Interel, the global public affairs consultancy, has appointed Carl Thomson as a director in its London office. Thomson joins Interel at a time of expansion for the agency, which has won business from e-commerce platform Alibaba in London, Beijing, Brussels, Paris, Berlin and Rome, among other clients. Prior to this, Thomson was a director at […]
Redleaf Communications has been appointed by PureCircle, a producer of stevia ingredients for the global food and beverage industry. PureCircle is fully-listed on the London Stock Exchange and Redleaf will act as its financial and corporate PR advisor. Emma Kane, Redleaf’s chief executive, and Rebecca Sanders-Hewett, David Ison and Susie Hudson will manage the PureCircle […]
PHA Media has been appointed by home-buying company We Buy Any Home to handle its UK comms activity and content marketing strategy. Founded by real estate entrepreneur Elliot Castle, We Buy Any Home says it can benefit homeowners, when selling their property, by providing an initial offer within 24 hours of contact, and can enable completion […]
Pan African Resources has appointed Buchanan to advise on its financial communications. Buchanan will advise the gold producer on analyst, media and investor relations. Bobby Morse, senior partner at the agency, will lead the team and is supported by Chris Judd. The agency advises a range of international producers including Centamin – gold in Egypt […]
Prova PR has appointed Simon Ward as head of environment and cleantech. Ward’s new role will involve heading up Prova’s environmental team, developing thought leadership, strategy, social media, creative ideas and overseeing campaign delivery for clients, including Turquoise International, Heru, ReFood and Geminor. He said: “Joining Prova at this time of immense transformation is a […]
Hudson Sandler is supporting pawnbroker Ramsdens on its proposed plans to become a publicly listed company. Ramsdens has announced its ‘intention to float on AIM’ – a move which should generate cash, raise the company profile and offer a way of incentivising staff with share options. The move is expected to raise £15.6 million. Alex Brennan […]
Your bitesize update on the best PR opinion, interviews, events and insights on Gorkana News this week: Event: Media Briefing with 5 News 5 News editor Rachel Corp, assistant news editor Emma Greatorex and digital editor Jack Leather joined Gorkana this week to discuss how the programme can potentially reach a 5.5m weekly audience, why it’s different from […]
Ready10 has been brought on board by TV presenter and psychologist Emma Kenny and product designer, performer and “ideas man” Shed Simove, who has just launched a new dating app “Shinder”, where he is the only man available to date. For Simove, Ready10’s brief will be to advise on strategy and publicity for his products […]
Good Broadcast‘s Phil Caplin shares some advice from Sam Taylor, executive editor of the BBC News Channel and BBC News at One, and Tom Bateman, BBC News correspondent, on how comms and PR professionals can make the most of the broadcast media. Broadcast media can present a challenge to much of the PR and comms industry. […]
Ex-Financial News journalist Andy Pearce has been appointed institutional PR manager at Schroders. Pearce will responsible for communicating the businesses’ global institutional developments and key industry trends. For three years prior, Pearce was Asset Management Correspondent at Financial News, a sister title to the Wall Street Journal. Estelle Bibby, senior PR manager at Schroders, said: […]