Gill Galassi, head of public relations at Swinton Insurance, tells us about working with the business as it celebrates its 60th anniversary, how she is creating an in-house PR team and the dynamics of the insurance sector. What made you want to work at Swinton? As a proud Mancunian, I’m aware of Swinton’s heritage and history. […]
Ultimate Finance Group, an independent provider of finance to UK business, has appointed Speed Communications to raise awareness of the importance of good funding, as the company begins to roll-out a new business strategy and undergo a major brand overhaul. Ultimate Finance has spoken with a number of businesses, identified what they want from investors and […]
ING and architecture PR specialist Stratton & Reekie are to merge. In April, Amanda Reekie and her staff will move into ING’s Shoreditch headquarters and the combined business will trade under the ING name. Reekie will take on the role of senior consultant at ING and look to expand its position as a PR consultant for companies in the property, […]
Investment firm Oxx has appointed The PR Office to oversee its public launch and ongoing corporate communications. Oxx, which is focused on investing in B2B “scale-up” stage software companies “with serious commercial traction” in the UK, Nordics and Israel, launched on January 30 with a PR campaign targeting media in those markets and the US. […]
Timewise has selected the top 50 most powerful part-time workers in 2017 featuring a host of in-house and agency comms pros. Gorkana asks how flexible working has empowered people in PR. Each individual selected by the recruitment firm has achieved a top role in their profession, but works less than five days a week. Louise Winmill, […]
After launching nutritional powdered food brand Huel into the UK market last year, EMERGE has had its brief extended to work on its brand strategy in Germany. Initially EMERGE was briefed to raise awareness of the Huel brand last July, promoting its key benefits in the UK and encouraging conversation about the sustainability of food […]
Yellow Jersey PR has been appointed by OneBlade, a luxury men’s wet shaving brand, as its strategic communications agency. The brief includes establishing the company’s UK and European profile as a market leading provider of premium male grooming products, with a particular focus on its OneBladeShave razor. Launched in the US in mid-2015, the brand […]
Stand Agency has been appointed by The British Tomato Growers’ Association to help encourage consumers to buy more British tomatoes. The Association, which represents 90% of British commercial tomato growers, has briefed Stand Agency to get people “talking about tomatoes” and raise awareness of the flavour, health, environmental and economic benefits of eating UK-grown fresh produce. Activity will peak around British Tomato […]
Your bitesize update on the latest People News and Moves featured on Gorkana News: The PR Office appoints Marc Cohen as MD The PR Office has named Marc Cohen, Kreab’s former head of financial comms, as its new MD. he will work with co-MD Laura Moss and chairman Shimon Cohen to run day-to-day operations, develop […]
Infinite Global has appointed Tali Robinson as director to lead and expand its London-based property practice. Robinson will focus on expanding the practice geographically and across a number of related sectors. She will counsel clients on strategic communications planning, brand-altering media campaigns, reputation management, large-scale mergers, crisis management and internal change. Prior to this, Robinson […]