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 […]
AMEC to hold Government Reception at June Summit
The UK Government Communications Service will host a Government Reception with industry body AMEC at the end of the first day of this year’s AMEC International Summit on [...]
H+K promotes Team GB ahead of Rio Olympics
The British Olympic Association (BOA) has appointed Hill+Knowlton Strategies (H+K) to help unite the nation in support of Team GB, as Olympians prepare for the Rio 2016 [...]
The Gorkana Weekly Industry News Brief: 19 to 24 March 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 [...]
How the role of the financial PR has grown
In an exclusive Gorkana webinar this week, Maria Darby-Walker, Citigate Dewe Rogerson director, and Tim Metcalfe, Investor Focus Communications‘ co-founder and MD, [...]
Gorkana meets…Jelle Maasbach and BNR Nieuwsradio
You studied media, information and communications at university and wrote your dissertation on economic infographics. How, and why, did you decide to specialise in financial [...]
Beam Suntory awards global brief to LDR CREATIVE
Beam Suntory, the world’s third largest premium spirits company, has appointed LDR CREATIVE to enhance awareness of its Global Travel Retail brand portfolio and support [...]
Refresh briefed to find best ‘Window with a View’
Manchester PR agency Refresh PR has been appointed by the Glass and Glazing Federation (GGF) to create a national campaign to discover Britain’s best ‘Window with a View’. [...]
Christopher Ward briefs PHA Media
London PR agency PHA Media has been chosen by luxury men’s watch brand Christopher Ward to handle its UK PR. Christopher Ward was established in 2004 by Mike France, [...]
VSC launches financial PR unit
Victoria Sheridan Consulting (VSC) has launched a financial PR division after handling the comms around wealth manager Harwood Wealth’s IPO announcement earlier this [...]
UK’s Young PR Lions winners named
Hotwire London’s Matt Watson and Paul Stollery have won the 2016 UK Young Lions PR competition. Six teams, including two from Hotwire, were shortlisted from 41 entries to win [...]
CNC makes brace of London promotions
International strategic communications firm CNC has promoted former Independent on Sunday deputy business editor Simon Evans to director and Callum Laidlaw to senior [...]
Cohn & Wolfe appoints UK consumer marketing lead
Global comms agency Cohn & Wolfe has named Diffusion’s Tom Malcolm as its new MD of consumer marketing for the UK. Malcolm has been briefed to enhance the growth of the [...]
LEWIS’ Dean Russell launches epifny consulting
Dean Russell, former EMEA creative strategy director at LEWIS PR, has launched epifny consulting, with Bite and the Direct Marketing Association as founding clients. The new [...]
Pitch launches sponsorship division
Sports PR agency Pitch has launched a specialist sponsorship division, Pitch Partnerships, and brought Havas Sport & Entertainment Cake’s Gavin Peters to head up the new [...]
Innis & Gunn hands global comms brief to Manifest
Innis & Gunn has appointed Manifest as its global comms agency following a competitive pitch, as the Edinburgh-based craft brewer embarks on expansion plans in both the UK [...]
Citigate Manchester hires SkyParlour’s Pears
Citigate Dewe Rogerson‘s Manchester office has brought in Matthew Pears, formerly of marketing and PR firm SkyParlour, as an associate director. Pears will work on a [...]
Morrisons hires Shine @ The Academy
Morrisons, the UK’s fourth largest supermarket chain, has named Shine @ The Academy as its retained brand PR agency, following a competitive pitch. Shine @ The Academy is the [...]
Tlou Energy hands PR brief to St Brides
AIM-listed energy company Tlou Energy has brought in St Brides as its retained financial PR. Tlou Energy delivers power in Botswana and South Africa through the development of [...]