Samsung Electronics UK has handed a PR brief to M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment to work across key sporting campaigns, including a revival of the Samsung School of Rugby campaign featuring Jack Whitehall. The agency, which won the account following a competitive pitch, will provide strategic consultation and activation support, covering Samsung’s global Olympic and […]
Marriott International has appointed Bacchus as the UK consumer and trade PR agency for five of its luxury lifestyle brands, following a competitive pitch process. Activity will focus on JW Marriott Hotels & Resorts, Autograph Collection Hotels, Renaissance Hotels, AC Hotels and Moxy Hotels. In addition to traditional media relations, Bacchus will develop brand campaigns […]
TodayTix, a free mobile app for purchasing theatre tickets, has brought in Frank to handle its PR in the UK. Established in 2013, TodayTix was co-founded by Broadway and West End producers Merritt Baer and Brian Fenty to offer an easy way to obtain theatre tickets. With a presence in both “homes of theatre” – Broadway and […]
Manifest London is providing pro bono PR support for CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably), a charity dedicated to preventing male suicide, around its 10th anniversary this year. Founded in 2006 CALM, which counts Professor Green among its patrons, seeks to prevent suicide by providing a service for men who are down, or are in crisis. […]
FWD Group has been acquired by two of its existing directors, Gug Kyriacou and Elliot Lane, from founder Michael Gaughan, who remains as a consultant with the business. The details of the transaction haven’t been disclosed. Kyriacou and Lane joined the group, which includes research division FWD Research and investor content service business First Quartile, in 2013 and 2012, […]
Network solutions provider Brocade has appointed Kaizo as its EMEA PR agency as part of a global overhaul of its comms strategy. Kaizo will lead Brocade’s EMEA comms strategy, working closely with newly-appointed Ogilvy PR in the US and Havas Worldwide Siren in the APAC region (Asia-Pacific). The agency’s remit includes an EMEA content and co-ordination role, […]
Digital storage provider Gridstore has hired Spreckley as its retained PR agency in the UK and Europe. Spreckley will build Gridstore’s media profile in the UK among IT and other relevant trade media. It will also develop an analyst relations programme in the HyperConverged infrastructure (software-defined storage) and virtualisation (a category of data storage) market. The PR programme […]
The Brexit debate in the UK is gaining momentum now David Cameron has announced the referendum on Britain’s membership of the EU will take place on June 23 this year. But, while politicians, economists and business leaders have aired views from different sides of the debate, more detail will be needed if rival factions want to mount convincing […]
Diffusion has been appointed by Allegra-owned UK Coffee Week and The London Coffee Festival to boost their brand awareness this year. UK Coffee Week, which takes place from 11 to 17 April 2016, is a nationwide celebration of coffee that brings together thousands of coffee shops, including Starbucks, Costa and Debenhams, as well as independents […]
Independent family-owned distiller William Grant & Sons has appointed Splendid Communications as the global consumer PR agency for its Hendrick’s gin and The Balvenie whisky brands, following a competitive pitch. Splendid has been briefed to develop a global comms campaign for Hendrick’s and run a creative press office to raise the profile of the brand […]