Association of Bonded Travel Organisers Trust appoints Rooster
Rooster has become the first PR and social media agency appointed by the Association of Bonded Travel Organisers Trust (ABTOT) since the association launched in 1993. ABTOT [...]
Gorkana meets… London Live
Approaching its third birthday, London Live is the first and only 24 hour entertainment channel devoted to London. Jim Grice, head of news at London Live, talks to [...]
60 Seconds with Goadi Consulting’s Fiona Chow
Fiona Chow tells Gorkana how her personal experiences led to the creation of her own consultancy Goadi Consulting, and motivated her to help secure rights for women who take [...]
Bite signs Azimo
Azimo, the digital money transfer service, has hired Bite to drive brand awareness in the UK through corporate and consumer media relations. Bite will raise the company’s [...]
Tavistock advises on Sigmaroc acquisition
Tavistock has advised new building materials business SigmaRoc plc on its reverse takeover (RTO) and £45m acquisition of Ronez Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Aggregate [...]
Toby Orr leaves Portland for DIT top comms role
Portland senior partner Toby Orr is leaving the consultancy for a government role as Department for International Trade (DIT) director of communications. Orr said: “It is an [...]
John Lewis Partnership appoints group head of corporate affairs
The John Lewis Partnership has appointed Clayton Hirst as its group head of corporate affairs. Hirst will take up the position on April 24 2017, joining from Virgin Media [...]
Sodexo hands UK brief to Havas PR
Global services provider Sodexo has appointed Havas PR as its retained UK agency. Employing more than 34,000 people in the UK, Sodexo develops, manages and delivers a range of [...]
Trends and solutions for 2017 at Bell Pottinger Engage launch
As it launched its integrated practice Engage this morning (January 25), Bell Pottinger – with The Future Laboratory – outlined five trends and resolutions likely [...]
Cannes Lions 2017 opens for entries
Entries are now open for the 2017 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity as the organisers say a “significant focus” has been placed on simplifying the entry [...]
Four Communications acquires Insight Consulting Group
Independent integrated agency Four Communications Group (Four) has acquired public affairs and corporate communications specialist Insight Consulting Group (ICG). ICG, which [...]
Former CYBG comms director launches agency
Barry Gardner, the former corporate communications and media relations director at banking group CYBG plc, has launched his own consultancy Barry Gardner Communications. [...]
Harvard makes changes to leadership team
Chime-owned tech specialist agency Harvard has announced changes to its leadership team, including the promotion of Louie St Claire to group managing director of [...]
Ian Priest named non-exec chair of Pitch Marketing Group
Pitch Marketing Group has today appointed Ian Priest, co-founder of ad agency VCCP, as non-executive chairman. Priest is currently chief executive of global marketing [...]
Sundeep Sehijpal chosen to lead Star PR
Sundeep Sehijpal, a PR consultant and former reporter at the Worcester News, has been brought in to lead Star Public Relations, the West Midlands agency launched by the [...]
Property consultancy appoints Barques PR
National commercial property consultancy Naismiths has appointed Barques PR to raise its profile in the Midlands. Mark Bevan, project services director at Naismiths’ [...]
Scottish FA comms chief to join Frame
Frame, the Glasgow-based creative marketing and communications agency, has appointed Darryl Broadfoot, Scottish FA’s head of communications and corporate affairs, as a partner [...]
Powerscourt supports Bank of Cyprus listing on the LSE
Powerscourt supported Bank of Cyprus, the banking and financial services group, as it listed its shares on the main market of the London Stock Exchange (LSE) on 19 January. [...]