Mischa Joslin becomes MD of EdenCancan

Lifestyle PR agency EdenCancan has promoted associate director Mischa Joslin to MD as it moves into its 10th year. The appointment coincides with founder and former MD Nick Fulford’s move to the role of chairman. Having directed the agency’s consumer client portfolio for the past two years, Joslin will now focus on driving new business growth and […]

Equality Capital appoints Mash PR

Equality Capital, the UK wealth management firm which prioritises the rights of LGBT people, has retained Mash PR. Equality Capital prioritises ethical investment by ensuring that the pensions and investment portfolios of its clients are not made into markets that propagate hate and discrimination. Charlie Nicholls, managing partner at Equality Capital, said: “We appointed Mash […]

Music in Offices hires Stand Agency to promote ‘Revolutionising the Boardroom’ campaign

Music in Offices (MIO), an organisation that looks to inspire businesses to engage with creativity through office choirs and music-led workshops, has chosen Stand Agency to promote its ‘Revolutionising the Boardroom’ campaign. Music in Offices says that it offers “musical solutions to common business problems”, with clients spanning the finance, media, law and retail sectors. Tomorrow (10 […]

Maternity and baby charity Tommy’s hands PR brief to Bottle

Tommy’s, a charity which funds research into pregnancy problems, has appointed Oxford-based brand comms agency Bottle on a project-basis to build brand awareness and income for its Splashathon fundraising event. Splashathon is a joint-initiative with the UK’s largest baby swimming school, Water Babies, which is Tommy’s largest corporate supporter. The biennial fund-raising campaign has run since […]

8 tips for communicating to the ‘modern woman’

Engine revealed this week that women feel brands do not accurately represent them. To remedy this, the agency group, which includes MHP Communications, has come up with eight top tips for communicating to the “21st Century woman”. Engine’s research includes input from 1000 UK women and shows that 90% say brands need to take more responsibility for […]

Rostrum appointed UK PR agency for Synechron

Rostrum has been appointed as the UK PR agency for digital, business and technology consulting firm Synechron. Synechron has tasked the agency with building its presence in the financial services, technology and digital sectors through a strategic media relations and content programme. Synechron acquired longstanding Rostrum client Crossbridge in September 2015. Since then, Crossbridge has […]

Yellow Jersey PR grows corporate comms team

Yellow Jersey PR has hired Sheena Munsami as account executive within its corporate communications team. Previously, Munsami has worked for financial, litigation and crisis communication firms in both New York and London, focusing on transatlantic compliance issues for asset management and private equity firms, as well as for various NGOs, specifically within the area of […]

MSC Cruises names UK and Ireland PR manager

Europe’s biggest cruise line, MSC Cruises, has appointed Teneo Blue Rubicon’s Natalie Billington as UK and Ireland PR manager. Billington joins the cruise company as the latest in a series of UK hires designed to support its expansion in UK and Irish markets. Working across trade and consumer press, her role will include establishing relationships with […]

Senior promotions at instinct pr

Consumer PR agency instinct pr has promoted Juliet Price to director and Louise Cook to head of consumer. Price joined agency founder Jonathan Kirkby in 2011 and helped drive the agency from its infancy to an 18-strong team of PR professionals six years on. She has had a leading role in agency operations and played a key part […]