The Digital Production Partnership has appointed Bubble Communications to provide global PR support. An international not-for-profit membership organisation, the DPP aims to make internet-enabled content creation and distribution work more productively. Bubble will deliver integrated communications services to support the DPP’s growing international presence, including in Europe, the US and Asia. Jayne de Ville, marketing […]
Hume Brophy has appointed Holly Huang as a director in its Singapore office, to advise clients across its financial and corporate communications practices. Huang previously led the corporate and financial practice at another global agency in Singapore. She is bilingual in English and Mandarin and has worked in various roles in the financial services […]
Atalaya Mining, a European mining and development company, has instructed Newgate Communications to provide financial and investor communications. Atalaya’s major asset is the Riotinto copper mine in Huelva province, Spain. The brief includes regular financial communications as well as enhancing the UK Capital Markets profile of Atalaya, which is listed on London’s AIM market […]
Financial PRs are invited to enter teams into the City Against Hunger Mud Challenge, which will take place on Friday 15th September. The afternoon sees a maximum of 75 corporate teams competing on one of the UK‘s best Nuts Challenge assault courses as well as enjoying a post-challenge networking party with street food, drinks, a […]
Buchanan has helped DP Eurasia, the master franchisee of the Domino’s Pizza brand in Turkey, Russia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, to list in London. The financial PR agency provided communications support as the company joined the main market of the London Stock Exchange last month. DP Eurasia, which was founded in Istanbul in 1996, is now […]
Here is a round-up of the essential PR stories, account and pitch wins and people news that has been announced over the last week. Account wins Diffusion has been selected by business intelligence group Informa as its retained PR agency in the UK for its Ovum, Agribusiness Intelligence and Pharma Intelligence brands. Discovery Communications has appointed Ketchum as its agency […]
Cocktail bar group Be At One has appointed Fleet Street Communications to handle its consumer PR. Established in 1998 by ex-bartenders Steve Locke, Leigh Miller and Rhys Oldfield, Be At One has grown from a single site in Battersea to cover more than 30 sites throughout the UK. FSC, a specialist consultancy in the leisure, hospitality, […]
Financial PR consultancy Tulchan has unveiled four recruits, including former Diageo director of investor relations Catherine James and former Conservative Party chairman Lord Feldman. James has joined Tulchan’s advisory team as a senior consultant. She was responsible for Diageo’s global investor relations function from its creation in 1997 until she left the company earlier this […]
Barney Wyld, group director of corporate communications at Network Rail, is to join Rolls-Royce later this year. The appointment follows the decision of Rolls-Royce’s director of corporate affairs Peter Morgan to leave the group after eight years. Wyld will have the same job title as Morgan, but the role will be enhanced. Warren East, chief […]
Global PR firm Grayling has hired Andrew Ferguson as a creative director. Ferguson joins the company after five years at consumer PR agency Unity and, more recently, Ketchum. One of Grayling’s clients is Marks & Spencer, on which Ferguson worked while he was at Unity. He will spearhead the account creatively with support from Grayling’s […]