, as it plans to raise up to £12m through an AIM [...]
Museum of London appoints Threepipe for social campaign
Digital marketing and PR firm Threepipe has won a competitive pitch to develop a social strategy to promote Fire! Fire!, the Museum of London‘s next major exhibition [...]
MCPR announces Brixton Beach Boulevard win
Brixton Beach Boulevard, a summer pop up venue opening in London next month, has appointed Murray Chalmers PR (MCPR) to handle its communications. The fully interactive new [...]
City Hypnosis hires PHA Media for ‘Changing Perceptions’ campaign
City Hypnosis, a therapy clinic based in Chancery Lane, London, has appointed PHA Media to launch a comprehensive new PR campaign titled ‘Changing Perceptions’. [...]
Charity fundraising regulator appoints Pagefield
A new fundraising regulator for the charity sector has appointed Pagefield on comms and press office support ahead of its launch later in the year. The Fundraising Regulator, [...]
The Gorkana Weekly Industry News Brief: 16 to 22 April 2016
Missed out on this week’s PR News? Get your handy round-up of the essential highlights of PR and media stories, features and events content over the last seven days on Gorkana [...]
News coverage drives charity campaigns, finds Gorkana survey
Gorkana’s first Charity Attitudes Benchmarking Survey shows how positive and negative media coverage can affect charity campaign success and, in particular, how positive media [...]
Sunfly Karaoke appoints Quite Great PR
Sunfly Karaoke, provider of karaoke hardware and music tracks, has appointed Quite Great to handle its communications. In addition to handling Sunfly’s PR, Quite Great [...]
Countryfile’s live event appoints House PR
Ahead of the launch of Countryfile Live, SME London Ltd, under licence from BBC worldwide, has appointed House PR to lead and activate the PR strategy around the first event. [...]
Virgin Holidays appoints Kelly Grindle as PR lead
Virgin Holidays has appointed Kelly Grindle as a PR lead as it looks to refresh its external communications. Grindle will be responsible for overseeing all PR and external [...]
RNLI Mayday campaign goes to Red Consultancy
The RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution) has appointed Red Consultancy to support its Mayday fundraising campaign, after a competitive pitch. Annually, the charity runs [...]
instinct pr wins Monster Jam account
Monster Jam, which claims to be the world’s largest monster truck tour, has appointed instinct pr, a London-based consumer PR agency, to handle its comms. The Monster [...]