Why it’s time for CMOs to embrace PR and comms
What you’re about to read might sound like bad news. But for businesses that arm themselves with the right tools, it actually represents a huge opportunity just waiting to be realised. You see, consumer trust is falling across the board. Global research firm Nielsen reports that consumers now trust print, TV and radio ads less […]
Ex-Bloomberg reporter joins World Health Organisation
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has appointed Bloomberg’s European healthcare reporter, Makiko Kitamura, as communications officer for the Health Data Collaborative. [...]
Gorkana meets… The Architect’s Journal and The Architectural Review
Christine Murray, who was appointed editor-in-chief of The Architects’ Journal and The Architectural Review in February, talks to Gorkana’s Niall Davies about her new [...]
The Gorkana Weekly Industry News Brief: 2 to 8 April 2016
Missed out on this week’s PR News? Get your handy round-up of the essential highlights of PR and media stories, features and events content over the last seven days on [...]
Where do retail trade shows offer PRs value?
Next week’s World Retail Congress and the recent Retail Week Live are just two of the many annual retail trade shows PRs can attend throughout the year. But is there [...]
Towergate Insurance hires Powerscourt
Towergate Insurance has appointed Powerscourt as its retained financial and corporate communications adviser. Towergate is the UK’s largest independently-owned insurance [...]
Agency and in-house environments have much to offer
Agency or in-house? This is a common fork in the road for careers in communications and Sarah Leembruggen, MD and owner of PR recruitment specialist and executive search [...]
Boxed Energy appoints Social Communications
Boxed Energy, a specialist heating supplier to the social housing industry, has appointed Sale-based agency Social Communications to handle its PR. The agency will help launch [...]
GUNG HO buys Coffin on Cake
Consumer sport and lifestyle PR agency GUNG HO Communications has acquired London-based Coffin on Cake PR for an undisclosed figure, in a move that will double the size of the [...]
Brands2Life gets Tetra Pak account
Packaging giant Tetra Pak has appointed Brands2Life to manage its B2B PR and public affairs in the UK on a three-year contract. After a three-stage competitive pitch process, [...]
Blue Rubicon promotes Peter Fitch to MD
Blue Rubicon has promoted Peter Fitch to managing director with immediate effect. He replaces Chris Norton, who recently joined Facebook as EMEA director of comms. Fitch has [...]
Gorkana meets… Northern & Shell Digital
Jonathan Bown, deputy group director of digital content for Northern & Shell, talks to Gorkana‘s Grace Lee about tripling the number of OK! Online’s unique [...]
Pitching to the modern newsroom
Newsrooms across newer titles such as Quartz, are moving away from ‘traditional’ ways of working which are commonly focused on set ‘beats’ and key, formal and physical, [...]
Travel Counsellors awards brief to MC2
PR and marketing consultancy MC2 has been appointed to develop and implement an integrated communications strategy for travel specialist Travel Counsellors. Travel Counsellors [...]
EM hires Rosneft’s Logutenkova
EM, the financial and corporate communications agency for emerging markets, has appointed Irina Logutenkova to its Moscow-based investor relations advisory practice. Irina [...]
3 Monkeys I Zeno wins Singapore Tourism brief
3 Monkeys I Zeno has been chosen to handle the UK comms for the Singapore Tourism Board, following a competitive pitch. The agency has been briefed to enhance awareness of [...]
Golin launches German j-v
PR agency Golin has formed a joint venture with GGH MullenLowe, its sister agency in Germany, allowing both agencies to bring a “truly integrated” offering to the [...]
Gorkana meets… Lovin Dubai
Five months after the launch of lifestyle website Lovin Dubai, Gorkana’s Jessica Lester talks to editor Devinder Bains about why the title is “BuzzFeed meets Time [...]
Speed manages global PR for The World’s 50 Best Restaurants
Speed Communications has been retained to manage the global PR for The World’s 50 Best Restaurants, as the brand embarks on its first global tour. The World’s 50 Best [...]