ADT hands retained PR brief to Unity
Unity has been named as the retained PR agency for ADT, the UK’s leading provider of fire and security systems for home and business, as the brand looks to move away [...]
Comms recruitment firm JFL promotes April Kearns to associate director
Comms recruitment consultancy JFL Search & Selection has promoted April Kearns to associate director. Kearns first joined JFL as an intern in 2010. She has since risen [...]
Photo-Me appoints Hudson Sandler as financial comms advisor
Photo-Me International plc, the photobooth and instant-service equipment group, has appointed Hudson Sandler as its retained financial communications advisor, following a [...]
Hsu to lead Cognito EMEA business
Cognito, the communications and marketing firm which specialises in financial services, has appointed Vivienne Hsu as the new managing director of its EMEA business, based in [...]
Metis Homes hires Remarkable Content
Content marketing and PR agency Remarkable Content has been chosen to lead consumer and corporate comms activity for housebuilder Metis Homes. Established in 2008, Metis Homes [...]
Hanover Health adds two to leadership team
Hanover Health has hired Alex Davies as an associate director from Tonic Life Communications and Emma Gorton as a senior account director from Ogilvy Healthworld. Davies and [...]
North and South PRmoment Awards 2017 announces shortlist
The shortlists for the North and South PRmoment Awards have been announced. Smarts Communicate is shortlisted the most times in the North and Hope&Glory has the most [...]
This week’s top trending features on Gorkana News
Your bitesize update on the best PR opinion, interviews, events and insights on Gorkana News this week: Insight: The power of flexible working in PR Timewise has selected the [...]
Opinion: Why PR and digital agencies need to “co-create”
Aalia Walker, co-founder of SMACK, a London-based digital agency which works with clients including Ted Baker, The Body Shop and Molton Brown, believes co-creation between PR [...]
GMC Software appoints Spark Communications to expand influence past print
GMC Software, a customer communications management tool, has appointed Spark Communications as its UK PR agency, with the objective of engaging audiences beyond the print [...]
Husband and wife former lobby journalists set up PR outfit
Clodagh Higginson, political correspondent for ITV’s Good Morning Britain, has teamed up with her husband John Higginson, a former political editor at the Metro, to launch a [...]
Prophet unveils partnership with fintech membership body
Prophet, the global strategy consultancy, has announced a partnership with Innovate Finance, an independent members’ association representing the UK’s global fintech [...]
Rydon Group appoints Brands2Life to handle corporate PR
Rydon Group has appointed Brands2Life to handle its corporate communications. Rydon works in partnership with local communities to deliver improved living environments through [...]
Digitalis adds to senior team with two ex-corporate PR advisors
Tech-powered digital reputation and intelligence firm, Digitalis Reputation, has added to its senior management two ex-corporate communications advisors. Meglena Petkova will [...]
Mitie appoints Tulchan as retained comms adviser
Facilities management and consultancy business Mitie has appointed Tulchan as its retained financial and corporate communications adviser. David Allchurch, partner at Tulchan, [...]
Weber Shandwick and Media Trust launch internship promoting diversity
Weber Shandwick has teamed up with UK communications charity Media Trust to create a paid internship programme which aims to bring in diverse talent to the PR industry. [...]
The Ascott Limited appoints Allison+Partners
Allison+Partners has been named the UK agency of record for The Ascott Limited, a global serviced residence owner operator, following a competitive review. Ascott’s UK brands [...]
PR sees growth in M&A activity worldwide for 2016
M&A advisor Results International has revealed that PR M&A activity grew globally last year. In 2016, there were 77 deals in total which is up from 75 in 2015. In [...]