Citigate Dewe Rogerson hires Christen Thomson
Christen Thomson, former deputy CEO of the Alternative Investment Management Association and head of communications for private equity firm Terra Firma, has joined Citigate [...]
Hudson Sandler promotes Alex Brennan to its board
Hudson Sandler, a financial and business comms consultancy, has announced the promotion of director Alex Brennan (pictured) to its board. Brennan has spent seven years at [...]
Why healthcare PR is more important than ever
Ruth Wheatley, account director at firstlight PR, tells us how opportunities in PR have been created by the need for expertise in highly regulated and specialist sectors like [...]
Hotel management venture brings in Rooster PR
The Hotel Management Company (THMCo) has appointed Rooster PR to deliver a business-to-business awareness campaign. The company is a new venture in the hotel management [...]
LaSalle hires Lydia Eades to lead EMEA corporate comms
LaSalle Investment Management, a global real estate investment manager, has hired former FleishmanHillard Fishburn account director Lydia Eades (pictured) to lead EMEA [...]
PR saw salary rises in 2015 reports The Works Search
Recruitment firm The Works Search has published findings from a survey showing a majority of PR professionals saw a rise in salary and bonuses last year. The annual survey [...]
Blue Rubicon wins RICS brief
Professional accrediting body RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) has appointed comms consultancy Blue Rubicon to deliver a series of campaigns to highlight the [...]
Former government special adviser joins MHP
MHP Communications has unveiled Lisa Hunter, former special adviser to Iain Duncan Smith at the Department for Work and Pensions, as an associate director in its corporate [...]
Just Eat appoints McDonald’s de Koning as first head of corporate comms
Just Eat has appointed Joanna de Koning from McDonald’s to a new role as global head of corporate communications. De Koning will lead the delivery of Just Eat’s brand [...]
Spotify hires Red Consultancy
Spotify has appointed Red Consultancy as its retained PR agency. The agency has been handed a consumer, corporate and B2B comms brief by the digital music streaming [...]
Jericho Chambers offers CIPD-backed work experience
Communications consultancy Jericho Chambers (offices pictured) is to hold a summer work experience programme in partnership with the Chartered Institute of Personnel and [...]
FTI assists Midwich with IPO
Specialist AV and document solutions distributor, Midwich Group, has been advised by FTI Consulting on its AIM IPO. Managing director Oliver Winters lead the FTI Consulting [...]
Byfield Consultancy sees management changes
Legal agency Byfield Consultancy is going through management changes as managing director Gus Sellitto becomes chief executive and majority shareholder. Byfield’s [...]
Coms plc hires Vigo for capital markets comms
Financial PR and IR consultancy Vigo has been retained by Coms plc – a provider of technology and services for ‘smart’ buildings and commercial spaces – to advise on [...]
Hudson Sandler handles IPO comms for Joules
Joules, the British clothing designer and retailer, is using Hudson Sandler to handle PR as it pursues an initial public offering on AIM. The company was founded in 1989 and [...]
PR agency M&A activity rises by 54% in 2016
Merger and acquisition (M&A) deals in the global PR sector have risen by 54% in the first quarter of 2016, according to research by Results International. [...]
Members-only airline brings in Rooster PR
FlyClubAir, a “members-only” airline which will run flights from London to Manchester and Edinburgh, has hired Rooster PR. Rooster’s brief will be to raise brand [...]
Luther Pendragon handles Directa Plus IPO
Directa Plus, an Italian manufacturer of graphene-based products, is using Luther Pendragon to handle PR as it pursues an initial public offering on AIM. Graphene is an [...]