The PRCA has announced the shortlist for the inaugural Burson-Marsteller-backed Reginald Watts Prize for PR Insight, which saw PR professionals aged 25 or under enter essays on their vision for what the industry will be like in 2020 and beyond. Following the passing in April of former PRCA chairman, CIPR president and UK CEO of […]
PHA Media has been handed an awareness raising brief by charity Music Venue Trust and the agency has been hired by 4th Base Cosmetics to launch its new beauty brand NKBb. Launched in 2014, Music Venue Trust is a national charity working to protect, secure and improve the UK’s grassroots music venues. PHA Media has […]
Yellow Jersey has appointed Adam Wurf as consultant in order to broaden its service offering and drive new business activities. Wurf previously worked as chief marketing officer for Crowdmix and, prior to that, for Fourfront Group. He also worked as a communications director for ISS UK, a facilities services provider. While in consultancy at Chime […]
Communicators can deliver content optimised to reach consumers at the right time and in the right format if they put themselves in the driving seat, says Marcus Sorour, general manager at WE UK. My wife and I spent months researching the perfect car to buy for weekend getaways, emergency trips to the vet and the occasional recycling […]
Abchurch has been appointed to handle financial PR and investor relations for Kazakhstan-based oil and gas exploration and production company Roxi Petroleum (Roxi). Roxi is an AIM-listed company which is looking to acquire and develop interests in oil and gas assets in Central Asia, with a focus on Kazakhstan. Abchurch senior partner TimThompson will lead the account. […]
Lord Tim Bell has resigned as chairman of Bell Pottinger, 30 years after he founded the agency. He plans to set up a strategic consultancy called Sans Frontières next year. Bell, a former adviser to Margaret Thatcher, has decided he would like to step back from the day-to-day running of the business, according to a […]
Great British Bake Off returned to the screens last night and, with last year’s average audience comprising more than 12 million people, there is huge opportunity for brands to increase their profile, sales and reach, according to Chris Baldwin, director of consumer programmes at Protravel, part of employee benefits and rewards company Sodexo. The BBC has strict […]
Golin is looking to close the wage gap encountered by working mothers and reap the benefit of recruiting ‘untapped’ talent as it launches its second ‘returnship’ programme this week. The Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS) reported this week that there is a 33% pay gap between working mothers and men by the time their children are twelve-years old. This ‘motherhood […]
Hill + Knowlton Strategies (H+K) has appointed Jasper Rosenau as head of content and publishing strategy for its financial and professional services team. Rosenau said: “I am thrilled to be joining H+K, and could not wish to join a better agency or work with a more dynamic, focused and intelligent team. I look forward to […]
Earlier this year, Super League and Challenge Cup winning 22-year-old pro rugby league star Stevie Ward launched Mantality, an online male lifestyle, sports and mind title to address the issue of mental health in sport. Three months on, Ward talks to Gorkana‘s Louise Pantani about how his own experiences in professional sport fuelled the idea for Mantality, how […]