Weber Shandwick has enhanced its leadership team with the promotions of Emma Thompson and Lucie Harper to the newly-created roles of MD London operations and consumer, and MD London client experience and health, respectively. Thompson (pictured left) has led Weber’s consumer marketing team in London for the last six years, taking the team to double digit growth in […]
Typhoo has awarded a social and digital brief to comms consultancy MC2, as the tea brand looks to attract younger consumers. MC2’s digital and consumer brands teams have been responsible for delivering a new brand website for Typhoo, as well as managing its social channels. The work runs alongside a through-the-line campaign launched with Nigella Lawson […]
The AA has hired Rhizome Media to manage a trade and consumer PR brief, raising the profile of its Motoring Services portfolio of brands including AA Cars, AA Vehicle Inspections, AA Tyres and Automyze. Rhizome was appointed by The AA following the work it had done with consumer motoring start-up Motoriety. Last year, Motoriety announced a joint […]
Portland has continued its growth into the US market with the appointment of FleishmanHillard’s Rob Shapiro as head of its B2B practice. Shapiro’s responsibilities include sourcing new business, building the firm’s B2B practice in the US and serving clients across financial and professional services, manufacturing, technology and energy sectors. He joins from FleishmanHillard where he advised B2B companies on integrated […]
Hume Brophy has appointed Four Broadgate’s Shelly Durrant to the role of account director. Durrant will support clients across Hume Brophy’s corporate and financial services sectors. She reports into Roddi Vaughan Thomas, MD of the agency’s International Financial Services division. She previously held the role of account director at Four Broadgate where her clients included St James’s Place, […]
Retirement homebuilder McCarthy & Stone has hired Powerscourt to advise on its financial and corporate comms, following a competitive pitch. McCarthy & Stone floated on the London Stock Exchange in November 2015 and it has committed to invest £2.5bn in building over the next four years. The company has a 70% market share of building retirement properties in […]
Ingenuity, an integrated new business consultancy for agencies and brands, has appointed Claire van der Zant as business director. Van der Zant will be responsible for leading client strategy and overseeing Ingenuity’s 30-person account team, alongside business director Dominic Glenn. She will report to Chris Kemp, Ingenuity CEO and co-founder and Shaun Varga, co-founder, chairman […]
Start Up Loans, a Government-backed scheme which provides loans, mentoring and support for new and early stage businesses, has selected Citypress as its retained PR agency following a competitive pitch. Citypress will provide a newsroom service for Start Up Loans and a series of campaigns designed to encourage a new generation of microbusiness owners. It will also position the organisation as the […]
Mortgage specialist Online Mortgage Advisor has appointed 10 Yetis Digital to handle its PR as it launches a wider marketing push to raise awareness of the brand and its offer. Online Mortgage Advisor deals with UK customers who have “unique or complex financial situations” and struggle to get a mortgage approved. 10 Yetis Digital has […]
Pharmaceutical manufacturer Quantum Pharma has appointed Buchanan as the group’s financial PR and investor relations adviser. Quantum entered the London Stock Exchange’s AIM market in December 2014. It operates three divisions; Specials, Niche Pharmaceuticals and Medication Adherence. Buchanan‘s Henry Harrison-Topham will lead the account, supported by partner Mark Court, account director Sophie Cowles, and account manager Steph […]