Influencer marketing: what’s next in 2017?
Last year, influencer marketing came of age in terms of its power and popularity. According to Matt Donegan, MD at social influencer marketing platform Social Circle, 2017 [...]
Suzy Spirit Awards extends deadline for nominations
Due to a last minute surge of entries, the deadline to nominate an inspiring young star in PR, as well as an established and inspirational champion of others, has been [...]
RT Holidays hires Hills Balfour
RT Holidays has appointed travel and tourism consultancy Hills Balfour to handle its UK PR, following a competitive pitch. Part of US-based Ritz Tours, RT Holidays launched in [...]
Cunard hands retained PR and social brief to Mischief
Mischief PR has been appointed as the retained consumer PR and social agency for luxury British cruise line Cunard. Cunard’s portfolio includes three “iconic” [...]
Havas PR names creative director
Havas PR has enhanced its senior team with the promotions of Paul Hadfield to creative director and Claire Quansah to operations director. Hadfield joined Havas PR, which is [...]
GoFundMe hires John Coventry to lead UK comms
GoFundMe, the world’s largest social fundraising platform, has hired Change.org’s John Coventry to lead its UK comms activity as the company sets its sights on European [...]
PR agencies make Minimum Wage commitment for interns
A list of 39 organisations has committed to paying interns the National Minimum Wage, according to guidelines set out by the Public Relations and Communications Association [...]
Gutenberg appoints new UK head
Neil Ashurst has joined Gutenberg as director and country head for the UK. The appointment follows the agency’s recent rebrand, which positioned it as an integrated [...]
Lithuania State Department of Tourism appoints Hills Balfour
The Lithuania State Department of Tourism has appointed travel and tourism consultancy Hills Balfour to manage its trade relations, consumer marketing and PR campaigns in the [...]
Hope&Glory wins FINAL FANTASY XIV brief
Hope&Glory PR has been retained by game developer Square Enix to handle the PR for FINAL FANTASY XIV across the UK and Nordic regions. The appointment of Hope&Glory [...]
Opinion: Selling the “global capital of luxury”
Fiona Noble, global CEO at luxury lifestyle agency Quintessentially & Co, says that London will become the number one tourist and shopping destination for luxury goods in [...]
Opinion: How to create a winning crowdfunding strategy
Since launching its crowdfunding division in 2013, Dynamo has raised over $30 million for clients on platforms such as Kickstarter and Indiegogo. As the agency prepares to [...]
GCS announces agency roster
A list of 27 PR, marketing, advertising and media agencies have made it onto a new £350m Government Communication Service (GCS) roster, which will help deliver campaigns over [...]
Harlequins appoints PHA Media
Harlequins has appointed PHA Media to help to grow and develop the profile of the Rugby Union club’s brand together with its portfolio of players. Based at the Twickenham [...]
Manc Frank and artist Mancsy release charity Christmas jumper
Manc Frank and urban artist Mancsy have joined forces to release the ‘Manc-Mas Jumper’ to raise funds for Education for the Children. The agency team and Manduo have [...]
Recollection of negative coverage for charities is falling, shows Gorkana survey
For the third business quarter (July-September 2016) Gorkana’s Charity Attitudes Benchmarking Survey shows that recollection of negative coverage around charities has [...]
Harvester hires Threepipe
Family restaurant chain Harvester has handed a retained PR brief to Threepipe to manage its social media and consumer press office activity, following a competitive pitch. [...]
Webinar: 2016 – a year in PR
Tin Man’s Mandy Sharp and The PC Agency’s Paul Charles will take up Gorkana’s annual challenge today at 3pm (Wednesday 14 December) to identify key PR trends for [...]