Hotwire promotes Alex MacLaverty to global COO
Consumer and corporate PR agency Hotwire has promoted Alex MacLaverty from EMEA and ANZ managing director to global chief operating officer. She will report to Barbara [...]
Chivas Brothers awards global PR brief to Cirkle
Chivas Brothers, the whisky and gin business from Pernod Ricard, has appointed Cirkle to drive fame for its Scotch whisky brand, Royal Salute, ahead of a festive gift pack [...]
Brands2Life wins Moonpig PR and social media brief
Brands2Life has landed the consumer PR and social brief for personalised card and gift retailer Moonpig following a competitive pitch. The agency’s remit is to drive broader [...]
Virgin Trains appoints Kaper for PR and social media
Virgin Trains has appointed Kaper to handle its PR and social media work following a competitive pitch consolidating the briefs into one agency for the first time. Virgin [...]
Gong signs up for B Corp status
B2B agency Gong Communications has joined the growing global collection of B Corporations, which have met “rigorous standards” of social and environmental [...]
Opinion: How PR campaigns should represent the LGBTQ community
This Pride month, Jeff Ingold, account manager at W Communications, walks us through the “dos” and “don’ts” for representing and engaging the [...]
This week’s PR news in brief (19-23 June)
Here is a round-up of the essential PR stories, account and pitch wins and people news that have been announced over the last week. Account wins Australian financial [...]
60 Seconds with RB’s Sejal Sachdev
Following the RB & Lions Health Innovation Hack, we caught up with Sejal Sachdev, RB’s research and development communications manager, about this year’s winning campaign, [...]
Big Partnership in £600,000 new business boost
Glaswegian communications agency Big Partnership is celebrating a raft of new business worth more than £600,000 across the energy, construction, leisure and sports sectors. [...]
60 Seconds with Mercieca’s Pete Calvert
Pete Calvert, Mercieca’s creative director, reveals why he believes media intelligence software is an essential part of the modern PR toolkit, what it means to be a truly [...]
Clementine Communications wins Il Gusto
Food and gift brand Il Gusto has appointed Clementine Communications to handle its trade and consumer media relations and promote its range of oils, vinegars, spirits and [...]
M&C Saatchi acquires Levergy
M&C Saatchi PLC announced its acquisition of award-winning South African sports and entertainment agency Levergy today. The integrated agency, which offers PR services, [...]
Cannes 2017: PR recognised at Cannes Health & Wellness Lions
Ketchum, Edelman and Weber have been awarded Cannes Health & Wellness Lions for their work with wider advertising and marketing groups. For the first time this year, the [...]
Cannes 2017: Judges to name Young Lions PR champions tonight
The world’s best young PR team will be named tonight at the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity, when a panel of judges announces who has won the 2017 Young Lions [...]
Flight compensation service AirHelp briefs Diffusion
AirHelp has appointed Diffusion as its retained PR agency, following a competitive pitch process. Diffusion has been briefed to build brand awareness with national consumer, [...]
easyHotel appoints Houston PR for corporate and consumer brief
Houston PR has been appointed by easyHotel, the international super-budget hotel chain on a combined Capital Markets, corporate and consumer brief following a competitive [...]
PrettyGreen to promote Drinkaware campaign
PrettyGreen has been appointed by Drinkaware to help promote their ‘have a little less, feel a lot better’ campaign aimed at reducing consumption of alcohol amongst men aged [...]
This week’s PR News in Brief (5-9 June)
Here’s a round-up of the essential PR stories, features and events news that have broken over the last week (5-9 June 2017). Pitch wins The Shetland Distillery Company has [...]