ilk launches London operation
Nev Ridley and Shaun Beaumont, owners of Leeds-based PR agency ilk, have invested £185,000 into the opening of a new London office and appointed client services director Beth [...]
CNC appoints two new partners
Communications and Network Consulting (CNC) has promoted Oliver Mann and Harald Kinzler to its partner team. Mann and Kinzler, currently managing directors based in London and [...]
Portland hires former Michael Gove adviser
Portland has hired Henry Cook, a former adviser to Michael Gove, as associate director in its Brexit unit. Before joining Portland, Cook was special adviser to Gove for four [...]
MRM appointed by asset manager RWC Partners
RWC Partners, the independent investment manager, has appointed financial services PR consultancy MRM. MRM will be responsible for RWC’s external communications, both [...]
Henry Boot hires Hudson Sandler
Henry Boot plc has hired Hudson Sandler as its retained financial and corporate communications adviser. The Hudson Sandler team, led by managing director Nick Lyon and [...]
Benefit appoints We Are Social
Benefit Cosmetics has appointed We Are Social as its digital and social agency for Benefit UK and Ireland. Benefit has briefed We Are Social to develop 360 digital campaigns [...]
Buchanan wins trio of mining accounts
Buchanan has added Tharisa plc, Berkeley Energia and Silver Bear Resources to its roster of mining companies. Bobby Morse, senior partner, will lead the accounts, supported by [...]
Bite wins Rocket Fuel brief
Rocket Fuel, a global predictive marketing company, has appointed Bite to handle all UK comms activity, following a competitive pitch. Rocket Fuel uses artificial intelligence [...]
TVPlayer briefs Clarity PR
Clarity PR has been chosen to handle the consumer PR for live TV streaming service TVPlayer. Founded by Adam Smith, TVPlayer is an online freemium Over The Top (OTT) TV [...]
Most read people news on Gorkana News
Your bitesize update on the latest People News and Moves featured on Gorkana News: Richard Parkinson becomes global creative director at Text100 Next 15-owned global marketing [...]
Jonathan Bird joins Hillgate
PR and brand comms agency Hillgate has brought in Worldstores Group’s Jonathan Bird as an associate director. Bird was previously head of PR and brand partnerships at [...]
British Business Bank appoints MHP Communications
MHP Communications will provide British Business Bank, the UK’s national economic development bank, with PR and corporate comms support. MHP will help the bank to meet its [...]
Publicis Health rebrands PR and medical education agency
Publicis Health’s PR and medical education agency has been renamed Publicis Resolute. Along with the new name, the agency has launched a new website, new social media channels [...]
Thinkhouse wins global Protein World brief and promotes Kardashian collaboration
Health supplement brand Protein World has appointed youth marketing agency Thinkhouse as its lead creative and strategic global agency for 2017, which includes a “major [...]
Crossflow Payments appoints Instinctif Partners
Instinctif Partners has been appointed by financial services platform Crossflow Payments as its retained corporate PR and public policy adviser. Instinctif Partners will help [...]
Final chance to champion inspiring people in PR as nominations for the 2017 Suzy Spirit Awards close tonight
Today is your last chance to nominate an inspiring young star in PR, as well as an established and inspirational champion of others, as nominations for the 2017 Suzy Spirit [...]
Nicola Furbisher joins Furbisher Media
Ex-editor of the Yorkshire Evening Post Nicola Furbisher is joining her husband John Furbisher at the PR agency he founded – Furbisher Media. Nicola Furbisher has left [...]
Ready10 pays staff twice this month with new “Goodbye Skint January” initiative
A London PR agency is helping its staff who might be feeling the effects of an early December pay day by introducing a new benefit – staff will get paid twice in January. [...]