Speed Communications, part of The Mission Marketing Group, has acquired PR and comms agency The Splash Partnership, expanding its offer into the foodservice and hospitality sectors. The Splash Partnership specialises in the foodservice and hospitality industry and works with clients including Nestlé Professional’s out of home brands (Nescafé / Milano / Maggi / Chef / Toque d’Or), Bidvest Foodservice, apetito, TUCO (The University […]
UK-based MHP Communications, and US-based Dukas Linden Public Relations (DLPR), have formed a strategic partnership to provide a global financial communications service. Together the two firms’ financial services clients have aggregate assets under management, or advice, totalling $4 trillion (£3 trillion). Seth Linden, president at DLPR, said: “Our partnership with MHP is a result of months of […]
Jolly Good Causes, which was set up in 2014 to provide low cost and free press and comms support to small charities in the UK, is inviting members of the public to help it rebrand and choose a new logo. People can vote for their favourite out of five logo options for the third sector […]
Golin has brought in Ogilvy’s Alex Wood as executive creative director, with a brief to “bring innovation into the agency”. Wood spent more than three-and-a-half years at Ogilvy, where he was lead creative on recent Bacardi and Grey Goose portfolio pitch wins and cross-channel campaigns including Vodafone Firsts (first flight – Cannes Lion gold winner, 2014), […]
Halfway through his 2016 presidential term at the CIPR (Chartered Institute of Public Relations), Rob Brown talks about the professional body, its ongoing work, and reflects on the issues and opportunities currently affecting the wider PR industry. How are you finding your time as CIPR president? It’s an honour and a challenge. I’ve spent a lot […]
Tech comms agency Red Lorry Yellow Lorry has been chosen by TV content delivery specialist Edgeware to handle its global PR activity. Edgeware provides operators and content owners with the tools to deliver their TV services at “huge scale and low cost”. Red Lorry Yellow Lorry has been briefed by Edgeware to build its profile […]
Manchester PR agency, Viva, has hired Alan Simpson, the former deputy editor of the Lancashire Telegraph. Simpson, who has taken up the role of business development executive at Viva, was at the Lancashire Telegraph for more than 35 years. His role at Viva includes the creation of media relations strategies and developing business opportunities. Simpson said: “This is an […]
Japanese insurance service provider, Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Holdings (Sompo), has appointed Newgate Communications to a combined corporate and financial communications and public affairs brief. Newgate will provide media relations, stakeholder and political outreach and financial comms support to raise Sompo’s profile in the UK. It will also support the international growth of the business. The Newgate team […]
Citigate Dewe Rogerson has appointed Louise Mason as a director in its financial team, where she will be responsible for growing the existing client base and expanding upon its natural resources expertise. Patrick Donovan, managing director at Citigate Dewe Rogerson, said: “We are very excited to have Louise join our growing team. With her strong […]
In light of Brexit, Kitty Parry, CEO at financial PR consultancy Templars Communications, advises communications professionals around how they can create confidence in the wake of a shock. With the UK’s shock decision to leave the EU, England’s spectacular loss to Iceland in the European Championship and the lamentable resignation of a certain Top Gear presenter, the country has had a […]