Following the success of the London Paralympics in 2012, it wasn’t certain that Rio would grab the same level of attention for sponsors and stars in 2016. But, PRs tell Gorkana the athletes’ human interest stories and extraordinary feats continue to create a compelling narrative. Prior to the start of this year’s Paralympics, there were fears the Rio event was being […]
Aspectus, the B2B agency specialising in financial services, technology, energy and engineering, has appointed Michael House as an account director on its technology team. House, who will be based in Aspectus’ London office, joins from tech PR agency FieldHouse Associates. Prior to that, he worked for Hotwire PR in the telecoms team, and started out […]
Italy’s SEC Group has announced a formal partnership with UK-based Newington Communications. SEC has taken a 60% stake in Newington Communications, and its international headquarters will now be based at the agency’s London office as it seeks to grow its presence in Europe, and expand into Asia and the Americas. The deal comes just over a […]
Manifest has named IlK’s Martin Farrar-Smith as branding and design director, as the agency further bolsters its executive committee for growth and international expansion plans. Farrar-Smith is the third senior appointment at Manifest this year. Previously, he was art director at Ilk, an integrated agency based in Leeds. A school-friend and long-time collaborator of Alex Myers, group CEO at Manifest, Farrar-Smith has […]
Omnicom-owned global comms firm Ketchum has appointed a ‘Break Through Advisory Board’ following its formation of a Global Leadership Council (GLC) and Barri Rafferty’s appointment as global president. The Advisory Board is charged with ‘challenging, provoking and inspiring’ new ways of doing business, and advising on new trends such as emerging technology, new content platforms, products and services, collaboration opportunities and […]
Peter Ross, former MD and EVP of Weber Shandwick’s EMEA tech practice, is launching a content writing business Ross Content Writing & Consulting to support corporate, social media, executive leadership, product/tech and internal comms programmes. Originally a marketing comms writer with a background in journalism, Ross has 22 years’ industry experience. He joined Weber Shandwick’s – then called Miller Communications […]
Global CEO advisory firm Teneo has integrated its entire UK strategic comms businesses, including Blue Rubicon, under the new name Teneo Blue Rubicon. The move follows Teneo’s acquisitions of Blue Rubicon, Stockwell and Pendomer Communications in 2015. The 250-strong team is now in offices near London Bridge in Central London. Teneo Blue Rubicon says it will use the […]
Ian Middleton has today joined Celicourt as a partner and co-investor in the company. Middleton joins Celicourt from Powerscourt, where he was head of industrials, energy and natural resources and a member of the senior management team. Previously, he worked as a director at financial and business comms consultancy Merlin PR, and at equity marketing […]
Virgin Media’s former consumer PR lead Joe Thomas has joined Rooster as the PR and digital comms agency’s first creative director. Thomas, who led consumer PR at Virgin Media after a long spell at Brands2Life, joins Rooster’s senior team following a year of significant growth at the agency, with new clients including Contura, Ecoffee Cup, MOBKOi and Tianjin Airlines. At […]
Rory Green, videographer at broadcast PR agency Shout! Communications, talks about video streaming as a valuable tool for PR campaigns and explores live streaming options for every budget. Live streaming has made a big change to the world of PR video. It’s not a new tool, but the cost has lowered in the last 12 months. […]