Aspectus to run Meritsoft’s global comms
Software company, Meritsoft has appointed Aspectus as its retained global comms agency. Aspectus, the financial services, energy and technology specialist, will focus on [...]
Is Fake News…fake news?
So it’s official, ‘Fake news’ is the ‘word’ of 2017. Well, according to Collins who have named the term ‘word of the year’, stating that usage has increased by 365% [...]
Ogilvy hires head of influencer marketing
Ogilvy PR has appointed Rahul Titus as its head of influencer marketing. Titus will use his experience in influencer marketing to oversee the agency’s development of its ADAM [...]
60 Seconds with OneChocolate’s Jill Coomber and Sue Grant
Jill Coomber (left) and Sue Grant (right), co-founders and directors of OneChocolate, discuss their PRCA National Awards nomination, founding the agency and their favourite [...]
Ketchum appoints Jo-ann Robertson as new London CEO
Ketchum has promoted Jo-ann Robertson to CEO of Ketchum London. She replaces current CEO Denise Kaufmann, who is returning to the US to become the agency’s director of client [...]
Milk & Honey partners with Leap Films
Milk & Honey PR is partnering with Leap Films to add a video production and animation offering to clients for both traditional and social campaigns. Meg Dibb-Fuller, the [...]
People@Cision – Meet Kunal, senior client services executive
People @Cision is our series of interviews that shines a light on some of the fantastic people who work in our organisation, this is Kunal one of our senior client services [...]
GK Strategy appoints three associate directors
Strategic comms consultancy GK Strategy has appointed Christine Quigley, Rebecca Lury and Martin Summers as associate directors. The trio will help drive the [...]
Cambridge Wireless appoints three new board members
Technology networking group Cambridge Wireless (CW) has appointed Stephen Pattison, Arm Ltd’s vice president of public affairs, to its board. Pattison’s public affairs work [...]
This week’s PR news in brief (30 October – 3 November)
Here’s a round-up of essential PR news stories and features from the past week, including the winners of the PRCA North West PRide awards, Powerscourt and Smoking Gun’s [...]
Promote wins Meridian Foods’ consumer PR brief
Nut butter producer Meridian Foods has awarded Promote PR its consumer brief, on the strength of its campaigns for the brand over the past 12 months. Led by managing director [...]
Hue & Cry to provide Waterford’s global press office
Consumer goods firm Fiskars has appointed Hue & Cry to support the global press office for luxury crystalware brand Waterford, following a competitive pitch. The lifestyle [...]
Opinion: If you can’t communicate, you can’t lead
As former prime minister Gordon Brown’s new book, My Life, Our Times launches, Rob Lester, head of issues and crisis management at Good Relations, argues that leadership has [...]
Hume Brophy acquires Madaket+Co
Global comms firm Hume Brophy has acquired Madaket+Co in order to establish its first office in Hong Kong and to expand its US corporate comms and public affairs offering. [...]
How the Museum of London boosted its visitor numbers with PR measurement
The Museum of London had a problem. Its Barbican location isn’t easily visible to the public, and for this reason it has decided to relocate that site to Farringdon in 2022. [...]
Lucre wins Debenhams Personal Finance account
Debenhams Personal Finance has appointed Lucre to increase its brand and product awareness following a competitive pitch process. Lucre will profile the company’s key product [...]
Edelman UK appoints Bell Pottinger veteran as general manager
Edelman UK has appointed Hugh Taggart, the former Bell Pottinger managing director and partner, as its general manager for corporate affairs. As part of Edelman UK’s executive [...]
How to create a highly effective press release in 4 easy steps
The press release remains an essential tool of the trade for PRs and communicators alike. The media landscape may have changed dramatically in recent years. But the [...]