Fusion Media wins Evans Cycles PR and social media brief
Evans Cycles, the UK’s largest high street cycling retailer, has awarded its PR and social media brief to endurance sports specialist Fusion Media. The agency is tasked with [...]
Opinion: Why a PR award for creativity is what the industry needs
Launch founder Johnny Pitt gives his views on “traditional” awards ceremonies and reveals why he started The Creative Shootout – an award that involves a live creative pitch. [...]
Seymour PR launches organic feminine care range Kind Organic
Kind Organic, the UK’s first organic feminine care range for sensitive skin, has appointed Seymour PR on a two-month consumer and trade press office brief. Carie Barkhuizen, [...]
Text100 appoints Rod Cartwright as EMEA regional director
Marketing comms agency Text100 has announced former Ketchum global corporate lead Rod Cartwright as its new EMEA regional director. He will take over from Cecile Missildine, [...]
PR Case Study: Taylor Herring – Art of the Nation
Taylor Herring helped launch Samsung’s new TV, The Frame, by teaming up with The Culture Show’s Miranda Sawyer to reveal Banksy’s Balloon Girl as the nation’s favourite [...]
Good Relations wins Lidl consumer PR brief
Lidl has appointed PR and content agency Good Relations as its retained consumer PR agency, following a competitive pitch. The brief will see Good Relations work alongside the [...]
Impero wins Richmond Sausages digital brief
Richmond Sausages has appointed Impero to deliver a refreshed digital strategy for the brand, following a competitive pitch. Having already launched a new website to align [...]
Meet the Journalist: Sunday People columnist, Melanie Blake
Following the launch of her TV review column in Sunday People and Mirror Online, Gorkana’s Yasmine Hajji caught up with Melanie Blake about her [...]
This week’s PR news in brief (4-8 September)
Here is a round-up of essential PR stories, people news and account wins that have been announced over the past week. Account wins CIPD, a professional body for HR and people [...]
Marketing expert Jay Baer reviews the Cision Communications Cloud
Jay Baer, a New York Times best-selling author and product marketing expert, recently reviewed the Cision Communications Cloud (TM) on his popular technology show Marketing [...]
Headland wins Lidl UK brief
Lidl UK has appointed Headland for a wide-ranging brief spanning public affairs, senior communications advice, press office support and corporate and financial PR. Led by [...]
InStyle: We’ll help you give your stories that exclusive twist
“I think we’re the only magazine brand that’s doing digital really, really well,” Charlotte Moore, InStyle’s editor-in-chief, told a packed room of comms professionals at [...]
Wonderland Communications wins Kraft Heinz UK brief
Kraft Heinz, the world’s fifth-largest food and beverage company, has awarded 18-month-old Wonderland Communications a place on its UK roster following a six-way pitch. The [...]
Frank becomes first UK PR agency to accept Bitcoin payments
Frank has announced today that it will become the first UK PR agency to accept payment for its services in Bitcoin, the virtual currency. The agency expects its move to [...]
George Osborne: Journalism is a lot more fun than politics
Former Chancellor George Osborne this week talked at an exclusive London Press Club event sponsored by Cision about his new job as editor of the London Evening Standard, his [...]
Government special adviser joins Burson-Marsteller
Burson-Marsteller UK has hired former Downing Street adviser Meg Powell-Chandler as a director in its public affairs team. Powell-Chandler ran as the Conservative candidate in [...]
Orchard PR management buyout sees Chris Chilton and Brooke Kenyon take the helm
Orchard PR’s Brooke Kenyon and Chris Chilton have acquired the communications agency from founders Steve and Lois Falla. Kenyon is now client services director and Chilton is [...]
This week’s PR news in brief (28 August – 1 September)
Here is a round-up of all the essential PR stories, people news and account wins that have been announced over the past week. Account wins YO! has selected W as its retained [...]