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 […]
Charlotte Street Partners launches media training practice
Strategic communications consultancy Charlotte Street Partners has created a media training and client film practice. It is headed by John Boothman (pictured), who has joined [...]
Forster calls on PR industry to act during Mental Health Awareness Week
With more than a third of PR professionals saying they have experienced, or been diagnosed with, mental illness, Amanda Powell Smith, CEO of Forster Communications, believes [...]
The Banker appoints Launch PR to promote Top 1000 banks list
FT-owned title The Banker has appointed Launch PR to promote its annual ranking of the Top 1000 World Banks for the sixth consecutive year. Launch PR is set to focus on [...]
Euronext retains Montfort Comms as UK strategic adviser
European stock exchange Euronext has retained Montfort Communications as its UK strategic communications adviser. Hugh Morrison, Montfort’s founding partner, will lead the [...]
Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte briefs Sopexa UK
Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte, the third largest retail Champagne brand in the UK, has handed a PR brief to Sopexa UK, as it celebrates its 40th anniversary. The brand is [...]
Typhoo hands social media brief to Spider PR
Spider PR has been appointed to handle the social media strategy for Typhoo, with a brief to promote the tea brand’s current advertising campaign, ‘Great moments. Great brew. [...]
UDG Healthcare buys Pegasus for £16.8m
Brighton-based healthcare comms specialist Pegasus has been acquired by UDG Healthcare, a FTSE 250 listed international provider of outsourced healthcare services, for £16.8 [...]
Parker Fitzgerald appoints Newgate Communications
Specialist management consultancy, Parker Fitzgerald (PFG), has appointed Newgate Communications to advise on its corporate communications and marketing strategy. The Newgate [...]
News apps: how they’ve changed the newsroom and why it matters in PR
News apps and new software are growing in importance for newsbrands and have even changed the dynamics within newsrooms and the way journalists work. Comms professionals from [...]
Taylor Herring launches latest #GreatStarts for Kellogg’s Team GB sponsorship
Taylor Herring has unveiled its latest creative for the Kellogg’s #GreatStarts Olympic Campaign, releasing a video of team GB athlete Louis Smith demonstrating a “unique” [...]
W wins six-figure brief to promote Ryvita
Ryvita has handed W a six-figure PR, digital and influencer engagement brief, as the British crispbread brand looks to engage with a “new generation” of consumers. W, which [...]
Charlotte Street Partners creates IR and healthcare practices
Strategic communications consultancy Charlotte Street Partners has appointed two new partners and created new investor relations and healthcare practices. Investor relations [...]
Finkelstein, Roberts and Lund to advise BritainThinks
Communications research consultancy BritainThinks has established an advisory board consisting of The Times‘ Daniel Finkelstein OBE, Mumsnet’s Justine Roberts and [...]
For Goodness Shakes hires Well Hello
Ready-to-drink protein and nutrition brand For Goodness Shakes has hired Well Hello to launch its new Protein Water and Protein Coconut Water offering. For Goodness Shakes’ [...]
Home appliances firm chooses Brazen for UK push
Home appliances company SharkNinja has appointed Brazen as its first UK PR agency, with a brief to ‘own the screen’ for its two brands, Shark and Ninja. The [...]
FWD wins retained comms brief from YFM Equity Partners
Private equity investor YFM Equity Partners (YFM) has appointed FWD as its retained PR and comms consultancy. With offices in Leeds, London, Manchester, Birmingham and [...]
PR behind Movember joins M&C Saatchi PR
M&C Saatchi PR has enhanced its UK senior management team with the appointment of Dan Cooper, the man behind the PR launch of the Movember Foundation across Europe and, [...]
Three tips for PR job seekers looking for the right role
Gorkana Jobs is launching a new dedicated PR alert this week and to mark the occasion Gorkana jobs manager Ashley Richardson gives us an insider’s view of the PR jobs [...]