Luxury travel brand Cunard has appointed Samsung’s Rachel Lloyd as head of PR. Lloyd will be responsible for driving the company’s PR and social media strategy globally. She will report to Angus Struthers, Cunard’s marketing director. Otherwise, the current global PR team for Cunard will remain unchanged. Michael Gallagher and Ruth Harrington will report to […]
Airline group Monarch has appointed David Page as its new group head of communications. Page’s brief covers internal and external communications and CSR. He will report to chief people officer Pauline Prow. Page joins from consumer and corporate PR agency Freuds where, over a three-year period, he was business director on its Mars and Asda Walmart […]
Corporate and financial PR agency Temple Bar Advisory is working for Upham Group, a pub operator with its own craft brewery, as it plans to raise up to £12m through an AIM listing. Today Upham announced its intention to float in a bid to raise funds to grow its pub portfolio. It currently manages a […]
Digital marketing and PR firm Threepipe has won a competitive pitch to develop a social strategy to promote Fire! Fire!, the Museum of London‘s next major exhibition which will mark the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London. Fire! Fire! will run from 23 July 2016 – 17 April 2017 and all visitors to […]
Brixton Beach Boulevard, a summer pop up venue opening in London next month, has appointed Murray Chalmers PR (MCPR) to handle its communications. The fully interactive new pop up will host a cocktail bar, live performances, and a selection of South London’s finest street food this summer. MCPR has also announced two recent client wins. After representing Elton […]
City Hypnosis, a therapy clinic based in Chancery Lane, London, has appointed PHA Media to launch a comprehensive new PR campaign titled ‘Changing Perceptions’. The agency will also manage City Hypnosis’ social media accounts, as well as run its press office day-to-day. City Hypnosis offers alternative treatment for conditions including phobias, addictions, sexual health, unwanted habits and […]
A new fundraising regulator for the charity sector has appointed Pagefield on comms and press office support ahead of its launch later in the year. The Fundraising Regulator, which has appointed Michael Grade as interim chair, has asked the agency to provide its press office function and is set to begin operations in the early summer. Craig Westwood, […]
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Gorkana’s first Charity Attitudes Benchmarking Survey shows how positive and negative media coverage can affect charity campaign success and, in particular, how positive media coverage can influence people to make donations. This year has not been short of challenges for organisations in the third sector, as stories such as the latest investigation on Age UK’s […]
Sunfly Karaoke, provider of karaoke hardware and music tracks, has appointed Quite Great to handle its communications. In addition to handling Sunfly’s PR, Quite Great will support the company in launching an innovative new streaming service to allow users to access Sunfly’s karaoke library via their tablets, smartphones and TVs. Established in 1991, Sunfly holds a catalogue of 14,000 […]