Lesley McPherson has taken up the position of director of communications at The Co-operative Bank and is based in its Manchester head office. McPherson joins the bank from Edinburgh City Council, and will head up the comms team; handling internal comms, media relations, public affairs and values and ethics. Her financial services experience also stems from roles […]
Weber Shandwick Manchester has boosted its corporate team through the hiring of Amy Hopkinson as senior account director, and two internal promotions. Following a series of client wins, Dean Gallagher and Lianne Hunter have been promoted to account directors. Hopkinson was formerly a senior account director at Remarkable Group’s Manchester office. Prior to that, she […]
To mark the re-launch of Virgin Radio this year, Wireless Group’s in-house PR team partnered up with Virgin Trains to transform a Manchester to London train into a live music venue with the help of performances from Matt Richardson, Travis, The Feeling, Mystery Jets, Gavin James and Walking On Cars. Campaign: The re-launch of Virgin Radio PR […]
East Anglian PR agency Pier has been chosen to raise the profile of independent marina Suffolk Yacht Harbour. The agency has been briefed to help build awareness of Suffolk Yacht Harbour regionally and nationally. Pier will also raise the profile of its annual regattas and events. Its team will also create print and digital newsletters, as […]
Kindred has launched an Instagram portfolio to give creative marketing professionals the chance to learn more about the agency and apply to join its team, as part of Kindred’s drive to find new creative talent. The Kindred Instagram portfolio is designed to showcase the current roles available in the agency, as well as its people, culture […]
BritainThinks has hired Hannah Kilshaw as an associate director, in order to expand its education practice. Currently, the strategy and insights business works with clients including Pearson, AQA and the Association of School and College Leaders in the sector. Kilshaw joins from EdComs, where she held the role of senior research manager. She spent her time conducting […]
Burson-Marsteller has appointed Geoff McDonald, Unilever’s former global VP of HR for marketing, comms, sustainability and global talent, as a senior advisor on corporate purpose and organisational change. McDonald (pictured) spent 25 years at Unilever, working with CEO Paul Polman and chief marketing, comms and sustainability officer Keith Weed on the company’s strategy to double […]
Meggitt, the FTSE 250 global engineering group, has appointed FTI Consulting as its retained financial PR advisor. The engineering group specialises in aerospace equipment and its headquarters is at Bournemouth Airport in Dorset. FTI will provide the company with financial communications support. Deborah Scott, FTI’s senior managing director, and Nick Hasell, managing director, will lead the FTI […]
Strategic comms agency CNC, which is part of MSLGROUP, has brought in former BBC Breakfast presenter Dominic Laurie as a senior consultant within its London office. Laurie joins CNC following a career in broadcast journalism spanning more than 13 years, during which time he was a presenter on BBC Breakfast, anchor on BBC Radio Five, […]
Four Communications Group today (5 July 2016) announced the acquisition of independent healthcare comms consultancy Packer Forbes. Packer Forbes provides PR, medical education, digital patient advocacy and access communications to blue chip pharmaceutical clients, including Actelion Pharmaceuticals, Gilead Sciences and Novo Nordisk. Packer Forbes will rebrand as Four Health Communications, and will sit within a […]