Case Study: National Wallpaper Week for Graham & Brown
When designer wallpaper brand Graham & Brown wanted to launch a National Wallpaper Week, Citypress set in motion a campaign to showcase wallpaper as art, which included a [...]
Tin Man to launch Instagram app Takumi to connect brands with ‘influencers’
Tin Man has been chosen to launch Takumi, a free app which aims to “revolutionise the way brands engage with influencers on Instagram”, following a three-way pitch. Takumi [...]
Gorkana meets…Jazz FM’s Business Breakfast
Michael Wilson, presenter of Jazz FM’s Business Breakfast, on being the “Robert Palmer of the business world”, imagining the “typical” listener [...]
Gorkana meets…Daily Telegraph Stylist and Shopping
Sophie Warburton, stylist and shopping editor at the Daily Telegraph, on relaunching the fashion website, the mix of high end and high street content and why PRs need to place [...]
John Lewis seeks agency
John Lewis is on the hunt for a PR agency to develop and deliver a campaign for its new flagship shop in Leeds, which is due to open in late 2016. John Lewis will be the [...]
Gorkana meets…Daily Mirror’s Clemmie Moodie
Clemmie Moodie, associate features editor at the Daily Mirror, on being very upfront with PRs, having no set readers and an unfortunate incident involving the world’s [...]
Gorkana meets…Attitude
Gorkana catches up with Attitude editor Matthew Todd on celebrating the gay men’s magazine’s 21st birthday and launching the inaugural Attitude Pride Awards. [...]
Pitch your way to better coverage
Gorkana rounds up key learnings from our journalist interviews and briefings over the last six months to help you get the coverage of your dreams Know the essentials Being [...]
Gorkana meets…The Independent and Evening Standard
Simon Neville, retail correspondent at The Independent and the Evening Standard on tackling zero-hour contracts, being naturally cynical and standing up for the little guy. [...]
Ex-Brunswick exec launches advisory agency
David Yelland, a former partner at Brunswick and ex-editor of The Sun, has launched Kitchen Table Partners, an individual-focused advisory firm. David launched KTP on Friday [...]
Gorkana meets…Financial Times
Kiran Stacey, political correspondent at the Financial Times, on the decline of spinning, the myth that British politicians are boring and getting robust polling data from PRs [...]
Gorkana meets…Guido Fawkes
Guido Fawkes’ editor Paul Staines, political correspondent Alex Wickham and tech reporter Jeremy Wilson on the launch of Techno Guido, running a million miles from [...]
Behind the Headlines with Alex Clough
Alex Clough, social media director at Splendid Communications, on using his Nan as a success barometer, why the industry needs to desperately improve on measurement and giving [...]
Lidl hires PR manager
Lidl has appointed Green Row’s Maya Orr as its new PR manager. Maya joins a five-strong PR team, led by Lidl’s acting head of PR, Georgina O’Donnell. She will work alongside [...]
Gorkana meets…LBC
In the first of our Election 2015 special interviews, we speak to Iain Dale, the Drivetime show presenter on LBC Radio, on the importance of broadcast during the campaign, the [...]
Were you fooled?
PRs were busy this morning peddling the annual batch of April Fools’ Day stories.. Tesco is planning to revolutionise shopping with the introduction of [...]
Gorkana meets…Ars Technica UK
Ahead of the launch of Ars Technica UK next month, Conde Nast UK’s first digital-only publication, Gorkana catches up with senior editor Sebastian Anthony on geeky readers, [...]
Metro Bank recruits comms director
Peter Murray joins the challenger bank as director of communications, heading up its growing comms team. Peter, who reports into Metro Bank CEO Craig Donaldson, joins from [...]