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 […]
Gorkana meets… passportstamps.uk
Freelance travel writer Helen Wright talks to Gorkana‘s Richard Caldecourt about launching consumer travel site passportstamps.uk, why she’s keen to showcase less [...]
Cohn & Wolfe’s Price joins firstlight
Independent comms agency firstlight has expanded its team with six hires, including Anna Price who joins as associate director from Cohn & Wolfe‘s corporate team. [...]
Buchanan advises Watkin Jones on IPO
Construction company Watkin Jones has appointed Buchanan to advise the group on its AIM IPO, which is the largest AIM IPO fundraising this year, and its ongoing financial [...]
60 seconds with Tim Williamson, Cognito
Tim Willliamson, MD of Cognito‘s APAC region, on the challenges of communicating in different countries, how his journalistic ‘nosiness’ led to a career in [...]
H+K London Healthcare boosts Content+Publishing approach
Hill + Knowlton Strategies (H+K) Chicago’s Jessi Langsen has joined the agency’s London office to lead the Content + Publishing approach for its Healthcare sector business. [...]
Tangerine picks up telecoms security brief
HAUD, a telecoms security business, has hired Tangerine to increase brand awareness and engage key influencers as part of a global brief. The company works with mobile [...]
Smarts Communicate opens London office
Belfast-based Smarts Communicate has opened a new London office and brought in Good Relations’ Helen Rainford to head it up. The PR and content agency, which currently works [...]
LightBrigade MD Alan Twigg joins Way to Blue
LightBrigade MD Alan Twigg has joined global comms agency Way to Blue as head of consumer. Twigg left Fishburn Hedges’ consumer arm, Seventy Seven, as managing partner four [...]
Montfort hires TLG founder Gooderham
Montfort Communications, the financial and strategic PR agency, has appointed TLG founder and former FTI Consulting senior MD Malcolm Gooderham to lead its new corporate and [...]
Behind the Headlines with Wei-UK’s Cecilia Yan
Ruojun “Cecilia” Yan, head of PR and social at Chinese speciality consumer engagement agency Wei-UK Consulting, on aligning Western and Chinese media objectives for clients, [...]
Sky Betting & Gaming brings in FTI
Sky Betting & Gaming, the independent online gambling firm, has appointed FTI Consulting as its retained corporate comms adviser, following a competitive pitch process. [...]
Headset maker Jabra appoints LEWIS
Jabra, which develops headsets and audio devices for use by businesses and consumers, has brought in LEWIS as lead communications agency to deliver PR services in the UK, US, [...]
Hollins Communications supports cyber security IPO
Osirium Limited, a cyber security solutions provider, has called upon Hollins Communications to provide support around its IPO having today announced its intention to float. [...]
Secret Cinema briefs Unity
Unity has been appointed by Secret Cinema to handle the launch of its nationwide show, post-apocalyptic horror film 28 Days Later. It will deliver a wide-ranging brief, which [...]
Gough Bailey Wright promotes NYM Railway
Gough Bailey Wright has been appointed by North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR) to handle its PR and marketing strategy, as it welcomes the Flying Scotsman to its tracks. The [...]
Shutterstock UK briefs MWW PR
Shutterstock, a global picture and music provider and licensing agency, has brought in MWW PR to provide UK corporate PR support raise awareness for its new products among [...]
The Gorkana Weekly Industry News Brief: 12 to 18 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 [...]
Claremont’s Henry Playfoot wins 2016 Suzy Ferguson Spirit Award
Henry Playfoot, strategy director at Claremont, is this year’s winner of the Suzy Ferguson Spirit Award, having been praised for his ‘strong integrity, principles and ethics’ [...]