Citigate Dewe Rogerson‘s Manchester office has brought in Matthew Pears, formerly of marketing and PR firm SkyParlour, as an associate director. Pears will work on a range of Citigate’s corporate and B2B accounts with a view to growing its client base in the North West. At Manchester-based SkyParlour he focused on clients in the fraud, eCommerce, mCommerce and payment […]
Morrisons, the UK’s fourth largest supermarket chain, has named Shine @ The Academy as its retained brand PR agency, following a competitive pitch. Shine @ The Academy is the second PR agency to be appointed by Morrisons this month after it brought in Cirkle as its product PR agency, as part of a planned review […]
AIM-listed energy company Tlou Energy has brought in St Brides as its retained financial PR. Tlou Energy delivers power in Botswana and South Africa through the development of coal bed methane (CBM) projects. Elisabeth Cowell, Lottie Brocklehurst and Megan Dennison are managing the brief. Cowell, partner at St Brides, said: “Tlou provides investors with access to compelling […]
Freelance travel writer Helen Wright talks to Gorkana‘s Richard Caldecourt about launching consumer travel site passportstamps.uk, why she’s keen to showcase less well known destinations, what PRs should consider when pitching in content ideas, and the best destination she’s ever visited. Tell us what passportstamps.uk is all about. passportstamps.uk features aspirational travel ideas that are achievable […]
Independent comms agency firstlight has expanded its team with six hires, including Anna Price who joins as associate director from Cohn & Wolfe‘s corporate team. Price has experience in the integrated corporate and public affairs space and has worked across a range of sectors including food and drink, financial services, retail, education, energy and tech. Account director Sam […]
Construction company Watkin Jones has appointed Buchanan to advise the group on its AIM IPO, which is the largest AIM IPO fundraising this year, and its ongoing financial communications needs. Watkin Jones, which focuses on developments in the student accommodation sector, joins the AIM market today and has successfully raised some £131.3 million since March 11 […]
Tim Willliamson, MD of Cognito‘s APAC region, on the challenges of communicating in different countries, how his journalistic ‘nosiness’ led to a career in PR and why localisation can make or break client relationships. What is your remit at Cognito? I am MD of Cognito’s APAC region (Asia-Pacific) based in Singapore. We cover Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia and […]
Hill + Knowlton Strategies (H+K) Chicago’s Jessi Langsen has joined the agency’s London office to lead the Content + Publishing approach for its Healthcare sector business. Langsen was previously vice president of social at H+K Chicago, where she led digital and social media campaigns for consumer, corporate, B2B and public affairs clients. Before H+K, she managed […]
HAUD, a telecoms security business, has hired Tangerine to increase brand awareness and engage key influencers as part of a global brief. The company works with mobile operators to increase consumer security and network efficiencies by eliminating fraud and spam traffic, maximising network performance and reducing subscriber churn. Tangerine will drive a content-led comms strategy to increase HAUD’s profile in […]
Belfast-based Smarts Communicate has opened a new London office and brought in Good Relations’ Helen Rainford to head it up. The PR and content agency, which currently works with clients across more than 20 countries in Europe, Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas, has a client portfolio that includes British Airways, BT, Lidl, Johnnie Walker […]