Chameleon’s founder, Helen Holland, has sold the PR firm she founded in 1998 to CEO Tom Berry and MD Tom Buttle. Holland, who most recently served as chair of the company, will remain with Chameleon for six months in a consultancy role. Together, the trio have overseen three years of record growth for the agency […]
Emma Hazan, MD of consumer at Hotwire PR, on the creative idea and why it’s the research and insight behind it which dictates campaign success. Author and storyteller Carmine Gallo says: “Ideas are the currency of the 21st Century and stories facilitate the exchange of that currency”. Wise words indeed. Except, we tend to forget one can’t work […]
VTech, the electronic learning toys company, has brought in Threepipe to handle the PR and social campaign activity for its VTech and LeapFrog brands in the UK. The appointment follows VTech’s acquisition of educational entertainment company LeapFrog, which Threepipe has supported for the past seven years. Clive Richardson, marketing director at VTech, said: “We were […]
Borkowski has been appointed to create an influential campaign for UK music brand NOW That’s What I Call Music!, the biggest series compilation albums in the country. Since launching in 1983, NOW That’s What I Call Music! has become a “British cultural icon” in popular music spanning a wide breadth of genres and eras. NOW is on its 96th […]
Travel commerce platform Travelport has appointed former Sky communications director Julian Eccles as vice president for PR and corporate communications. Eccles replaces Kate Aldridge who will leave the company ‘later in the year’. Julian’s previous roles include VP corporate communications at the international telecoms and media company Millicom and communications director positions at the European […]
Angus Energy has hired Abchurch as its retained financial and corporate communications adviser. Senior partner Tim Thompson will lead the Abchurch team. Angus listed on AIM in November 2016. It is an independent onshore oil and gas development company focused on leveraging its expertise to advance its portfolio of UK assets as well as acquire, manage […]
MHP Communications has enhanced its crisis comms offer with the appointment of Barnaby Fry as head of crisis. Fry, currently an MD at MHP, has 20 years’ experience in corporate and financial comms, advising the boards of large international businesses on a range of crises and issues management scenarios. In his new role, Fry will […]
Find out how new consumer PR agency MUNCH took on the challenge to raise the profile of Youtube sensation Daisy Clark, push her into the mainstream music market and, ultimately, knock Ed Sheeran off the #1 spot in the iTunes charts. Campaign: Knocking Ed Sheeran off the #1 Spot Client: Music Crowns – Daisy Clark PR Team: […]
Quill PR has been appointed by the £977 million British Empire Trust PLC as its retained media relations consultancy with immediate effect. As part of its brief, Quill will devise and manage an ongoing PR programme targeting the UK financial and investment press. Fiona Harris, chairman at Quill, said: “At Quill we work in close partnership […]
The number of PR M&A deals have fallen in the first quarter of 2017, according to research by Results International. Volumes are down in the UK but rose in Western Europe. There was a total of 219 M&A deals completed in Q1, which is down from 238 in Q4 last year. However, while deal volumes fell […]