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 […]
PHA Media wins PR brief for Ideal Flatmate
PHA Media has been appointed by new flatsharing website Ideal Flatmate to handle its comms activity. Ideal Flatmate is an online accommodation matchmaking service that matches [...]
Aspectus makes hire to financial services team
Annabel Rivero has joined Aspectus’ London-based financial services team. She joins Aspectus from Lansons, where she spent more than three years representing clients in [...]
CLC World hands UK PR brief to PR Agency One
PR Agency One has been appointed by CLC World Resorts & Hotels, Europe’s largest independent resort operator, to handle its UK PR and marketing activity. The agency has [...]
ilk launches London operation
Nev Ridley and Shaun Beaumont, owners of Leeds-based PR agency ilk, have invested £185,000 into the opening of a new London office and appointed client services director Beth [...]
CNC appoints two new partners
Communications and Network Consulting (CNC) has promoted Oliver Mann and Harald Kinzler to its partner team. Mann and Kinzler, currently managing directors based in London and [...]
Portland hires former Michael Gove adviser
Portland has hired Henry Cook, a former adviser to Michael Gove, as associate director in its Brexit unit. Before joining Portland, Cook was special adviser to Gove for four [...]
MRM appointed by asset manager RWC Partners
RWC Partners, the independent investment manager, has appointed financial services PR consultancy MRM. MRM will be responsible for RWC’s external communications, both [...]
Henry Boot hires Hudson Sandler
Henry Boot plc has hired Hudson Sandler as its retained financial and corporate communications adviser. The Hudson Sandler team, led by managing director Nick Lyon and [...]
Benefit appoints We Are Social
Benefit Cosmetics has appointed We Are Social as its digital and social agency for Benefit UK and Ireland. Benefit has briefed We Are Social to develop 360 digital campaigns [...]
Buchanan wins trio of mining accounts
Buchanan has added Tharisa plc, Berkeley Energia and Silver Bear Resources to its roster of mining companies. Bobby Morse, senior partner, will lead the accounts, supported by [...]
Bite wins Rocket Fuel brief
Rocket Fuel, a global predictive marketing company, has appointed Bite to handle all UK comms activity, following a competitive pitch. Rocket Fuel uses artificial intelligence [...]
TVPlayer briefs Clarity PR
Clarity PR has been chosen to handle the consumer PR for live TV streaming service TVPlayer. Founded by Adam Smith, TVPlayer is an online freemium Over The Top (OTT) TV [...]
Most read people news on Gorkana News
Your bitesize update on the latest People News and Moves featured on Gorkana News: Richard Parkinson becomes global creative director at Text100 Next 15-owned global marketing [...]
Jonathan Bird joins Hillgate
PR and brand comms agency Hillgate has brought in Worldstores Group’s Jonathan Bird as an associate director. Bird was previously head of PR and brand partnerships at [...]
British Business Bank appoints MHP Communications
MHP Communications will provide British Business Bank, the UK’s national economic development bank, with PR and corporate comms support. MHP will help the bank to meet its [...]
Publicis Health rebrands PR and medical education agency
Publicis Health’s PR and medical education agency has been renamed Publicis Resolute. Along with the new name, the agency has launched a new website, new social media channels [...]
This week’s top trending features on Gorkana News
Your bitesize update on the best PR opinion, interviews, events and insights on Gorkana News this week: Opinion: 9 social media predictions for 2017 We’re only two weeks into [...]
Thinkhouse wins global Protein World brief and promotes Kardashian collaboration
Health supplement brand Protein World has appointed youth marketing agency Thinkhouse as its lead creative and strategic global agency for 2017, which includes a “major [...]