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 […]
GK Strategy launches ‘GK Intelligent Planning’
GK Strategy has launched a planning communications service GK Intelligent Planning as it looks for further integration of its public affairs, media relations and digital [...]
Clementine Communications wins Metaxa UK account
Clementine Communications has secured Metaxa’s UK PR brief following a successful re-launch event for Metaxa 12 Star at London’s Hoxton Hotel last October, with new brand [...]
LD Communications wins Vevo brief
Online music video platform Vevo has appointed LD Communications as its UK consumer PR agency, following a five-way pitch. LD has been briefed to create a mix of product and [...]
AEW UK appoints Temple Bar Advisory for IPO
AEW UK Investment Management has appointed Temple Bar Advisory as its financial PR advisor to the AEW UK Long Lease REIT, which is seeking to raise up to £150m from an IPO. [...]
Clifford French to drive Glenmorangie’s Open campaign
Glenmorangie has appointed Clifford French to activate its sponsorship of the 146th Open Championship at Southport’s Royal Birkdale Golf Club in July. The sports and [...]
Tangerine to publicise Motoring.co.uk re-brand
Motoring.co.uk has chosen Manchester-based PR agency Tangerine to publicise its re-branding project and manage its print and digital communications. Brand incubator Garage [...]
Maisons du Monde hires Mischief as UK PR agency
Mischief has been chosen as the first retained UK consumer PR agency for interiors retailer Maisons du Monde (UK), following a competitive pitch. Mischief will handle the [...]
Social Communications hires Tony Whittingham
PR & Public Affairs consultancy Social Communications has hired account director Tony Whittingham, who will lead on marketing services for its growing list of clients [...]
Clarity PR to promote portable vapourizers
Firefly has enlisted Clarity PR to handle UK communications for its range of portable vapourizers, created by ex-Apple designer Mark Williams and Silicon Valley entrepreneur [...]
Proptech lettings business Lavanda appoints Farrer Kane
Farrer Kane has been appointed by Lavanda, the disruptive challenger brand, to manage its media communications. By using the home sharing economy to monetise otherwise void [...]
Filta Group Holdings hires Redleaf Communications
Redleaf Communications has been hired by Filta Group Holdings, the global provider of Cooking Oil Filtration & Fryer Management Services to restaurants and other [...]
Yellow Jersey PR makes two appointments
Yellow Jersey PR has appointed Evie Lelliott as operations manager and Abena Affum as senior account executive. Lelliot joins Yellow Jersey from BMW where she was the central [...]
MSLGroup promotes Anthony Poncier as head of social and digital for EMEA
MSLGroup has promoted Anthony Poncier to head of social and digital for EMEA, following James Warren’s move to become strategic development director earlier in the year. [...]
The PR Office wins Invertex brief
Invertex has hired London-based agency The PR Office to promote its scan-to-fit guided shopping experience platforms. The agency will spearhead a campaign to bolster the [...]
Government approves new PR and communications apprenticeship
The government has approved a new Public Relations and Communications Assistant apprenticeship for delivery from autumn 2017. It was developed by a group of 23 employers [...]
Stuart Anderson launches Alpha Public Relations
Clarion Wealth Planning Limited’s former head of marketing and communications, Stuart Anderson, has today launched specialist financial consultancy Alpha Public Relations. The [...]
Hertz hands pan-European brief to Smarts Communicate and Stack
MSQ-owned agencies Smarts Communicate and Stack have been named as the joint pan-European content agency for car rental company Hertz, following a six-way pitch. Stack, [...]
Hacks vs. Flaks announces charity bike ride
The first Hacks vs. Flaks charity bike ride will take place on Sunday, July 2, raising money for Dimbleby Cancer Care. Billed as a networking event for journalists and PR [...]