Rachel Gilley takes over as Bite UK MD
Rachel Gilley has taken over as MD at Bite UK following the departure of Kath Easthope, who is currently on extended maternity leave. Easthope departed the Next 15-owned firm [...]
MHP Communications opens new Singapore office
MHP Communications, part of the Engine Group, has opened a new Singapore office to meet growing client needs in Southeast Asia. It follows MHP’s expansion to Frankfurt, and [...]
Kaizo hired to launch Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in UK
Kaizo has been hired by the New York Academy of Sciences to launch the Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in the UK. The academy says the awards will bring over £10 million [...]
60 seconds with Edelman’s Nick Barron
Nick Barron, UK MD of corporate and financial at Edelman, on hiring non-graduates, fear of fake news and why businesses are having to work harder to gain trust. Earlier this [...]
White Paper: 3 steps to owning the creative idea in PR
In 2017, PR teams are more comfortable than they have ever been in creating the big ideas and building creative structures that make them leaders in the marketing mix, but [...]
Instinctif Middle East completes advisory role for ENBD REIT
Instinctif Partners Middle East has completed its delivery of strategic counsel and IPO communications advice to ENBD REIT, the Shari’a compliant real estate investment trust [...]
Cicero to offer free PR campaign for one brand in run-up to snap General Election
Cicero Group is offering its PR services for free to one ‘challenger’ brand, as the UK heads towards a General Election on 8 June. The agency, which picked up the prize for [...]
Ketchum’s global corporate lead Rod Cartwright exits agency
Rod Cartwright, Ketchum’s global corporate lead is set to leave the agency in May. Cartwright took on his role with the agency in 2011, succeeding Rob Flaherty and was made [...]
Cheshire legal firm appoints No Brainer
No Brainer has added legal specialists from Aaron & Partners LLP to its client roster after an eight-way pitch. The agency takes on the account on a retained basis and [...]
ICCO to induct Lord Bell into Hall of Fame
The International Communications Consultancy Organisation (ICCO) will induct Lord Tim Bell into the ICCO Hall of Fame this evening. Bell, who is known for his advisory role in [...]
Ruder Finn launches healthtech practice
Ruder Finn has launched Bloom Health, a new speciality practice focused exclusively on healthtech. Nicole Pariser, the former director of global PR for Medidata, will support [...]
Opinion: The press release isn’t just alive and kicking – it’s in rude health
David Walker, senior account manager at creative communications consultancy Beattie, explains why the press release remains a PR staple. It’s fashionable in PR circles to say [...]
Finsbury makes Sara Evans partner
Finsbury has named Sara Evans as partner in the company’s growing capital markets and transaction communications practice in the United States. Paul Holmes, CEO, North America [...]
RAM Active Investments appoints Peregrine Communications
RAM Active Investments (RAM AI), a boutique asset management company, has appointed Peregrine Communications to help build its brand in the UK, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, [...]
Culture Trip appoints PR managers from Sky and BuzzFeed
Global media-tech startup Culture Trip has brought in Sky’s Maddy Chambers as a UK-based PR manager and BuzzFeed’s Stephanie Kennard as a PR manager in the US. Chambers [...]
Museum of London tenders PR brief with “significant budget”
The Museum of London has put a PR brief out to tender, as it looks to generate affection and advocacy from its “most important stakeholders: Londoners”. The museum is looking [...]
Fintech start-up Bink appoints PHA Media
UK fintech start-up Bink, which recently secured an investment of over £10m, has selected PHA Media to raise the company’s profile with the UK retail and travel press, as well [...]
The Climate Group makes two senior comms hires
International not-for-profit, The Climate Group, has hired Luke Herbert as director of international communications and Nazneen Nawaz as head of media and corporate [...]