Hotel Chocolat has appointed its retained adviser Citigate Dewe Rogerson to manage its financial communications through its IPO and beyond. Citigate will handle the media relations as Hotel Chocolat lists on AIM and embarks on the next stage of growth and invests in store rollouts, expansion of its UK factory and invests in its digital offering. […]
Online arts and culture magazine After Nyne has brought in Alexander PR & Communications to support the launch of its bi-monthly print publication. After Nyne, which WH Smith will stock in 160 of its stores from June, has an online following of more than 45,000 through its social media platforms. Alexander has been briefed to lead a 12-month national awareness campaign […]
Global communications firm Next 15 has acquired Publitek, a specialist technical content marketing business. Next 15 specialises in acquiring, incubating and growing data-driven digital agencies with a diverse range of services. It also provides firms with mentoring and financial support. Bob Jones, Publitek’s founder and CEO, stays with the business following its acquisition. Tim Dyson, CEO at […]
Smoking Gun PR has been appointed to handle comms activity for Seema Malhotra and Stacey Forsey, who are new cast members in ITVBe’s reality show The Real Housewives of Cheshire. Seema Malhotra is the founder and design director of aspirational online fashion brand Forever Unique (a client of Smoking Gun PR), which she launched with her husband Sandeep […]
Moomin Characters, the business set up by Moomin creator Tove Jansson in the 1950s, has appointed arts and culture consultancy Riot Communications as its first PR agency. Moomin Characters was set up by Jansson, and her brother Lars, to deal with the large amount of requests from would-be licensees keen to make Moomin dolls and other […]
Andrew Clark, recently appointed public affairs director at Burson-Marsteller and a former deputy business editor of The Times, identifies four key questions business leaders need to ask themselves before wading into this potentially “toxic” debate. He says there are clear pros and cons businesses should consider before stating their views on whether Britain should remain in the EU. Ping! An email […]
Limelight has been appointed by Visualise, a VR production company, to raise its profile. The B2B agency has been tasked to raise awareness of Visualise using thought leadership and media relations. It is also set to showcase the content it delivers across multiple sectors. Limelight will profile Visualise’s senior team, including co-founder Henry Stuart, as well as its […]
By 2019, video will make up 80% of all consumer internet traffic, according to last year’s report by tech giant Cisco. Yet a recent survey, commissioned by the Web Video Marketing Council, showed that the medium lags behind in B2B. Peter Fergusson, former head of commercial video at The Telegraph and CEO of Nemorin Creative, […]
The Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) has appointed Adam Harwood as media relations manager. Harwood is set to deliver media coverage across all platforms and develop campaigns designed to increased awareness of AAT and the issues it represents, specifically in the areas of careers advice, social mobility, taxation and general finance. Previously, he was PR manager […]
Full service public affairs agency, Social Communications, has appointed Chris Walker to head up its growing PR division. Walker is set to help agency directors John Quinton-Barber and Caty Cartwright grow Social’s public relations offering. The Manchester-based agency, which was founded in 2013, has three core services: as well as PR it offers planning consultation and the […]