Gourmet Meat Club has appointed Refresh PR and creative agency Modern English to lead a new campaign to raise awareness of its membership-based gourmet meat delivery service. Based in Lancashire, GourmetMeatClub.co.uk works with fully-trained butchers to supply hand-cut meat delivered direct to consumers across the UK. Refresh PR has been tasked with increasing awareness of […]
Brunswick Group has announced the expansion of its US footprint with the opening in Chicago of its fifth American office. Brunswick’s Chicago office will serve as its Midwestern hub, providing senior counsel to the Midwest’s leading regional and global companies on critical issues and stakeholder relations, including mergers and acquisitions, IPOs, employee engagement, crisis, litigation, and executive transitions. Jayne […]
Instinctif Partners Middle East has completed its delivery of strategic counsel and IPO communications advice to ENBD REIT, the Shari’a compliant real estate investment trust (REIT) managed by Emirates NBD Asset Management. The Instinctif Partners team provided Emirates NBD Asset Management – the REIT’s manager – with a full range of services including strategic communications […]
Sweet P Social has brought in new consumer agency MUNCH to handle the launch of its two-sided platform, which allows brands, agencies and influencers to connect and collaborate in a simplified way. Unlike competitors, Sweet P Social claims to allow both brands and content creators to pitch creative ideas to one another, saving brands time […]
Cicero Group is offering its PR services for free to one ‘challenger’ brand, as the UK heads towards a General Election on 8 June. The agency, which picked up the prize for Best Media Relations Campaign for its work with Ladbrokes around the EU Referendum campaign in 2016, has set up an email hotline for in-house PR […]
Start-up disruptor brand Funeralbooker has brought in Jo Ganly-Hilaire as its first head of PR and Antoni Swidlicki as content marketing manager. Funeralbooker launched in December 2015. It already has 700 independent funeral directors signed up to be open and transparent about their prices. In October last year it closed a $975k (£750k) seed round to help […]
Next 15 has launched Project Warhol, a $2 (£1.6) million fund aimed at helping employees, which includes staff at agencies such as Lexis and Text 100, develop new ideas into viable businesses, products or services by providing them with the investment and support needed to succeed. Ideas for products, services or businesses must be commercially […]
Eulogy has recruited account director Jack McCormick to join its business services division. McCormick will be working with Eulogy clients, including Getty Images and Kantar Worldpanel. His new role will see him working closely with the business services director Phil Borge and, senior account director, Richard Ware, to support and develop the agency’s creative industries […]
The PRCA welcomes Ketchum’s partner and chief engagement officer, Stephen Waddington, as its latest fellow. PRCA Fellowships are awarded to individuals who have made a major contribution to the PR and communications industry. Fellows are entitled to use the designatory letters FPRCA, and are invited to help shape thinking on the future of the industry. […]
SodaStream, the ‘sparkling water maker’, has chosen Alfred as its lead UK comms consultancy to drive brand repositioning and UK expansion. With operations in 45 countries, SodaStream enables consumers to turn tap water into sparkling water, flavoured sparkling water and cocktail tonics. Alfred has been briefed to increase brand awareness and market growth, with a particular focus […]