Why it’s time for CMOs to embrace PR and comms
What you’re about to read might sound like bad news. But for businesses that arm themselves with the right tools, it actually represents a huge opportunity just waiting to be realised. You see, consumer trust is falling across the board. Global research firm Nielsen reports that consumers now trust print, TV and radio ads less […]
Yakult briefs Launch PR
Yakult has appointed Launch PR to amplify its support of double Olympic medallist and British swimming champion Jazz Carlin. Launch PR has also been briefed to promote [...]
David Buik to host PRCA City and Financial Awards
The PRCA (Public Relations and Communications Association) has announced that David Buik, a business and financial correspondent for the BBC and other international TV [...]
Most read people news on Gorkana News
Your bitesize update on the latest People News and Moves featured on Gorkana News: Senior ITN broadcast journalist Tim Singleton has been appointed director of comms for the [...]
itsu [grocery] hires John Doe
John Doe has been handed a consumer PR brief by Asian food brand itsu [grocery] to support a selection of its key retail products during the winter months. itsu [grocery] and [...]
OneFifty adds social influencer to its team
Social and digital engagement consultancy OneFifty has brought in UK lifestyle, travel and fitness blogger Natalie Glaze as a relationship manager. Glaze, who was nominated [...]
Dentons launches public affairs network
Law firm Dentons will launch a free network for public affairs firms in early 2017. The worldwide network will be called Nextlaw Global Public Affairs Network and Dentons has [...]
Victoria Dean to lead Portland’s Brexit unit
Portland has hired former Foreign Office employee Victoria Dean to head up its Brexit unit. Dean joined Portland as a partner this week after almost 20 years in the diplomatic [...]
Simba Sleep extends Exposure’s UK brief to include Europe
Exposure London has won a new pan-European brief from online mattress company Simba Sleep, three months after being named as the brand’s retained UK consumer agency. [...]
JPES Partners makes new hires
Communications consultancy to the investment industry, JPES Partners, has hired Tahmina Mannan and Roya Abbasi to join its team as senior client manager and senior client [...]
This week’s top trending features on Gorkana News
Your bitesize update on the best PR opinion, interviews, events and insights on Gorkana News this week: Opinion: What corporate brands should learn from Trump’s victory in a [...]
ITV News deputy editor to head DfID comms team
Senior ITN broadcast journalist Tim Singleton has been appointed director of comms for the Department for International Development (DfID). He is currently deputy editor and [...]
Fake news: why it’s a real issue for PR
With ‘post-truth’ announced this week as word of the year by Oxford Dictionaries, Howard Bowden, media trainer and co-founder of Generation, looks at the rise and [...]
Swiss Finance Startups chooses Aspectus
Aspectus will manage international media relations for Swiss Finance Startups (SFS). SFS says it requires a communications partner to help it build the profile of Swiss [...]
C5 Capital appoints Hudson Sandler
London-based fund manager C5 Capital has appointed Hudson Sandler as its retained advisor for strategic communications. C5 Capital is a family capital-backed technology [...]
Yellow Jersey PR makes three appointments
Financial, corporate and brand communications agency Yellow Jersey PR has hired account director Clare Glynn from FTI Consulting, and account executives Katie Bairsto and [...]
The PR agency of the future panel event
At an exclusive panel event last night, agency and industry leaders from Ketchum, Edelman, Hanson Search and Gorkana looked to the future and discussed what PR agencies will [...]
Threepipe to promote the “luckiest town” in the UK
Threepipe has been brought in by The Romford Town Management Partnership (RTMP) to help position the town as the “luckiest town” in the UK. The agency has also won a brief [...]
Palm PR promotes SAVOURSMITHS
Palm PR has been appointed by the family behind Russell Smith Farms to manage the launch of crisp brand SAVOURSMITHS. Produced from potatoes and rapeseed oil from the family [...]