Sir Ray Tindle is the biggest champion and defender of the UK’s local press. Over a 68-year career he has built up his media empire Tindle Newspapers to become one of the biggest UK publishers in the UK. While commentators note the continuing decline of the industry, the 89-year old remains evangelical about the local press’ ability […]
M&C Saatchi PR has been appointed by Jacamo, the online menswear brand, to support Jacamo with both brand and product PR. The e-tailer wants to be seen as a fashion destination for modern men and M&C Saatchi will work closely with the brand ambassador and ex-cricketer Andrew Flintoff to deliver content for both digital and traditional media. M […]
Gaming Realms, the creator and publisher of real money and social gambling games for mobile, tablet and desktop computers, has appointed Yellow Jersey as its financial PR adviser. The company recently reported it had doubled 2015 revenues to £21.4m for the year ending on 31 December in a trading updated. This is up 116% on 2014’s £11.2m. It also announced that it […]
CoalFace Capital, the newly launched trading data company that financially rewards traders for their activity and performance, has hired Hume Brophy to manage its media launch campaign. This “virtual hedge fund“, which launched in October last year, allows independent investors to track the best-performing trades, in turn rewarding high-performing traders for their activity. Roddi Vaughan-Thomas, Ed Jenkins and Marion […]
The Gym Group, the low cost gym operator, has appointed Instinctif Partners as its retained business comms adviser, following a competitive pitch process. Instinctif takes responsibility for growing awareness of the “affordable gym” model to investors, sellside analysts and the media. It will also raise the company’s profile with all key stakeholders. Managing partners Matthew Smallwood and Justine […]
Facebook reported its financial results for the quarter ending on December 31 2015 yesterday (January 27), highlighting its wide user base, with more than a billion monthly active users worldwide, its “strong quarter” and its plans for future projects. While this has given the wider media industry something to talk about, as the network reported a total $5.8 billion in […]
Festival Republic has called in W to handle all comms activity for V Festival 2016. The music festival celebrates its 21st anniversary this year. The agency’s entertainment division, which won the account following a competitive pitch, has been briefed to manage V Festival’s two-day event across both of its sites in Chelmsford and Staffordshire on the […]
CNBC International looks to run stories that move markets and affect people’s everyday lives. This was one of the messages from its editorial team, as Gorkana met up with CNBC International’s news editor, Katrina Bishop, social media editor, Cristy Garratt and managing editor of digital, Phillip Tutt yesterday (27 January). In front of a large […]
US PR firm The Brandman Agency has launched a new UK office by merging with its London-based sister agency Beth Cooper PR, and will be known as Brandman UK. The Brandman Agency and BCPR have operated as sister agencies for over a decade. Led by MD Elizabeth Morrison (pictured), Brandman UK will operate with the […]
Rhizome PR has rebranded to Rhizome Media as it expands beyond media relations to include social media campaigns and community management work for SME clients. Rhizome, which was founded by ex-journalists Dominic Hiatt and Jonny Stevens in 2008, provides a range of services to SMEs and “start-ups on tight budgets”. These include website creation, SEO and content marketing, […]