US data and analytics company Teradata has appointed CommsCo to support its PR and social presence in the UK. The agency, which commences its remit with immediate effect, will aim to break down the barriers around adoption and understanding when it comes to “big data”. CommsCo will be responsible for managing UK&I media, campaigns, press […]
Kitty Parry, founder and CEO at Social Media Compliance – a company that assists businesses to achieve “compliant” social media status among staff – explains seven ways the rise of cybercrime requires brands to develop a different style of crisis comms. The data breach is an entirely different kind of crisis from those communicators are usually prepared […]
London Coffee Festival, the largest event celebrating coffee and coffee culture in the UK, has appointed Hope&Glory as its consumer and trade agency, following a comms review. The festival returns to the Truman Brewery in London this April for its seventh year to date, and will feature events including Latte Art Live and coffee and […]
Stature PR’s corporate & financial division has won briefs with BTL Group, a blockchain technology company, and Bank In The Box (BiBox), a sharing economy platform. BiBox is a digital cloud-based platform that will be owned by a consortium of banks and BTL Group offers blockchain services – the case where transactions are made in […]
The PR Office has named Marc Cohen, Kreab’s former head of financial comms, as its new MD. Cohen has worked across financial, corporate and political comms, providing PR advice for a range of companies and individuals, including start-ups, global leaders, high-net-worth individuals, governments and NGOs. He has worked across a number of industry sectors, including […]
Your weekly update on the latest People News and Moves featured on Gorkana News: John Lewis Partnership appoints group head of corporate affairs The John Lewis Partnership has appointed Clayton Hirst as its group head of corporate affairs. Hirst will take up the position on April 24 2017, joining from Virgin Media where he has served […]
Third City has promoted associate director Suzie Barrett to a full partner. Barrett, who joined the agency in 2012, has headed up several of its not-for-profit and consumer accounts. She has also helped drive Third City’s people strategy, with the agency recently awarded silver in PR Week’s Best Places to Work 2017. She will now join Third City’s partnership team, […]
Golin has appointed Shani Shaker as a director in its healthcare team, with a brief to lead and grow its consumer health portfolio. Shaker started her career at agencies including Porter Novelli and Edelman, and has worked on brands including Nestlé, Unilever’s Dove, and Seven Seas, as well as a P&G beauty portfolio. Charged with […]
Visit Jersey has appointed travel and tourism consultancy Hills Balfour to develop its European short-haul trade relations activity, with a particular focus on the UK, France and Scandinavia. Following a competitive pitch, the agency has been appointed to influence travel distribution and specifically identify, court and capture new sources of visitors via off-island travel trade […]
Cancer Research UK has called in W’s talent and influencer division to raise the profile of World Cancer Day 2017, which takes place this Saturday (4 February). World Cancer Day – an annual event – aims to prevent millions of deaths by raising awareness of the disease, educating the public and pressing governments and individuals across the world to […]