CNC Communications & Network Consulting, a member of MSLGROUP, has made two strategic hires in its London office with the appointment of Richard Rigby and Riku Heikkila, who join as consultant and senior associate, respectively. Rigby, a specialist in reputation restoration, media and public affairs campaigns following periods of crisis or significant change, joins CNC from […]
Everyone – from organisations to individuals – is vulnerable to crises. When it comes to crisis situations the question is not if it will affect your brand or client but when. As with other areas of communications, crisis comms is facing more challenges than ever as the media landscape continues to fragment and transform. PRs […]
Financial services group State Street has hired Citigate’s Lauren Willington as EMEA PR manager. Willington will be part of an in-house PR team of four and report to Noreen Shah, head of corporate communications, EMEA. She joins State Street from Citigate Dewe Rogerson, where she was an account director within its corporate practice focusing on the agency’s asset […]
Global digital marketing company Criteo has appointed Nelson Bostock Unlimited as its UK PR agency, following a competitive pitch. Criteo currently works with more than 10,000 advertisers across 80 countries on “dynamically generated ads”, which are personalised with products and services that consumers are searching for. Nelson Bostock Unlimited has been briefed to enhance Criteo’s […]
Credit comparison site TotallyMoney.com has brought in Citypress as its retained PR agency, with a brief to raise the profile of the brand among consumers. Founded in 2007, TotallyMoney.com aims to help people access better, fairer credit deals by comparing credit cards, personal loans and mortgages. It currently attracts half a million customers each […]
Racepoint Global has enhanced its tech practice team with the appointment of Nelson Bostock Unlimited’s Jenna Keighley as vice president. Keighley was a board director at Nelson Bostock Unlimited until May last year, where she led B2C and B2B campaings for tech brands including HTC, Canon and Telstra International. She has also worked with component-level […]
Preena Gadher, co-founder and co-MD of arts and culture specialist agency Riot Communications, on her days of being like Charlie Bucket, what got her “hooked on” the publicity game and why you should never use age as a guide to ability. Before I reach the office in the morning, I’ve already… Listened to the news via the Today Programme, […]
WPP-owned financial PR groups Finsbury and Hering Schuppener have formed a strategic partnership. Under a unified brand entity, the partnership will offer a global platform across 14 offices and employ more than 350 people. It will combine four global practice groups covering capital markets, crisis, corporate reputation and corporate and public affairs. Finsbury and Hering Schuppener […]
Weber Shandwick has partnered with economist, author and honorary professor at UCL Noreena Hertz to explore how brands engage with ‘Generation K’. Weber’s partnership will build on Hertz’ extensive ongoing work on what she calls ‘Generation K’ – or 14 to 21 year-olds – named after The Hunger Games’ heroine Katniss Everdeen. Hertz’s research reveals that […]
Tom Blackwell, CEO at EM, on why there is no such thing as a ‘dull mandate’ in Russia, his admiration for Alibaba’s Jack Ma and the challenge of finding the right cheese. How did you get into international corporate communications? By complete chance. I never had any intention of working in communications. I just happened […]