BrandContent wins five-way Admiral PR pitch
Welsh content marketing and PR agency BrandContent has secured a retained contract with insurance company Admiral in a five-way pitch against global and London-based agencies. [...]
Muckle Media makes three senior appointments
Creative PR and digital agency Muckle Media has made three senior appointments in Edinburgh, including Sujarda Herring as head of client service. Herring was previously head [...]
Canoe appointed to launch Dr. Martens stores
Creative PR agency Canoe is supporting Dr. Martens on all media activity for the launch of six new stores across the UK and Ireland, starting with last week’s opening of a [...]
Ranieri welcomes new MD as Pietro Ranieri changes roles
Ranieri founder Pietro Ranieri has become the consumer tech and lifestyle agency’s group MD, making way for former director Sarah Tokeley to take the helm as managing [...]
60 Seconds with Hudson Sandler’s Charlie Jack
Fresh from supporting gold mining giant Polyus on its London flotation, Charlie Jack, Hudson Sandler partner, gives his views on life after the 2008 financial crisis, how [...]
This week’s PR news in brief (17-21 July)
Here is a round-up of the essential PR stories, account wins and people news that have been announced over the past week. Account wins Little Red Rooster has been appointed to [...]
NOW: Pensions appoints Cicero Group to retain PR brief
Workplace pensions company NOW: Pensions has hired Cicero Group’s PR practice to handle its UK communications. The partnership will see Cicero provide an ongoing proactive [...]
Hudson Sandler supports Quiz clothing on £200m IPO
Omni-channel womenswear company Quiz has successfully placed its shares as part of a £200 million IPO on the AIM stock exchange, with comms support from Hudson Sandler. [...]
Opinion: PR mentorship is a win-win deal for everyone involved
Whether for the mentor, mentee or the organisation itself – PR mentoring is win-win for all, says Mazar Masud, senior consultant at Powerscourt and Taylor Bennett Foundation [...]
FTI assists superyacht company with AIM float
Superyacht painting, supply and maintenance company GYG has floated on the AIM stock exchange with comms support from FTI Consulting‘s consumer industries team. The team [...]
Headland announces raft of senior hires
Financial and corporate comms consultancy Headland has appointed Carley Sparrow as associate director, along with another six new consultants. Sparrow joins Headland from [...]
Mercieca wins ESF Festival of Football social media brief
Mercieca will manage the social media for the ESF Festival of Football, the UK’s biggest youth football festival. ESF Events has briefed the Camden-based agency to drive [...]
Why every business can benefit from corporate newsrooms
Instilling newsroom culture into a business will maximise the effectiveness of its corporate communications, the co-founders of corporate comms agency Stampa argued in [...]
tpr media to promote two BBC documentaries
Independent production companies Hopscotch Films and Mosaic Films have appointed tpr media to promote two BBC Storyville documentaries this summer. Hopscotch Films’ Accidental [...]
WPR Agency hires consumer director
PR and social media consultancy WPR Agency has appointed Rebecca Williams as consumer director. She will be tasked with expanding the division and devising strategic campaigns [...]
Roland Dransfield celebrates 21 years with consumer division launch
Manchester-based PR agency Roland Dransfield is launching a new consumer division to coincide with its 21st birthday this summer. Adam Moss will lead the division in his new [...]
Opinion: Why today’s consumers demand live content across platforms
Nicholas Lazarus, co-founder of Sassy Films, describes the ever-changing nature of broadcast media and how consumers are increasingly migrating towards social networks for [...]
Carswell Gould makes senior PR appointments
Integrated communications agency Carswell Gould has hired Ian Murray and Jen Humm as associate director of media and PR account director, respectively. Murray joins the agency [...]