Emma Padden and Emeka McQuade join M&C Saatchi PR
M&C Saatchi PR has enhanced its senior management team with the appointments of Emma Padden and Emeka McQuade as directors at its London HQ. Padden will help grow the [...]
Alpha Kilo hires Laura Colonnese
Creative comms agency Alpha Kilo has appointed APR Communications’ Laura Colonnese to the newly-created role of head of London. Colonnese has more than 15 years’ experience [...]
Intelligent Conversation adds to team following new wins
PR, content and social agency Intelligent Conversation has brought in SKV Communications’ Natalie Lanyon and Candor Creative’s Lizzie Horridge as senior consultants following [...]
Allianz Worldwide Care appoints FleishmanHillard as global PR partner
Allianz Worldwide Care has announced the appointment of FleishmanHillard as its global public relations agency, following a competitive pitch. The healthcare insurance [...]
German wine brand Black Tower hands six-figure brief to Fever
Fever has been chosen by Black Tower as its PR and social agency, with a brief to drive sales amongst new audiences in the German wine brand’s 50th year. Working with the [...]
Gorkana meets…Stuff Magazine
Guy Cocker, global editor-in-chief at Stuff Magazine, discusses why his childhood dream was to become Stuff editor, how the magazine is changing its editorial structure to [...]
See.Saw secures trio of wins
Consumer agency See.Saw has won three new client briefs for new dance fitness brand At Your Beat, design company Riut, and lolly brand The Ice Kitchen. See.Saw will promote At [...]
Pukka Pies brings in Kazoo to handle brand relaunch
Pukka Pies has appointed Kazoo as part of its new agency network. The agency will provide consumer and trade support around a £8 million brand relaunch and help drive [...]
Opinion: 7 ways cybercrime requires a different kind of crisis comms
Kitty Parry, founder and CEO at Social Media Compliance – a company that assists businesses to achieve “compliant” social media status among staff – [...]
Hope&Glory wins London Coffee Festival 2017 brief
London Coffee Festival, the largest event celebrating coffee and coffee culture in the UK, has appointed Hope&Glory as its consumer and trade agency, following a comms [...]
The PR Office appoints Marc Cohen as MD
The PR Office has named Marc Cohen, Kreab’s former head of financial comms, as its new MD. Cohen has worked across financial, corporate and political comms, providing PR [...]
Third City promotes Barrett to partner
Third City has promoted associate director Suzie Barrett to a full partner. Barrett, who joined the agency in 2012, has headed up several of its not-for-profit and consumer [...]
Shani Shaker joins Golin to enhance consumer health business
Golin has appointed Shani Shaker as a director in its healthcare team, with a brief to lead and grow its consumer health portfolio. Shaker started her career at agencies [...]
W promotes World Cancer Day
Cancer Research UK has called in W’s talent and influencer division to raise the profile of World Cancer Day 2017, which takes place this Saturday (4 February). World Cancer [...]
60 Seconds with WE Communications’ Meredith Lynch
Meredith Lynch, head of tech at WE Communications, on why storytelling is important for tech, how PR briefs are getting tighter and why her most important advice is [...]
The business case for social mobility in PR
Encouraging social mobility and diversity are challenges for many sectors and PR is no exception. Comms pros and diversity experts from Ketchum, Forster, Burson-Marsteller, [...]
This week’s top trending features on Gorkana News
Your bitesize update of the best PR opinion, interviews, events and insights on Gorkana News this week: Gorkana meets… London Live Approaching its third birthday, London Live [...]
Association of Bonded Travel Organisers Trust appoints Rooster
Rooster has become the first PR and social media agency appointed by the Association of Bonded Travel Organisers Trust (ABTOT) since the association launched in 1993. ABTOT [...]