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 […]
Cohn & Wolfe names Rebecca Grant UK MD
Cohn & Wolfe has promoted its UK consumer marketing MD, Rebecca Grant, to head up the London-based WPP-owned agency as UK MD. Grant, who joined Cohn & Wolfe in 2011, [...]
Quill wins fund administrator Heritage
Heritage Financial Services Group (Heritage), a professional fund administrator and fiduciary, has appointed Quill following a competitive pitch. Quill will drive a media [...]
Good Relations launches broadcast offer
Good Relations has launched a new broadcast consultancy, Good Broadcast, and brought in Sound Creative’s Phil Caplin to lead the new offer. Good Broadcast, which will sit [...]
Bottle wins LeasePlan UK brief
Car leasing company LeasePlan UK has brought in Bottle to handle its PR. LeasePlan UK, launched in 1979, operates a UK serviced fleet with more than 164,900 vehicles and it [...]
Tulchan expands partnership with six appointments
Tulchan Communications has named six partners, including Morgan Stanley’s Doug Campbell and Severn Trent’s David Lloyd-Seed, as it makes a number of [...]
60 seconds with Richard Griffiths, RGC Partners
Richard Griffiths, outgoing director of European comms at ebay’s StubHub and founder of RGC Partners, on how his move from journalism into comms felt like “coming [...]
Gravity London hires Andrews to lead financial PR unit
B2B agency Gravity London has hired David Andrews, founder of financial services PR boutique David Andrews Media, on a retained basis to build its financial division. [...]
Meet The Sun’s deputy travel editor
Gorkana has a few final places available at tomorrow’s (23 February) exclusive breakfast briefing with The Sun’s deputy travel editor, Matthew Hampton. The Sun [...]
Graham and Green enhances PR team
Interiors company Graham and Green has brought in Cox & Cox’s Kate Vincent as PR and social media manager. Vincent has been briefed to raise the profile of the Graham and [...]
Allergy Therapeutics hands retained brief to Consilium
Speciality pharma company Allergy Therapeutics has hired Consilium Strategic Communications as its international financial PR and investor relations adviser. The London-listed [...]
Beattie creates 30 jobs to celebrate 30th birthday
Creative comms group Beattie is to create 30 new jobs across its UK office network, as part of its 30th birthday celebrations. Founded in 1986 initially as a news agency, it [...]
Campaign Collective launches to support charity comms
Former Claremont director Simon Francis has today launched Campaign Collective, a social enterprise to provide charities and not-for-profit organisations with affordable comms [...]
Pagefield recruits Tata Steel’s O’Connell
Pagefield has appointed Kieran O’Connell, formerly of Tata Steel, as an associate partner in its public affairs team. O’Connell was public affairs manager at the [...]
Outsourcing business Firstsource brings in firstlight
Firstsource, a business process outsourcing company, has hired firstlight to manage its external communications. The company works with businesses to help improve their [...]
The Gorkana Weekly Industry News Brief: 13 February to 19 February 2016
Pitch Wins Visitor attraction The View from The Shard has appointed Diffusion as its retained PR agency, following a competitive pitch. Alliance Trust PLC, one of the largest [...]
Gorkana meets … Stuff
In Gorkana’s latest media briefing (18 February), Will Dunn, editor of Stuff, discussed the magazine’s tone of voice and how it values exclusivity, how strong visuals are a [...]
Business membership body hires Spreckley
Global non-profit organisation The Association of Business Executives (ABE) has appointed Spreckley as its retained PR support in the UK. ABE is a professional membership body [...]
ICG launches strategic media offering
Comms agency ICG has setup the Media Task Force, led by former Metro political editor John Higginson, to offer “high level” corporate-focused strategic advice to [...]