The Gorkana Weekly Industry News Brief: 9 – 15 July 2016
Missed out on this week’s PR News? Get your handy round-up of the essential highlights of PR and media stories, features and events content over the last seven days on Gorkana [...]
Chargifi hires Launch PR to enhance its profile
Wireless charging service Chargifi has hired Launch PR to help achieve its ambitious expansion plans, following a three-way pitch. Chargifi was launched by 27-year-old Dan [...]
Eulogy promotes Sharp’s Brewery
Eulogy has had its PR brief with Molson Coors extended to include the Sharp’s Brewery offer with the Doom Bar brand, following the agency’s work with the UK-based brewer’s [...]
McDonald Butler’s Gareth Clark joins Harvard
Chime-owned tech PR specialist Harvard has brought in Gareth Clark from B2B tech sales and marketing agency McDonald Butler to take on the role of client services director. A [...]
Zambuni to promote Chelsea Thoroughbreds
London-based racehorse ownership club Chelsea Thoroughbreds has appointed Zambuni to help build its profile as a new, “sociable” way to get involved in the racing [...]
Three wins for EMERGE
PR firm EMERGE has won three PR briefs from nutritional powdered food brand Huel, monthly femcare subscription box Pink Parcel and cactus water brand True Nopal. EMERGE has [...]
Threepipe co-founder Eddie May to lead new creative comms agency The Playbook
Hanover Group has this week launched The Playbook, a new creative comms agency which will be led by Threepipe co-founder and former MD Eddie May. Launch clients include the [...]
Autocar names influential comms women in car industry
Autocar has identified the top 100 British women working in the automotive sector, with Fiona Pargeter, head of global PR comms for Jaguar Land Rover, taking the comms [...]
TalkTalk boosts external comms team
TalkTalk has enhanced its external comms team with the appointments of Sky’s Coralie Frost as media relations manager, Nickelodeon UK’s Maxine Sackey as consumer PR manager [...]
Saturday Kitchen regular Olly Smith joins Clarion’s advisory board
Clarion has added to its advisory board, with the appointments of wine expert, TV personality and Saturday Kitchen regular Olly Smith, Condiment Junkie co-founder Scott King, [...]
W briefed to help Camden Town Brewery go global
Camden Town Brewery has appointed W following a competitive pitch to handle its UK PR as it looks to move from a London brewery into a global brand. W’s brief will include [...]
Gorkana meets… Little White Lies
Adam Woodward, digital editor of Little White Lies, the bi-monthly print magazine which champions great movies and the people who make them, talks to Gorkana‘s Niall [...]
Alexander PR promotes artist Gary Card
Global management agency Streeters London has brought in Alexander PR to raise the profile of artist Gary Card’s inaugural exhibition. Card studied Theatre Design at Central [...]
Pier expands marine PR portfolio
East Anglian PR agency Pier has been chosen to raise the profile of independent marina Suffolk Yacht Harbour. The agency has been briefed to help build awareness of Suffolk [...]
Bally names global PR lead
Bally has brought in Michael Kors’ Hannah Thomas as global PR manager. Thomas was previously EMEA PR manager for Michael Kors, having joined the fashion label in 2015. While [...]
Finn Communications opens London office
Leeds-based Finn Communications has officially opened its new London office today. Matt Bourn, who has joined the agency from MWW PR, heads up the new offer. The move is part [...]
Raleigh hires Conker Communications
Bike brand Raleigh has appointed Conker Communications as its first PR agency. Conker, based in Didsbury, has been called upon to handle all PR and comms activity for [...]
Gorkana meets… MoneyMagpie.com
Jasmine Birtles, founder and editor of consumer finance site MoneyMagpie.com, talks to Gorkana‘s Ebunola Adenipekun about the site’s recent re-launch, why content [...]