Chris Mostyn has joined J. Murphy & Sons Limited (Murphy), the engineering and construction company, as head of marketing and communications. Mostyn joins Murphy from National Grid, where he held the position of head of corporate media relations. The role included the protection of corporate reputation, leading integrated communication projects, including infrastructure PR and managing high profile […]
Adrian Warr has been named managing director at Edelman’s Hong Kong office, and, as of July 1, Carolyn Hammond will also join the team in the role of head of consumer marketing. Hammond joins Edelman from FTI Consulting and, previously, Bell Pottinger and Blue Rubicon in the UK, where she worked her way up from […]
Pearn Kandola has appointed Bottle, a comms agency specialising in content-driven PR, to increase its profile within national and trade press, including the HR, business and wellbeing sectors. Bottle plans to use content positioning, media relations and social media management to position Pearn Kandola as an authority on workplace issues such as inclusion, diversity and […]
New research from digital market intelligence firm SimilarWeb shows that top news sites get the highest amount of traffic on Tuesdays. Gorkana asks Punch Communications, Fleet Street Comms and W if the amount if traffic a site receives on a specific day of the week has any bearing on their pitch to journos. SimilarWeb analysed the […]
Handpicked Media founder Krista Madden has joined forces with editor and journalist Emily Seares to launch a creative SEO agency, We Elevate. We Elevate aims to offer a “fresh approach to brand communications”, based on an integrated SEO and content strategy. Madden founded Handpicked Media in 2009, a digital agency representing more than 500 digital […]
Sue Neilen has joined Virgo Health as head of the communications division. She joins from specialist health advertising agency, Langland, where she headed up corporate communications. Previously, Neilson spent time as a journalist, writer and as a producer for Worldwide Television London and the BBC, worked at Saatchi & Saatchi, and handled crisis communications for the Eurovision […]
Financial IT solutions firm, JHC Systems, has appointed Rostrum as its UK PR agency. Rostrum will target wealth management and national press, and aims to boost JHC’s online presence through the application of a strategic social media campaign. Mark Houlding, CEO at Rostrum, said: “JHC represents another strong addition to Rostrum’s client base. With a […]
David Fraser, former deputy MD of Frank PR and publicist for Lord Sugar, has launched a London-based PR and SEO agency called Ready10. Fraser spent 12 years at Frank and was named deputy MD in 2013. While there, he spent ten years as the personal publicist to Lord Sugar, alongside Frank MD Andrew Bloch. He joined the […]
British-made skincare brand ARK Skincare has brought in RKM Communications to handle its PR. The agency has been briefed to raise the profile of the ARK brand, highlighting its use of natural ingredients and core ranges, which include ageprotect, for women in their teens and 20s, agedefend, which is targeted at women in their 30s […]
Nudge PR has won an ongoing PR retainer for Only By Nature frozen yoghurts, with a brief to increase B2C and B2B brand awareness. Made with the Stevia leaf for no added sugar, Only By Nature’s Frozen Yoghurts claim to be the lowest calorie frozen yoghurts on the market and are gluten-free and vegetarian friendly. […]