Remy Le Fèvre joins Ogilvy PR as creative director
Ogilvy PR UK has appointed Diffusion PR’s Remy Le Fèvre as creative director. He will work across several Ogilvy PR clients, including Bacardi, YouTube, Huawei, Puma and Ford. [...]
Racepoint Global president Peter Prodromou becomes CEO
Racepoint Global has announced that Peter Prodromou, the company’s president since 2013, will assume the role of CEO. Larry Weber, who founded the firm in 2004, is to [...]
Chris Calland rejoins Hanover
Chris Calland has rejoined corporate and public affairs consultancy Hanover as part of the leadership team for its corporate practice. He previously worked as a senior account [...]
firstlight hires associate director
Teneo Blue Rubicon’s Sam Bevans has joined London-based comms consultancy firstlight as an associate director on its corporate team. Prior to Blue Rubicon, Bevans worked as [...]
Heather Blundell named MD of Weber Shandwick Manchester
Weber Shandwick has appointed Heather Blundell as MD of its Manchester office. Blundell has been acting MD of the agency’s Manchester office since March 2016 and replaces [...]
W wins European PR brief for Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball (MLB) has appointed W to handle its UK and European PR, as the organisation looks to increase its efforts throughout the continent to engage with fans [...]
Dubai Tourism hands UK and Ireland brief to The Brighter Group
The Brighter Group has been awarded the UK and Ireland PR contract for Dubai Tourism, following a competitive pitch. The tourist board plans to attract 20 million visitors to [...]
Pagefield appoints new partner Chris Rogers
Pagefield, which specialises in reputation management, campaigning and public affairs, has appointed Chris Rogers as a partner. Rogers joins Pagefield next month from [...]
Tavistock advises on Dee Valley Group takeover
Tavistock was recently appointed by Dee Valley Group plc, the holding company of Dee Valley Water, to advise on its £84m takeover by Severn Trent plc, which became effective [...]
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. Insight: Brands need to crack their own ‘culture code’ to bolster [...]
John Smedley hires Neville McCarthy Associates
Neville McCarthy Associates has been appointed to handle the PR for British knitwear brand John Smedley, which says it is the “oldest manufacturing factory in the world”. [...]
Newport tops LateRooms’ UK Valentine’s weekend destinations
Hotel reservations website LateRooms.com is boosting its profile by revealing the most booked destinations for Valentine’s weekend on its site, with Newport and Blackpool [...]
Most read people news on Gorkana News
Your bitesize update on the latest People News and Moves featured on Gorkana News: Redwood Consulting grows public affairs team Redwood Consulting, the communications [...]
Stand Agency chosen to raise awareness of Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
Ovarian Cancer Action has appointed Stand Agency to kick-start Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month in March. Ovarian Cancer Action is the UK’s ovarian cancer research charity. From [...]
Consumer influence on brands has grown over five years
Weber Shandwick’s report The Company Behind The Brand II: In Goodness We Trust shows that 68% of consumers and 59% of executives believe brands are influenced by consumer [...]
Bluefin Payment Systems selects BackBay Communications
Financial services specialist BackBay Communications has been retained as “PR agency of record” by Bluefin Payment Systems, a payment technology provider for [...]
Five Zero Communications wins five new clients
Five Zero Communications, the Exeter-based corporate, B2B and tech specialist, has won five new clients. In the first few weeks of the year, the agency, which was set up just [...]
Webinar: What SMEs and start-ups can really expect to gain from a PR campaign
Kate Hartley, a PR consultant and a start-up business owner, shared top tips for growing businesses in yesterday’s Cision webinar about PR for SMEs and start-ups. As a [...]