Calacus wins brief to launch ‘spot-the-ball’ competition
Sports PR consultancy Calacus has been appointed by SpottoCash to launch its new weekly ‘spot-the-ball’ football competition with former England and Arsenal goalkeeper David [...]
Audible hands consumer PR brief to PrettyGreen
Audible, a retailer, distributor and publisher of audiobooks and spoken word programmes, has brought in PrettyGreen as its retained consumer PR and events consultancy. [...]
21-year-old Ben Jeffries launches new influencer marketing platform
Influencer, a new web platform that allows brands to collaborate with social media content creators, has been launched by 21-year-old entrepreneur Ben Jeffries. The platform [...]
WE Communications launches The PLUS Network
WE Communications has founded The PLUS Network, a group of six independent specialist agencies looking to “solve modern day marketing, policy and communications [...]
M&C Saatchi S&E opens LA office and hires Golin’s Corey Langworthy
M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment has today opened a new Los Angeles office, and brought in Golin’s Corey Langworthy to lead the new offer as MD. M&C Saatchi Sport [...]
Grifco PR wins The Dream Lodge Group brief
The Dream Lodge Group has selected boutique luxury travel, spa and beauty agency Grifco PR to publicise its range of luxury holiday lodges. Grifco will raise awareness of the [...]
PHA Media hired by art investment platform Maecenas
PHA Media has been appointed to run a profile-raising campaign for Maecenas, which is using blockchain technology to launch an online trading platform in fine art. The new [...]
Revolut hires first global comms lead
Revolut, an app-based banking alternative, has brought in Rocket Internet’s Chad West as its global head of comms. Launched 18 months ago, Revolut allows users to set up a [...]
Daily Record’s Iain Pope joins Stripe Communications
Iain Pope, the Daily Record’s former head of digital news, has joined Stripe Communications in the newly-created role of editorial director. Pope has more than 20 years’ [...]
Hatch Communications wins trio of brands
Spectrum Brands UK has awarded Hatch Communications its Russell Hobbs, Remington and George Foreman accounts following a three-way pitch. The Leeds-based PR agency will manage [...]
Corkers Crisps renews Clementine Communications partnership
Corkers Crisps has chosen Clementine Communications to handle its trade and consumer relations initiatives in 2017. The two companies have a long history of working together, [...]
Simon Mowbray re-joins Richmond Towers
Former newspaper and trade journalist Simon Mowbray has re-joined Richmond Towers Communications as food and drink director. Mowbray returns to the Soho-based agency after [...]
M&C Saatchi PR wins Virgin Active brief
M&C Saatchi PR has been named as the retained strategic comms partner for Virgin Active. Virgin Active has briefed M&C Saatchi PR’s UK team to “up the health club’s [...]
Opinion: Why Launch PR is dropping the ‘PR’
Johnny Pitt, founder of Launch and The Creative Shootout, on what is driving the agency’s new positioning and why it is dropping ‘PR’ from its name. Central to our being at [...]
Grayling UK appoints Sarah Scholefield as CEO
Grayling, the integrated global communications company, has appointed Sarah Scholefield as the company’s UK chief executive officer with immediate effect. Scholefield was [...]
Promotions at JFL Search & Selection
Comms recruitment consultancy JFL Search & Selection has promoted Poppy Green and Millie Santry to senior consultant and consultant respectively. Green first joined JFL in [...]
London Design Festival hands global comms brief to Exposure
London Design Festival has chosen Exposure to lead its global comms. The agency aims to develop a long-term comms strategy that will “democratise design” by highlighting its [...]
Social Communications wins Liberty Retirement Living’s PR brief
Liberty Retirement Living has enlisted nationwide PR consultancy Social Communications promote its accommodation, lifestyle and care services for the over-55s. Social [...]