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 […]
White Paper: Crisis comms in the evolving media landscape
Everyone – from organisations to individuals – is vulnerable to crises. When it comes to crisis situations the question is not if it will affect your brand or [...]
State Street appoints EMEA PR manager
Financial services group State Street has hired Citigate’s Lauren Willington as EMEA PR manager. Willington will be part of an in-house PR team of four and report to Noreen [...]
Nelson Bostock Unlimited secures Criteo UK brief
Global digital marketing company Criteo has appointed Nelson Bostock Unlimited as its UK PR agency, following a competitive pitch. Criteo currently works with more than 10,000 [...]
TotallyMoney.com briefs Citypress on consumer PR
Credit comparison site TotallyMoney.com has brought in Citypress as its retained PR agency, with a brief to raise the profile of the brand among consumers. Founded in [...]
Jenna Keighley joins Racepoint Global as VP
Racepoint Global has enhanced its tech practice team with the appointment of Nelson Bostock Unlimited’s Jenna Keighley as vice president. Keighley was a board director at [...]
Behind the Headlines with Riot co-founder Preena Gadher
Preena Gadher, co-founder and co-MD of arts and culture specialist agency Riot Communications, on her days of being like Charlie Bucket, what got her “hooked on” [...]
Gorkana nominated for 13 AMEC Awards
Gorkana is proud to announce that we have been shortlisted for a record-breaking 13 awards at the 2016 AMEC awards ceremony taking place in London, on June 16. The awards [...]
Finsbury and Hering Schuppener form partnership
WPP-owned financial PR groups Finsbury and Hering Schuppener have formed a strategic partnership. Under a unified brand entity, the partnership will offer a global platform [...]
Weber Shandwick partners with Professor Noreena Hertz
Weber Shandwick has partnered with economist, author and honorary professor at UCL Noreena Hertz to explore how brands engage with ‘Generation K’. Weber’s partnership [...]
60 seconds with Tom Blackwell, EM
Tom Blackwell, CEO at EM, on why there is no such thing as a ‘dull mandate’ in Russia, his admiration for Alibaba’s Jack Ma and the challenge of finding the [...]
The BIG Partnership wins Glasgow Science Centre brief
Glasgow Science Centre has appointed The BIG Partnership to help promote the scientific institution and the benefits of science to a range of audiences over the coming year. [...]
Ketchum hires Red’s Saska Graville
Red deputy editor Saska Graville has joined Ketchum London as director of consumer lifestyle. Graville was previously deputy editor at Red, where she worked on the [...]
Unity hires ad veteran Caroline Blainey
Caroline Blainey, advertising industry veteran and former senior art director at the Guardian, has joined Unity as creative director. Blainey will take overall [...]
CLCA adds new member firm in Paris
The Crisis and Litigation Communicators Alliance (CLCA) has announced Aria Partners as a new member firm from Paris. Aria Partners is the first member from France to join the [...]
The Gorkana Weekly Industry News Brief: 9 to 15 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 [...]
World Retail Congress: What PRs need to know
This week’s World Retail Congress (12-14 April) emphasised the need for retailers to create an all-encompassing experience for consumers as global sales slow and brand [...]
BISSELL chooses Speed
Carpet cleaning specialist BISSELL has appointed Speed Communications to handle its UK brand comms, following a competitive pitch. Speed has been retained to help BISSELL [...]
Ogilvy’s Lara Leventhal joins Spider PR as MD
Lara Leventhal, Ogilvy PR’s deputy MD, has left the WPP-owned agency to take on the newly-created role of MD at Spider PR. Leventhal (pictured left) joins Spider after an [...]