Comms recruitment consultancy JFL Search & Selection has promoted Carolyn Kirkwood, who first joined the business in 2006, to deputy MD. Kirkwood left JFL in February 2010, but returned to the team in March 2013 as a director. She will continue to work with UK and European PR consultancies, as well as a range of client-side organisations, to […]
There’s a few places left at Gorkana‘s elite PR panel event that tackles the challenges associated with real world measurement as part of AMEC’s Measurement Month. The ‘How you can prove success – the real world PR measurement challenge’ event, hosted by Gorkana, will consist of speakers from leading agencies; DeVries SLAM, Bell Pottinger, FleishmanHillard Fishburn and Pitch, […]
Changes in communications and diversity in the PR industry were two major themes to come out of the PRCA National Conference 2016 held at BAFTA, London last week (23 September). Ex-BBC world affairs correspondent and international affairs editor for ITV, Rageh Omaar, reflected on his career, and noted the changes that have taken place within the journalism profession. He […]
Iredale Communications has named industry veteran Brian MacLaurin as chairman and appointed Anna Hodgekiss, MailOnline’s former health editor, as a consultant. MacLaurin, a former journalist, launched his first PR agency, MCM, in 1992. It was then sold to a venture capital-backed management team in 2001. He went on to launch a new agency, Brian MacLaurin Associates, in […]
Creditsafe, a company credit report supplier, has appointed Speed Communications’ Business & Corporate PR team as its retained agency. Speed Communications will increase awareness of the Creditsafe business, which delivers more than 100 million company credit reports every year to more than 200,000 users. It will also reinforce Creditsafe’s credibility among credit management and finance […]
Britta Heer, former Achtung MD and chief digital officer, will lead LEWIS’ new office in Hamburg. Heer’s experience also includes a head of digital role at Edelman in Germany. Hamburg will be LEWIS’ fourth German office. It launched in the country in 1997, and has successfully expanded from Munich to Frankfurt and Dusseldorf. Rafael Rahn, senior vice […]
Nudge PR has been appointed to handle the UK PR for healthy Indian snacks company Gourmosa, ahead of its upcoming product launches later this year. Gourmosa products are currently available at Asda and Tesco stores, with products hitting Ocado later this year and further UK distribution expected throughout 2017. Nudge PR has been brought on […]
Loans firm Oakam has appointed London agency 2Sisters PR to raise the profile of the brand, with a particular focus on the UK’s Polish community. Oakam provides financial services for people who “find it difficult to borrow from banks”. 2Sisters, which specialises in promoting Eastern European communities in the UK and abroad, has been briefed to raise […]
David Leslie and Sam Barnett have joined Pagefield as consultants. Leslie joins from international corporate, financial and political comms consultancy New Century Media, where he spent five years, while Barnett joins from Bell Pottinger’s corporate and brand team, where he spent two years. Oliver Foster, managing partner of Pagefield, said: “In Sam and David, we’re delighted to be hiring […]
Associated British Ports (ABP) has appointed national communications consultancy JBP to provide stakeholder engagement and PR support around the Dolffin Quay development in Cardiff Bay, its flagship property development scheme. Nicola Beech, head of stakeholder engagement at JBP, said: “We’re delighted to be supporting the Dolffin Quay scheme and the continued regeneration of Cardiff Bay, which […]