London-based tech PR agency, Babel has announced the opening of its second UK office in Cambridge. The office will support two new clients based in the region, in addition to Babel’s existing portfolio in East Anglia. It is well-placed to provide communications services to the tech scene in Cambridge and throughout the east of England, according […]
South Kensington-based member’s club Albert’s has appointed The Lifestyle Agency to handle the PR around its official opening next month. Albert’s was founded by Piers Adam, Jake Parkinson-Smith, Fraser Carruthers and Carlo Carello, and plans to offer the “most memorable dinner and dancing experience”. Alicia Legg, senior account manager at The Lifestyle Agency, will lead the account and report […]
Europe’s “first chia seed based drink”, wow, has appointed Diffusion as its retained agency to handle its launch in the UK, following a competitive pitch. wow is made by cold-pressing fruit and vegetables and adding hydrated chia seeds. As a “superfood” chia seeds help hydrate the body, boost metabolism and activate glycogen, which burns fat and provides a feeling […]
John Hughman, editor of Investors Chronicle, talks about his passion for well-researched, analytical and long-form journalism, and the opportunities for PR professionals to contribute to the financial publication. Where do you get the majority of your news? As an investment magazine, most of our coverage is driven by quoted companies updating the market via the Regulatory News […]
After being retained on a financial comms brief, FTI Consulting will handle the UK IPO of web conferencing software provider, LoopUp Group. London-based LoopUp has announced its intention to float on the LSE’s AIM market. The company also has offices in San Francisco, New York ,Boston and Hong Kong. FTI Consulting managing director Matt Dixon, […]
FleishmanHillard Fishburn has appointed a new creative director and partner, Kevin O’Sullivan. O’Sullivan previously held a head of creative role at Bell Pottinger, and prior to that a director role at Blue Rubicon. He said: “It was pretty much love at first sight for me with FHF. The role is big, broad and just the […]
In June 2016, insurance specialist Simon Hayes became director at Redleaf Communications. He talks to Gorkana about the move, his ambitions for the industry and his early career in the military. How has your career in the comms industry led to your current role? I started life in the City as a broker for Marsh and then as an […]
Missed out on this week’s PR News? Get your handy round-up of the essential highlights of PR and media stories, features and events content over the last seven days on Gorkana News. People News Richard Branson’s former comms director, Paul Charles, has launched a new PR agency, The PC Agency, and bought travel consultancy Angel […]
Instagram’s latest platform update, ‘Stories’, which allows users to upload temporary photos and videos, has caused a burst of online debate this week. While users argue about how close in likeness Instagram’s new feature is to Snapchat, Gorkana investigates how useful these changes are for PR. This Tuesday (2 August), Instagram announced via blogpost that […]
FrieslandCampina UK, the company behind consumer brands Yazoo and Optiwell, has appointed Mercieca to manage PR for its ongoing health and nutrition programme. With a brief encompassing consumer, trade and internal PR, Mercieca will drive FrieslandCampina’s voice around the ongoing sugar debate, while raising the company’s profile as a world class dairy company producing healthy, […]