Betfair has chosen CAA Sports Consulting, a division of entertainment and sports agency Creative Artists Agency (CAA), to activate its global partnerships – including PR activity – with FC Barcelona and two flagship horse racing events: the Betfair Chase and Betfair Tingle Creek. The internet betting exchange became an official global partner of FC Barcelona after […]
Russian gold producer PJSC Polyus has appointed Hudson Sandler as its retained adviser for strategic international communications. Managing partner Andrew Hayes and partner Charles Jack will lead the Hudson Sandler team with support from financial communications consultant Yulianna Vilkos and client manager Emily Dillon. Hayes said: “We are delighted to be working with Polyus, one of the […]
Convenience retailing expert Tom Fender has joined Clarion’s advisory board. He joins TV personality and Saturday Kitchen regular Olly Smith and Condiment Junkie co-founder Scott King, who were appointed to its advisory board of “Very Clever People” in July. Fender’s experience includes being co-owner of him! research & consulting, which for almost 20 years has […]
Richard Beck has been appointed director of strategic planning and external relations at Nationwide. The building society is combining its strategy and stakeholder relations functions under new CEO Joe Garner. Beck joins the Nationwide Building Society’s Executive Committee and will play a leading role in the development of the new communications strategy, which is intended […]
Your bite-sized round-up and update on the latest people news featured on Gorkana News: Former news journalist Anthony Barnes has been appointed director of communications for lobby group UK Music. Barnes worked for many years as head of showbusiness, media and arts at the Press Association. He has also been arts and media correspondent at […]
Jonathan Smith, former associate director at Clarion, is to join Cirkle as director of its 20-strong trade team on 5 December. Smith has 15 years’ experience in trade and corporate PR, helping clients to deal with regulatory and legislative issues, as well as running category education campaigns. He has run campaigns for multi-brand owners including […]
Kristine Brabson, site director at Hearst Digital Media publications GoodHousekeeping.com and HouseBeautiful.com, talks to Gorkana about reaching new audiences through digital and maintaining magazines’ legacies while adapting to modern life. How does your role as a digital journo differ to that of your print colleagues? When it comes to brass tacks, I’d say the biggest difference is where […]
Former news journalist Anthony Barnes has been appointed director of communications for lobby group UK Music. Barnes worked for many years as head of showbusiness, media and arts at the Press Association. He has also been arts and media correspondent at the Independent On Sunday and has held roles with Q magazine, Classic FM and Record […]
As part of the Greggs Christmas campaign, Splendid Communications has teamed up with the UK’s largest bakery chain to launch an exclusive Greggs WhatsApp group. The ‘Festive Bake Lovers’ WhatsApp group went live on Wednesday (2 November), inviting fans via Twitter and Facebook to join and snap up one of 250 places. Those who have […]
Membership body for the UK real estate industry, the British Property Federation (BPF), has appointed Redwood Consulting’s Drew McNeill as PR manager. McNeill is currently a PR account manager at Redwood Consulting, where he has worked since 2014. Prior to that, he wrote for HR Magazine, part of the Excel Media Group. In his new role, […]