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 […]
Smartphone brand BQ hires apple tree
BQ, a European producer of smartphones, robotics and 3D printers, has appointed global brand comms agency apple tree, as it prepares to launch in the UK. Launched in Madrid [...]
Candriam hires global corporate comms head
Candriam Investors Group, the European asset manager with some €91bn (£71bn) in AUM, has hired Marion Leblanc-Wohrer as global head of corporate comms. Reporting into Candriam [...]
PR Lions names John Clinton as jury president
Edelman Canada chair John Clinton has been named as the jury president for this year’s PR Lions at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. Clinton leads a team [...]
Lansons hires Dowling for public affairs boost
Lansons has appointed James Dowling to a newly-created head of public policy role, to strengthen the consultancy’s capability in the public affairs, policy and [...]
Case Study: Stick Tennis Tour Launch
When readers of The Sun opened the paper last Friday, they were met with a challenge to take on games editor Lee Price in a game of Stick Tennis Tour 2.0 that day. Behind the [...]
Pair of account wins for FleishmanHillard Fishburn
FleishmanHillard Fishburn‘s brand marketing and corporate teams have picked up briefs to work with gardening equipment business Gardena and the non-profit Global [...]
NetBooster hands corporate brief to Rostrum
Independent European marketing agency NetBooster has hired Rostrum to raise awareness of the agency’s profile in the UK market, targeting sectors including retail, [...]
Hope&Glory expands newly-created board
Hope&Glory has brought in Portas’ former head of comms, Seb Dilleyston, and Good Relations’ former consumer director, Anna Terrell, to join its newly-created board. [...]
Behind the Headlines with Telegraph Hill’s Barry Pilling
Barry Pilling, founder and creative director at Telegraph Hill, on why he was once known as ‘Lightning’, having to dress up for a pitch and why the new way of doing things may [...]
Diffusion briefed to promote The View from The Shard
The View from The Shard has appointed Diffusion as its retained PR agency, following a competitive pitch. The View from The Shard launched in February 2013 and, at a height of [...]
RichRelevance briefs Threepipe
Tech company RichRelevance, which specialises in omnichannel personalisation, has appointed Threepipe to manage its UK press office activity. Threepipe has been briefed to [...]
Pelican makes brace of journalist hires
Communications and marketing agency Pelican Communications has hired Trinity Mirror’s Jessica Beckett and former Blackpool Gazette senior reporter Joe Robinson. Beckett [...]
Citigate Dewe Rogerson appoints Darby-Walker
Citigate Dewe Rogerson has brought in Maria Darby-Walker as senior director within its financial team. Darby-Walker has some 25 years’ experience in advising board and [...]
Consilium advises on pharma company IPO
Consilium Strategic Communications is advising pharma business Shield Therapeutics on its proposed listing on London’s AIM market, following the company’s recent [...]
The Cult directors open Virtual Reality agency
Charli Morgan and Matt Glass, directors of London PR agency The Cult PR have launched a new virtual reality company, Cultural Reality Co., to offer consultancy to journalists, [...]
Bench hands UK brief to Coffin on Cake PR
Coffin on Cake PR has been appointed by global fashion brand Bench to handle its UK comms activity. Founded in the UK in 1989, Bench is represented in 34 countries in Europe [...]
Lexis names heads of digital and social media
Lexis has enhanced its digital team with four new hires, including Microsoft’s Virginie Luce as head of digital and Cheil’s Geoff Desreumaux as head of social media. Luce has [...]
Hume Brophy’s public affairs unit hires Martin
Independent international comms consultancy Hume Brophy has hired The Communication Group’s Chris Martin as a director in its UK public affairs division. Martin has some [...]