In an exclusive Gorkana webinar this week, Maria Darby-Walker, Citigate Dewe Rogerson director, and Tim Metcalfe, Investor Focus Communications‘ co-founder and MD, explained how the changing business world, and other factors, are evolving and expanding the role and remit of the financial PR. Both financial PR agencies and in-house comms operators have a greater sphere of influence and are […]
Beam Suntory, the world’s third largest premium spirits company, has appointed LDR CREATIVE to enhance awareness of its Global Travel Retail brand portfolio and support the growth of the GTR business unit. The agency, which won the account following a four-way pitch, will raise the profile of Beam Suntory, which is owned by Suntory Holdings Limited, and […]
Manchester PR agency Refresh PR has been appointed by the Glass and Glazing Federation (GGF) to create a national campaign to discover Britain’s best ‘Window with a View’. Previously appointed by the GGF to help launch MyGlazing.com, a consumer advice website for homeowners, Refresh PR created the concept and strategy for the Window with a […]
London PR agency PHA Media has been chosen by luxury men’s watch brand Christopher Ward to handle its UK PR. Christopher Ward was established in 2004 by Mike France, Chris Ward and Peter Ellis, who wanted to provide premium, quality Swiss made timepieces at affordable prices. It sells the collection worldwide through its e-commerce site and […]
Victoria Sheridan Consulting (VSC) has launched a financial PR division after handling the comms around wealth manager Harwood Wealth’s IPO announcement earlier this month. Caroline Villiers joins the property-focused comms firm to expand its financial division over the next 12 months. Villiers has some 15 years’ experience in IPO, M&A and corporate restructuring communications. She has previously worked with Lehman […]
Hotwire London’s Matt Watson and Paul Stollery have won the 2016 UK Young Lions PR competition. Six teams, including two from Hotwire, were shortlisted from 41 entries to win the accolade this year, in a competition which aims to find the best young PR professionals in the country. Each team, made up of individuals under […]
International strategic communications firm CNC has promoted former Independent on Sunday deputy business editor Simon Evans to director and Callum Laidlaw to senior consultant, respectively. Evans joined CNC in 2012 and has worked on a number of high profile transactions and comms mandates in the banking, private equity, investment management and broking sectors. A former […]
Global comms agency Cohn & Wolfe has named Diffusion’s Tom Malcolm as its new MD of consumer marketing for the UK. Malcolm has been briefed to enhance the growth of the agency’s consumer business in London. He will join Cohn & Wolfe’s UK management board following the recent promotion of UK consumer marketing MD Rebecca […]
Dean Russell, former EMEA creative strategy director at LEWIS PR, has launched epifny consulting, with Bite and the Direct Marketing Association as founding clients. The new consultancy offers data insights, creative comms and business strategy. It will also offer services including audits, strategy development, data analytics and mentoring and training. epifny is also working with Precedent Communications, as […]
Sports PR agency Pitch has launched a specialist sponsorship division, Pitch Partnerships, and brought Havas Sport & Entertainment Cake’s Gavin Peters to head up the new offer, which includes Swissquote and Yokohama as clients. Peters was previously chief strategy officer at Havas Sports & Entertainment Cake. He has more than 15 years of experience in […]