The Register‘s editor-in-chief Drew Cullen will brief PRs on the best ways to pitch the publication stories in London’s Blue Fin Building on Wednesday 4 October. Joined by senior reporter Kathleen Hall, he will discuss who the typical El Reg reader is, the best ways to reach the team and what stories they love to hear […]
Piing, a self-proclaimed “ethical alternative” to Uber, has appointed Milk & Honey PR to handle its launch into the London market. Set up by British entrepreneurs Simeon Miighty and George Lee, Piing says it will take half the commission Uber does from its drivers, while charging customers the same. “I was looking for an ambitious, energetic […]
Specialist food, drink and hospitality agency William Murray Communications has appointed John Moss and Chris Dines as chairman and financial director respectively. Moss joins the company from JA Consulting, replacing Karen Browne. Over the course of a 30-year career, he has also been an executive director at Ernst & Young and was managing director at […]
Slimming World’s Jenny Caven revealed the proven techniques its PR team used to create and optimise its AMEC award-winning ‘Dream Weight’ campaign in this week’s Cision webinar. With help from Paul Hender, Cision’s head of insight for EMEA, she outlined a simple measurement framework with the potential to enhance the performance of any earned media […]
Healthy food company Pollen + Grace has awarded its consumer PR brief to Bland PR to increase its national presence. The agency has been tasked with communicating the brand’s journey from London food-on-the-go brand to “national player” after securing increased retail distribution. “Like us, Pollen + Grace is in a period of growth and we […]
Tavistock Communications has appointed Mark Foxwell, a former Cubitt Consulting director, as director of its corporate team. Foxwell spent two years at Cubitt and has also worked as an account director at integrated comms agency Teamspirit. With 12 years’ experience at titles including the Financial Times and The Mail on Sunday, Foxwell is an award-winning […]
This year’s Creative Shootout award is now open for entries, with a £30,000 brief for hunger charity FareShare on offer for the winning agency team. The winner will also receive a £250,000 media prize fund from digital advertising partnership 1XL to help stage the campaign. The organisation represents 800 local news brands and has a unique […]
Integrated communications agency One has been appointed to deliver a targeted marketing campaign to raise awareness of Bupa‘s health assessment service. The campaign launches in October and will encourage people across the Midlands and central London to consider taking a Bupa health assessment via radio advertising, direct mail and digital assets. “One completely understood the campaign requirements […]
Big Brand Ideas has appointed Abi Owers as head of engagement, and Anna Thomas to lead its PR client strategy and delivery. Owers joins the agency from McCann Manchester, where she was director of PR and social media. She has also been a CIPR board director. Thomas has previously held positions as head of PR […]
Rise Art, an online marketplace that sells and rents affordable, contemporary art from around the world, has appointed Tin Man following a three-way pitch. The agency was tasked with devising a year-long PR programme that changes perceptions of the art industry as elitist and inaccessible, to engage new audiences and bring great art to the […]