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 […]
Flagship wins Royal Navy museum brief
The National Museum of the Royal Navy has appointed Flagship Consulting to provide a consumer PR campaign for Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, home to the HMS Victory and Mary [...]
Commonwealth Games England seeks brand partner
Commonwealth Games England (CGE) is offering the opportunity for a brand to become the lead partner for England’s Commonwealth Games team for the first time in its 85-year [...]
Plan to ensure PR Award entries shine
In a special Gorkana webinar this week, Red Consultancy MD Emily Morgan and Gorkana’s head of insight Paul Hender explained how to write a prize-winning AMEC Award entry ahead [...]
Hume Whitehead wins TruTravels brief
TruTravels, a specialist operator offering group experiences for backpackers and young travellers, has briefed travel specialist Hume Whitehead to handle its PR activity in [...]
JCDecaux appoints Propeller for UK PR brief
One of the UK’s largest outdoor advertising companies, JCDecaux, has brought in Propeller PR to raise its profile and awareness of its data and digital offering. After winning [...]
Man Bites Dog wins SME-focused accountancy brief
Accountancy firm Haines Watts has appointed Man Bites Dog to develop a long-term integrated comms and marketing programme focused on SME business owners. The consultancy [...]
Aspectus hires Mattison PR’s Julian Wadley
Aspectus has bolstered its financial services practice with the appointment of Mattison PR’s Julian Wadley as account director. Wadley will service [...]
Financial specialist Greentarget brings in duo
Financial services PR specialist Greentarget has hired Edelman’s Louise Hood and FleishmanHillard’s Matthew Thomas. As associate director, Hood will work [...]
tpr media promotes Artists Against TTIP
Artists Against TTIP, an organisation formed by UK actors and artists opposed to the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership between the EU and the US, has hired tpr [...]
Ryanair promotes O’Toole to head of IR
Ryanair has appointed Shane O’Toole as head of investor relations. He moves from his current role as an accountant in the airline’s finance team. O’Toole [...]
Case Study: Head Radical Launch
Working with top tennis star Andy Murray OBE and putting video at the heart of its campaign, Radiator and the team at Head Tennis and multi-media store Pro:Direct successfully [...]
Seven Dials wins Charles Heidsieck brief
Seven Dials has won a UK consumer comms brief from premium French champagne brand Charles Heidsieck. The agency has boosted its luxury credentials with the appointment of Tash [...]
H+K London boosts data analytics offer
Hill+Knowlton Strategies (H+K) London has hired The Social Partners’ Vinay Chhana and Ebiquity’s Thomas Jackson to bolster its data capabilities. Chhana joins as a [...]
Vision Express briefs Launch PR
Vision Express UK has appointed brand PR agency Launch PR to help raise awareness of its range of glasses frames. Launch PR has been briefed to create media experiences to [...]
Cognito picks up cloud-based fintech brief
Lanware, a provider of cloud-based, outsourced tech for financial services firms, has hired Cognito to raise its profile in the fintech community. Cognito is working with [...]
Stonegate Pub Co expands Lucre’s PR brief
Lucre has had its PR brief with Stonegate Pub Company expanded to include the company’s entire branded bar division, which includes Yates and Flares, following the agency’s [...]
Kwittken adds to management team
Kwittken London, the UK arm of international PR agency Kwittken, has appointed David Taylor, formerly the head of communications for Orange-France Telecom Europe, and Gary [...]
Costcutter Supermarkets briefs MCG
Retail business Costcutter Supermarkets Group, which owns the Costcutter and Kwiksave brands, has appointed MCG to deliver an “extensive” trade and corporate PR [...]