Cision clients won almost two-thirds of the 33 available prizes at last night’s PR Moment Awards ceremony for the north in Manchester. Smarts Communicate were the big winners on the night, taking home five awards, including the Cision sponsored Global Public Relations Campaign of the Year award for its World Class Bartender of the Year […]
Ethan Spibey, founder of PR and comms LGBT+ networking group InterComms, discusses being named an outstanding contributor to LGBT+ life in 2018 and what the industry can do better for the LGBT+ community. You’ve just been selected as one of the 10 Outstanding Contributors to LGBT+ Life in 2018 by the British LGBT Awards for […]
Here East, the technology and creative campus in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, has appointed Seven Hills to lead its comms brief. Seven Hills will oversee a media and stakeholder campaign to raise awareness of the campus and its tenants, including innovations being developed at the site. Here East selected the agency for its strong […]
Cheshire-based agency No Brainer has won four new briefs to add to its roster of clients. Market intelligence specialists The Insights People have appointed No Brainer to coordinate a comprehensive PR brief, promoting its range of trend and data-led research through the company’s Kids Insights and Parents Insights brands. SkinBase, a provider of microdermabrasion treatments, […]
AVANI Hotels and Resorts has appointed specialist travel and lifestyle agency GribbonBerry to handle its comms for the UK media market. GribbonBerry will promote the brand’s destinations and offerings to the UK market, with particular focus on “millennial-minded” travellers. Adhiyanto Goen, director of public relations for AVANI, said: “We were really impressed with GribbonBerry’s understanding […]
Business networking event NewCo London has appointed Jargon PR to promote the event for the third year in a row. The agency will plan and implement a media liaison campaign around the event to drive attendance, gain coverage for host companies and share insight and thought leadership gleaned from the event itself. The one-day event […]
James McLachlan, editor at Icon magazine, explains what makes a great front cover, who reads the magazine and how the brand works with PRs. Your January cover was recognised as one of the best by the Society of Publication Designers. What in your view makes for a great magazine cover? It depends on the publication. […]
Built environment specialist agency becg has appointed Tom Morrison as associate director to its Manchester-based north region team. Morrison will work with the agency’s north region director, Kevin Whitmore, to provide comms and public affairs counsel to its northern clients. He joins from United Utilities and was previously a Liverpool city councillor. Morrison said: “This […]
Ministry of Sound Recordings has appointed Influence Digital as its social media agency of record. Influence Digital will help the label to enhance its presence on social media, leveraging its core base of 1.5 million social fans and followers. The brief will encompass industry leading playlist brands on Spotify and Apple Music such as Dance […]
Comms agencies Eskenzi PR and JTA have been recognised for their work in international trade in The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise 2018. Tech agency Eskenzi won the award for its successful international cyber security work, while sporting comms and public affairs specialist JTA received the award after recording 65% growth in overseas revenue over the […]