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 […]
Gemma Pears, co-founder of PR firm Alfred, on the infectious buzz that only people who work in PR will understand, the fear of her first pitch to a journalist and where she likes to get consumer insight on brands. Before I reach the office in the morning, I’ve already… Been up a good four hours, fed, watered, dressed, […]
Clear Channel International (CCI), an outdoor advertising company and media owner, has reappointed FleishmanHillard Fishburn as its retained comms agency following a five-way pitch process. Clear Channel, which has worked with the agency since 2010, reviewed its comms requirements at the end of last year. The new brief focuses on raising the profile of the outdoor medium […]
Cohn & Wolfe has promoted its UK consumer marketing MD, Rebecca Grant, to head up the London-based WPP-owned agency as UK MD. Grant, who joined Cohn & Wolfe in 2011, will retain her role as head of Cohn & Wolfe Consumer Marketing EMEA, and will continue to report to Scott Wilson, UK CEO and EMEA […]
Heritage Financial Services Group (Heritage), a professional fund administrator and fiduciary, has appointed Quill following a competitive pitch. Quill will drive a media relations campaign raising Heritage’s corporate profile and supporting its growth in the UK primarily, with additional activity in Guernsey and Malta. Hugo Mortimer-Harvey, Quill’s MD, will lead the account with the support of […]
Good Relations has launched a new broadcast consultancy, Good Broadcast, and brought in Sound Creative’s Phil Caplin to lead the new offer. Good Broadcast, which will sit within Chime-owned Good Relations, will allow the agency to work on standalone broadcast projects for its clients across a range of platforms including broadcast interviews, podcasts, video news […]
Car leasing company LeasePlan UK has brought in Bottle to handle its PR. LeasePlan UK, launched in 1979, operates a UK serviced fleet with more than 164,900 vehicles and it provides services to specific market segments via four brands: LeasePlan (corporations), LeasePlan Go (SME), Network (Franchisees) and Automotive Leasing (public sector). Bottle has been briefed to […]
Tulchan Communications has named six partners, including Morgan Stanley’s Doug Campbell and Severn Trent’s David Lloyd-Seed, as it makes a number of appointments across the business. Campbell was most recently a director in Morgan Stanley’s corporate broking division and has a particular focus on the financial services and pharma sectors. Lloyd-Seed held the interim head of […]
Richard Griffiths, outgoing director of European comms at ebay’s StubHub and founder of RGC Partners, on how his move from journalism into comms felt like “coming home”, the heightened profile of PR, and getting clients to address uncomfortable truths. What is the most important thing you learned as a business reporter at the BBC, and how has that impacted […]
B2B agency Gravity London has hired David Andrews, founder of financial services PR boutique David Andrews Media, on a retained basis to build its financial division. The appointment coincides with the firm’s recent appointment by independent pension trustee Dalriada after a competitive pitch process. Andrews, who was previously at Grayling, will continue to run David Andrews Media while […]