Ex-Grayling CEO joins Beattie Group
Alison Clarke, the former UK CEO of Grayling, has joined Beattie Group as chairman of its specialist marketing brand, Only Marketing. Clarke, a former PRCA chair and CIPR [...]
Google tops most valuable brands list
The Brand Finance Global 500 report shows that Google is the world’s most valuable brand with a financial value of $109.4 (£86.58) billion. Every year Brand Finance values the [...]
Edelman opens up grad scheme to non-graduates
Edelman has opened its UK grad scheme to non-graduates and encourages applicants to take a series of online challenges. Edelman Beta will be open to anyone aged 16 and over [...]
Walgreens Boots Alliance and WPP announce global comms and marketing partnership
Walgreens Boots Alliance, owner of Boots pharmacy, has partnered with WPP and selected a team of WPP agencies to operate and develop multiple comms and marketing channels for [...]
Ring appoints Open Communications
Open Communications has been appointed by lighting and vehicle accessories specialist Ring following a competitive pitch. The agency will deliver year-round support for the [...]
Six Degrees promotes Richard Simpson to Managing Director
Six Degrees, the STEM specialist PR and reputation management agency, has appointed Richard Simpson as its managing director. Simpson previously acted as associate director at [...]
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 [...]
Waverton Investment Management appoints Quill PR
Quill PR has been appointed by Waverton Investment Management as its retained UK media relations consultancy following a four-way competitive pitch. With immediate effect 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 [...]
Ikegami appoints Bubble & Squeak as EMEA comms agency
Bubble & Squeak has won the contract to provide EMEA PR, event and marketing services for camera and image processing equipment business Ikegami. The agency, which is a [...]
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 – [...]
Stature PR wins finance and technology accounts
Stature PR’s corporate & financial division has won briefs with BTL Group, a blockchain technology company, and Bank In The Box (BiBox), a sharing economy platform. BiBox [...]
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 [...]
Visit Jersey appoints Hills Balfour to lead European trade activity
Visit Jersey has appointed travel and tourism consultancy Hills Balfour to develop its European short-haul trade relations activity, with a particular focus on the UK, France [...]
Personal Group appoints Hudson Sandler
Personal Group, a leading provider of employee benefits and employee related insurance products in the UK, has appointed Hudson Sandler as its retained adviser for its [...]
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 [...]