Hume Brophy adds Eurosceptic ex-MP to its Brexit team
Comms consultancy Hume Brophy has appointed James Wharton, a former northern powerhouse and international development minister, as a senior adviser in its Brexit unit. Wharton [...]
FleishmanHillard Fishburn wins Flemish economic development brief
Economic development agency Flanders Investment & Trade has enlisted FleishmanHillard Fishburn to promote inward investment and business growth in the Flanders region in [...]
Cision PR Panel: Financial brands must beware the “London bubble”
Brexit and disruptive technologies are transforming the relationship between consumers and financial brands, a panel of experts said at last night’s Cision thought leadership [...]
PR event: Financial panel to address “Brexit comms” challenges and market disruption
With Brexit negotiations finally underway, a panel of media, fintech and PR experts will meet in London next week to discuss why it’s essential for financial services [...]
Alastair Campbell: ‘Comms will not fundamentally change because of Brexit’
Alastair Campbell is well known for his anti-Brexit views but he says comms is one industry unlikely to be affected as the UK leaves the EU. He talked to Gorkana at the [...]
Opinion: Article 50 – How comms professionals should react
And we’re off! Theresa May has finally invoked Article 50, signalling the beginning of the end of Britain’s European Union membership. The implications for business are [...]
Hanover partners with German public affairs agency
Hanover Group and German public affairs agency Johanssen + Kretschmer have partnered to support clients across their respective markets, including London, Berlin and Brussels, [...]
Brexit: It’s about to get real
As we enter the month in which Theresa May has pledged to trigger Article 50 and set in motion the UK’s exit from the European Union, Victoria Dean, head of Portland’s [...]
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 [...]
Victoria Dean to lead Portland’s Brexit unit
Portland has hired former Foreign Office employee Victoria Dean to head up its Brexit unit. Dean joined Portland as a partner this week after almost 20 years in the diplomatic [...]
Aspectus expands Brexit services
Aspectus has launched a new package of services to help firms deal with post-Brexit comms following the launch of its specialist Brexit unit. Its Brexit offer includes media [...]
Opinion: How Abba can guide you through Brexit’s comms challenge
Bill Penn, chairman at Aspectus, explains why Abba’s enduring pop hit Knowing Me, Knowing You perfectly describes how comms experts should communicate around Brexit. [...]
Instinctif Partners and BritishAmerican Business collaborate post-Brexit
PR agency, Instinctif Partners, and business network, BritishAmerican Business (BAB), have partnered to support business growth and trade between the UK and the US in the wake [...]
EU Referendum: social media analysis infographic
On June 23rd Britain took part in a momentous referendum to decide whether the country would remain within the European Union or not. 52% of the country decided to vote out. [...]
Gorkana’s Referendum round-up of key influencers and coverage
As Gorkana publishes the EU Referendum Media Digest after the landmark results, here are the figures across mainstream and social media and the top Tweets around the [...]
The road to the EU referendum
The heat has been turned up and the campaign has finally kicked off for the June 23 EU referendum on whether the UK should leave the European Union. To map the media buzz [...]
OPINION: When brands should speak up on Brexit
Andrew Clark, recently appointed public affairs director at Burson-Marsteller and a former deputy business editor of The Times, identifies four key questions business [...]
The Gorkana Weekly Industry News Brief: 20 to 26 February 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 [...]