The Investment Association makes two hires to corporate affairs team
Investment trade body The Investment Association (IA) has appointed Anisha Patel as head of communications and Hannah Marwood as head of government affairs. Joining the [...]
60 Seconds with Another Word’s Lynda Redington
Lynda Redington, co-founder of Another Word with Nichola Mughal, explains why the pair started their own agency, their successes and challenges so far and ways in which [...]
Sustainable technology firm appoints Farrer Kane
Farrer Kane has been appointed to lead media relations activity for Econic Technologies, a British catalyst technology company. The agency has been briefed to raise the media [...]
Skout to handle Miele’s B2B comms
White goods manufacturer Miele has appointed Skout to handle its UK B2B integrated comms brief, which will feature a series of PR, digital marketing and social media [...]
Michael Stott joins Lansons as head of public affairs
Lansons has appointed Michael Stott, a director of public affairs at Hill+Knowlton Strategies, as its head of public affairs and board director. Stott will join the agency [...]
This week’s PR news in brief (26-29 March)
Here’s a round-up of the week’s essential PR news and features, including an interview with Forbes Europe’s Alex Wood, Cision’s EMIA present Abe [...]
Patricia McDonald joins Weber Shandwick as strategy and insights MD
Weber Shandwick has hired Patricia McDonald, Isobar’s former chief strategy officer, as its UK MD of strategy and insights. McDonald’s career spans over 20 years at many of [...]
How communicators can master modern media relations
“Sorry, I’m really busy and can’t talk to you right now, please send it over in an email and I’ll get back to you.” For a media relations practitioner, this is groundhog day. [...]
Hacks and Flaks prepare for football and netball battles
A titanic clash of industries moves from the office to the great outdoors next weekend, as PRs and journalists limber up for the annual Hacks vs Flaks Easter Sports Day. Both [...]
Meet the Journalist: Forbes’ European editor Alex Wood
Alex Wood, European editor at Forbes and founder of The Memo, explains why the magazine giant bought The Memo, how the site’s content will evolve and his favourite Memo [...]
Abe Smith to participate in keynote AMEC summit session
Abe Smith, president, Cision EMIA, will present his views on the future of earned media measurement at a keynote session at the 2018 AMEC Summit in Barcelona. He will be one [...]
Opinion: PR versus marketing – how different can it be?
Former marketer Meg Dibb-Fuller, now senior client executive at Milk and Honey PR, lists the key differences she has encountered between the two disciplines since moving into [...]
Cision clients sweep the board at PR Moment awards
Taylor Herring and The Romans both picked up five awards as Cision clients won 34 out of 36 gongs at last night’s 2018 PR Moment Awards London and the South ceremony at [...]
This week’s PR news in brief (19-23 March)
Here’s a round-up of the week’s essential PR news and features, including Cision’s activities at the B2B Marketing Expo, a new hire at FTI and account wins for [...]
Tom Ritchie: We are on the precipice of an earned media revolution
New technology is set to revolutionise earned media and allow communicators to target audiences and measure ROI like never before, says Tom Ritchie, Cision’s EMIA VP GTM. [...]
S&U hands integrated brief to Newgate and Capital Access Group
Motor finance and specialist lender S&U PLC has appointed Newgate Communications and Capital Access Group as its integrated public relations and investor advisers. The [...]
Meet the Journalist: PinkNews head of content Ellen Stewart
Ellen Stewart, head of content at PinkNews, speaks about her love of digital journalism, the importance of LGBT+ media and how the title works with PRs. Throughout your career [...]
Frank wins Push’s B2B comms brief
Online advertising agency Push has hired Frank to handle its B2B comms programme. Frank will use the agency’s Google premier partner status to help promote campaigns designed [...]