Tangerine appoints B2B deputy MD
Susan Milne-Bennett, a former MD of Ogilvy PR and Hill+Knowlton in New Zealand, has joined Tangerine in the UK as deputy MD of its B2B team, with a brief to support ambitious [...]
Hilton hires ex-White House adviser as global head of corporate affairs
Hilton has named former White House adviser Katie Beirne Fallon as senior vice president and global head of corporate affairs. The hospitality company’s corporate [...]
Former Burson-Marsteller public affairs MD joins APCO
Jim Moorhead, the former managing director of Burson-Marsteller’s US public affairs and crisis practice, joins the International Advisory Council (IAC) at international comms [...]
Dexcom chooses LEWIS
LEWIS adds to its healthcare client roster as it is appointed by Dexcom, a provider of diabetes management systems. Dexcom’s technology monitors glucose levels in diabetes [...]
David Buik to host PRCA City and Financial Awards
The PRCA (Public Relations and Communications Association) has announced that David Buik, a business and financial correspondent for the BBC and other international TV [...]
Dentons launches public affairs network
Law firm Dentons will launch a free network for public affairs firms in early 2017. The worldwide network will be called Nextlaw Global Public Affairs Network and Dentons has [...]
Victoria Dean to lead Portland’s Brexit unit
Portland has hired former Foreign Office employee Victoria Dean to head up its Brexit unit. Dean joined Portland as a partner this week after almost 20 years in the diplomatic [...]
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: Opinion: What corporate brands should learn from Trump’s victory in a [...]
Fake news: why it’s a real issue for PR
With ‘post-truth’ announced this week as word of the year by Oxford Dictionaries, Howard Bowden, media trainer and co-founder of Generation, looks at the rise and [...]
C5 Capital appoints Hudson Sandler
London-based fund manager C5 Capital has appointed Hudson Sandler as its retained advisor for strategic communications. C5 Capital is a family capital-backed technology [...]
Finsbury opens Tokyo office
WPP agency Finsbury is launching an office in Tokyo, Japan. Kyota Narimatsu, former head of corporate communications at Barclays Japan, will lead the office. Narimatsu has [...]
Opinion: The digital future of stakeholder engagement
Stanford University’s Alan Marks and Stacey Tank of The Home Depot, and co-authors of the Arthur W. Page Society’s report: The CCO as Builder of Digital Engagement [...]
Facebook takes the lead in B2B thought leadership
A recent survey by content marketing agency Grist shows that Facebook is the social network senior executives are most likely to engage with for thought leadership pieces. [...]
Headland launches reputation risk offer
Headland Consultancy is launching a new reputation risk proposition with Hans-Kristian Bryn, former partner for strategic risk at professional services firm Deloitte. Simon [...]
Grayling to switch to an affiliate presence in Sweden
Grayling looks to launch an affiliate agency presence in Sweden after closing its office in the country. Jan Simunek, CEO Europe at Grayling, said: “Sweden has proven to be a [...]
The Resort Group briefs Hudson Sandler
The Resort Group (TRG) has appointed Hudson Sandler as its retained comms advisor. TRG specialises in the design, development and operation of five-star luxury hotels and [...]
Beattie recruits 30 staff members in 30th year
In 2016, creative comms agency Beattie has recruited 30 members of staff across its network of eight offices; which include London, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Glasgow and [...]
Opinion: Seven deadly ways to approach an influencer
Following yesterday’s launch of Gorkana‘s Guide to Influencer Marketing, Joe Friel, head of influencer relations at Good Relations, says there are seven ways PRs [...]