Deborah Hair, a former research associate at the University of Dundee, has joined Beattie as senior search marketing manager from Edinburgh digital agency Whitespace. Kevin Roberts – the former global CEO of Saatchi & Saatchi – was appointed chairman of the group in January, and former Grayling CEO Alison Clarke became chairman of the Only Marketing brand […]
Aston University has appointed enterprise and healthcare specialist PR agency Journalista to lead on communications strategy and engagement for the next three years. Following a three-stage tender, the University chose the Journalista for its in-depth understanding of Aston’s academic strengths and successful campaigns to date for academic clients including UCL’s Institute for Global Prosperity and […]
Celicourt advised MKM Building Supplies on the sale of shares belonging to venture capital company 3i and private equity company LDC to Bain Capital Private Equity. Celicourt’s team comprised partner Ian Middleton, managing director Mark Antelme, director Joanna Boon and associate James Lea. Established in Hull in 1995, MKM is an independent builders’ merchant. It currently has […]
FTI Consulting has strengthened its digital team with the appointment of directors Natalia Marczewska and Eddie Keough. Both Marczewska and Keough will report to senior MD and head of digital Ant Moore. Marczewska joins from Portland, while Keough joins FTI Consulting from Lansons, where he was a founding member of its digital team, working across […]
Markettiers Manchester, the broadcast PR specialist, has appointed two new team members to help manage growth. David Lee joins the consultancy as a senior account executive. His experience encompasses ITV Daytime, Inside Out North West and BBC Breakfast. Lee will support north-west operations, working across a range of B2B and B2C clients. Alex Van Den […]
Brazen has launched an in-house digital production and content division – Brazen Live – and brought in ex-BBC and ITV producer Claire Hoang as director of digital strategy and content. Hoang (pictured right) has worked with the BBC, ITV and, more recently, MEC Manchester’s Wavemaker team, where she was director of digital engagement. As well […]
Tech PR agency FieldHouse Associates has appointed Liz Alexander as director, reporting to founder and MD Cordelia Meacher. Other recent hires include senior associate Charlie Hamilton, junior associate Gayle Tupaz and graduate associate Ellie Crocker – with another member due to join in March 2017. Prior to joining FieldHouse Associates, Alexander was a director at […]
Colin Byrne, Weber Shandwick’s CEO for UK & EMEA, explains why the agency is backing a new diversity initiative and why the PR industry needs to recognise and overcome its unconscious bias. At Weber Shandwick, we were pleased to have recently launched a new diversity talent initiative with The Media Trust – the media’s own charity with a focus on […]
Splendid Communications has won a PR brief to promote AccorHotels’ economy hotel chain, ibis, following a competitive pitch. Created in 1974, ibis says that it is now the European leader in economy hotels and the fourth hotel chain in its category worldwide, with over 1,060 hotels and 135,000 rooms in 64 countries. Splendid has been […]
Golin has been appointed to handle the consumer PR for the UK’s largest hotel chain, Whitbread’s Premier Inn. Premier Inn was named the UK’s top-rated travel brand 2016 and the top-rated hotel chain for 2016, according to Which? It has more than 750 budget hotels and across the UK and Ireland. Golin, which won the […]