Henry Playfoot, strategy director at Claremont, is this year’s winner of the Suzy Ferguson Spirit Award, having been praised for his ‘strong integrity, principles and ethics’ at the awards ceremony today. In its third year, the Suzy Ferguson Spirit Award recognises those unsung heroes who have made a difference in the industry and bring out the […]
Wolfstar has been chosen by Portmeirion Group to deliver an integrated comms campaign for the 200th anniversary of its Spode Blue Italian design. The online and social media PR agency has been briefed to increase brand awareness and raise the profile of Spode and Blue Italian’s history, as well as engage with new and existing audiences. The 12-month […]
Cohn & Wolfe, FleishmanHillard Fishburn, Hotwire, salt and WE Communications have teams on the shortlist for this year’s Young PR Lions UK competition. Six teams, including two from Hotwire, have been shortlisted to win the accolade this year, in a competition which aims to find the best young PR professionals in the country. The winning team […]
Yellow Jersey has brought in Josh Cole, formerly of venture capital company AD&P, as a consultant. Cole will support director Charles Goodwin in Yellow Jersey‘s strategic communications segment. With Paris-based venture capitalist AD&P, Cole helped build a number of successful companies across sectors including biotech, cloud collaboration and online publishing. Dominic Barretto, Yellow Jersey MD, said: “We […]
Amazing PR has been brought in to handle the PR for non-profit organisation The Academy of Chocolate. It has been briefed to help the Academy raise awareness of the importance of educating the consumer about the difference between fine chocolate and mass produced chocolate confectionery via workshops, seminars and a biannual conferences. The Academy of Chocolate […]
Curzon Cinemas has handed a UK consumer PR brief to MWW PR. MWW PR will work on a project basis to drive awareness of the curated Curzon Home Cinema service, an on-demand offering customers to chose a “day and date” allowing them to watch a range of films at the same time as their cinema release. Philip Mordecai, director […]
AstraZeneca has appointed FTI Consulting’s Jennie Younger as vice president global corporate affairs to lead the pharma giant’s international corporate affairs function from its headquarters in Cambridge. Younger takes responsibility for all internal and external communications and government relations across the business. Pascal Soriot, AstraZeneca CEO, said: “I’m pleased to welcome Jennie to AstraZeneca at this important […]
Street & Co has been appointed to handle press office activity for Kathryn Sargent, as she becomes the first female Master Tailor to open a shop on Savile Row in Mayfair next month. The shop will be sister to the Atelier on Brook Street, and will open for Spring/Summer ’16 as a seasonal residency. Street […]
Permira, the global investment firm, has hired Montfort Communications as its UK strategic communications adviser. Founded in 1985, Permira advises funds with some €25 billion (£19.7bn) in committed capital across sectors including consumer, financial services, healthcare, industrials and tech. James Olley, senior consultant, is managing the brief. He will work with Noémie de Andia, head of communications at […]
The London Stock Exchange has appointed Cardew Group to provide comms support around its proposed £21bn merger with German stock exchange Deutsche Börse. Cardew’s appointment coincides with yesterday’s news that the LSE and Deutsche Börse had agreed the terms for a “merger of equals“. Under the terms of the proposed deal, LSE shareholders will own 45.6% of the […]