CNC has appointed Tulchan’s Tom Buchanan as joint managing partner. He will work alongside the comms firm’s Richard Campbell and Roland Klein. Based in CNC’s London office, Buchanan will develop the global company’s offer to UK clients as well as strengthening its international network. Buchanan has some 20 years’ experience advising corporate and financial clients globally. He was […]
Revolution Sports + Entertainment has been chosen to provide a consumer and lifestyle PR campaign for the Silverstone Classic, the world’s biggest classic motor racing festival. Managed by Goose Live Events, the annual event, in its 26th year, includes three days of ‘Rocking and Racing’ with more than 1,000 classic cars taking part in a […]
Forest Enterprise England (FEE), part of the Forestry Commission, has put a brief out to tender for a four-year PR contract worth a total of £800,000. FEE manages state-owned woodlands in England and says its mission is to realise “the potential of each of the public’s forests for sustainable business opportunities, wildlife and nature conservation” as […]
Maria Boyle, founder and director of MB Communications, on gaining a sixth sense for what will and won’t work, why PRs shouldn’t hide behind emails and get on the phone, and why she’s keen to mentor more business women. Before I reach the office in the morning, I’ve already… Listened to the radio and got a news […]
Burson-Marsteller UK has appointed The Times‘ Andrew Clark as a director in its public affairs team. Clark was most recently deputy business editor at The Times, where he managed 25 journalists working across print, web and tablet editions. The department was named ‘Business and Finance Team of the Year” at the 2011 British Press Awards. Prior […]
AVG’s Innovation Labs, the internet security provider’s independent development arm, has hired Augur to raise its global profile. Augur, which calls itself a comms agency for “unsexy tech companies”, will promote the Amsterdam tech developer throughout 2016. The 30-strong Labs team experiments with everyday tech on projects such as its Invisibility Glasses, which can ‘hide’ the wearer from […]
Claire Maugham, director of policy and communications at Smart Energy GB, on effecting national behaviour change around the government’s complete rollout of smart meters by 2020, how to avoid “24/7 workaholism” and how she persuaded the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra to play instruments made from old energy meters. What media do you absorb on your way into the […]
Launched in 1997 by the Fairtrade Foundation, Fairtrade Fortnight is at the heart of the brand’s mission to promote fair pay for farmers in the Third World and it explains to Gorkana how it is using a simple message to make the most of a mix of channels to stand-out in an overcrowded market. The campaign, which launched today […]
Iredale Communications, founded by former Sunday Times reporter Will Iredale, has won four new accounts, including utility bill divider Dividabill and frozen smoothie company Pack’d. Dividabill, which allows students and professionals living in shared households to setup, divide and pay their utility bills in one bundle, has hired the agency as part of a spring initiative to rebrand the […]
Lidl, Britain’s fastest-growing supermarket*, has appointed W as its UK PR agency ahead of a major expansion programme. W, which won the account following a competitive pitch coordinated by agency-client intermediary AAR, has been handed a wide-ranging brief, which will encompass consumer, corporate and CSR activity. The appointment comes as Lidl looks to increase the brand’s engagement with […]