Hotwire has teamed up with recruitment firm Timewise to join its Hire Me My Way campaign, an initiative that aims to increase UK jobs that are advertised as open to flexible working options from the point of hire. Hotwire says it wants to lead the way with its recruitment initiatives that promote flexible and part-time […]
PR consultancy Finn has today launched a new campaign to provide a “positive boost” to the profile of PR and highlight its importance within the marketing mix. The ‘Reinvent PR’ campaign will run throughout the Leeds Digital Festival this month. The ‘Reinvent PR’ campaign has been launched in collaboration with Finn client digital out-of-home media […]
Marco Cobianchi, founder and editorial lead at online platform #Truenumbers and contributor to Panorama, talks to Gorkana’s Mario Cipriano. You launched #Truenumbers nearly two years ago. What is it and why launch it? #Truenumbers is actually several things. In effect, it is a video news site which runs a range of web series with high […]
Fourtold has appointed Adam Powell as MD with a brief to drive UK growth and build on the consultancy’s rapid expansion in Brussels. Powell was formerly head of corporate and public affairs at Ogilvy PR. He was also previously a partner at Bell Pottinger, principal press officer at the CBI and a local and national […]
Storyful, the social news and video validation company, and Weber Shandwick have partnered to develop Cognitive Context, a digital intelligence service. As part of the joint effort, Weber Shandwick clients will have the opportunity to gain access to pre-viral social media content that is surfaced by Storyful with the same speed and accuracy that it […]
The founders of nutrition business Pollen + Grace has brought in Hope&Glory to help build the brand after securing new retail distribution. London-based Pollen + Grace was started by Stephanie Johnson and Kristina Komlosiova in 2015. Having worked in the events industry, the idea for the business was came from a frustration at the lack […]
GK Strategy and sister agency onefourzero have appointed Oasis Dental Care’s Justin Ash as its new chairman. Current CEO Emily Wallace and onefourzero MD Fleur Hicks will continue to lead GK Strategy. The appointment comes after a strong financial year for GK and onefourzero, which saw the businesses grow by 20% year-on-year – for the seventh consecutive year […]
Financial services provider LV= has named Kindred as its PR agency, following a competitive pitch against six other agencies. The brief is to promote the brand’s new purpose and positioning. Kindred will commence work on projects for LV= this month with a view to delivering its first campaign soon after. Managing partner Anastasia Scott and client service […]
Zambuni PR has been appointed to manage the PR and social media for England’s oldest and longest shopping arcade, the Burlington Arcade. Open since 1819, the Burlington Arcade houses more than 40 specialist shops and designer brands, including Laduree, the Vintage Rolex Watch Company, Maison Michel and Chanel. Today, the Burlington Arcade is seen as one […]
Ultimate Products, the owner, manager, designer and developer of a range of value-focused consumer goods brands, has appointed Powerscourt as its UK financial and corporate PR agency. Rob Greening, the agency’s co-head of consumer industries, will lead the Powerscourt team with support from Nick Brown and Nick Dibden. The company, which floated on the main […]