The Salvation Army has appointed the Manchester arm of Weber Shandwick, following a competitive pitch process, to develop the creative comms strategy for its redevelopment of Strawberry Field in Liverpool, the location that inspired John Lennon’s famous song for The Beatles, which was released 50 years ago. Having been a children’s home for decades – where […]
Newgate Communications has finalised its integration of PPS Group. All PPS offices and teams now operate under the Newgate brand. PPS Group will retain its offices in London, Bristol, Cardiff, Manchester and Edinburgh, and will continue to deliver the same services in local stakeholder engagement, media relations and public affairs, as well as Newgate’s financial and […]
British ‘human propulsion’ tech start-up Gravity has hired Radioactive PR to handle its launch across Europe, Australasia and Africa, a brief founder Rich Leigh says could be the “coolest thing we’ve worked on”. Gravity is a British ‘human propulsion’ tech start-up founded by entrepreneur, inventor and former Royal Marines Reserve Richard Browning. Its aim is […]
Kirsty Leighton, former Hudson Sandler MD and the founder of Milk & Honey PR, talks to Gorkana about her experiences as a team leader and the challenges and rewards of setting-up her own agency. What made you decide to leave Hudson Sandler and set-up your own agency? Hudson Sandler is a wonderful agency with an enviable client list. […]
The Tofoo Co has appointed MCG to handle its PR and social media launch with an integrated campaign of social advertising and organic engagement, influencer and media relations, content creation and experiential activity. MCG will be targeting a wide range of consumer media channels and lifestyle influencers. The integrated PR and social campaign has been […]
Katie Baldwin is leaving her position as a health reporter at the Yorkshire Evening Post/Yorkshire Post for a senior communications officer role at NHS Digital, the new name for the Health and Social Care Information Centre. Part of the Department of Health, NHS Digital is the national provider of information, data and IT systems for […]
Independent Scottish brewery BrewDog has appointed Manifest as its global communications agency responsible for the craft brewer’s PR strategy across the UK, the US and Sweden. Manifest was approached by BrewDog to ‘dial up the comms strategy and creativity’. The new contract with BrewDog commences this month. Manifest will be responsible for all PR communications for BrewDog, […]
Your bitesize update on the latest people news and moves featured on Gorkana News this week: Pagefield welcomes raft of senior advisors Pagefield, which specialises in PR, reputation management, campaigning and public affairs, has made several additions to its team of senior advisors. The firm welcomes Dr Gerard Lyons, Debbie Wosskow OBE, Nikki Page and Sian Jarvis […]
Gorkana caught up with Jason MacKenzie, the president of the CIPR, to find out about his goals for the association, his career highlight to date and the advice he’d give to PR professionals starting out. What are the CIPR’s primary goals for this year, and how do you plan to meet them? We’re on a […]
Ethical drinks company The One Brand has appointed Houston PR as its retained communications consultancy. Houston PR is working closely with The One Brand’s founder, Duncan Goose, and the One team on an ongoing campaign to alert UK consumers to the poor water conditions experienced by an estimated 663 million people worldwide. The campaign kicked off for World […]