MHP Communications opens new Singapore office
MHP Communications, part of the Engine Group, has opened a new Singapore office to meet growing client needs in Southeast Asia. It follows MHP’s expansion to Frankfurt, and [...]
Brazen wins brief to make Lyons Coffee Bags famous
UCC Coffee has hired Manchester-based Brazen to raise the profile of its 100-year-old Lyons coffee brand. The agency has already enlisted TV star Melanie Sykes to front its [...]
Kaizo hired to launch Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in UK
Kaizo has been hired by the New York Academy of Sciences to launch the Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in the UK. The academy says the awards will bring over £10 million [...]
Atomic wins ticketclever.com brief
Atomic, the consumer and tech division of Grayling, has been appointed by new rail ticket retailer ticketclever.com as its retained PR partner. The new brief follows a [...]
60 seconds with Edelman’s Nick Barron
Nick Barron, UK MD of corporate and financial at Edelman, on hiring non-graduates, fear of fake news and why businesses are having to work harder to gain trust. Earlier this [...]
White Paper: 3 steps to owning the creative idea in PR
In 2017, PR teams are more comfortable than they have ever been in creating the big ideas and building creative structures that make them leaders in the marketing mix, but [...]
Refresh PR wins Gourmet Meat Club brief
Gourmet Meat Club has appointed Refresh PR and creative agency Modern English to lead a new campaign to raise awareness of its membership-based gourmet meat delivery service. [...]
Brunswick opens fifth US office with a new suite in Chicago
Brunswick Group has announced the expansion of its US footprint with the opening in Chicago of its fifth American office. Brunswick’s Chicago office will serve as its [...]
Instinctif Middle East completes advisory role for ENBD REIT
Instinctif Partners Middle East has completed its delivery of strategic counsel and IPO communications advice to ENBD REIT, the Shari’a compliant real estate investment trust [...]
Influencer marketing platform Sweet P Social hires MUNCH for UK launch
Sweet P Social has brought in new consumer agency MUNCH to handle the launch of its two-sided platform, which allows brands, agencies and influencers to connect and [...]
Cicero to offer free PR campaign for one brand in run-up to snap General Election
Cicero Group is offering its PR services for free to one ‘challenger’ brand, as the UK heads towards a General Election on 8 June. The agency, which picked up the prize for [...]
Funeralbooker appoints first head of PR
Start-up disruptor brand Funeralbooker has brought in Jo Ganly-Hilaire as its first head of PR and Antoni Swidlicki as content marketing manager. Funeralbooker launched in [...]
Next 15 launches Project Warhol to fund internal entrepreneurs
Next 15 has launched Project Warhol, a $2 (£1.6) million fund aimed at helping employees, which includes staff at agencies such as Lexis and Text 100, develop new ideas into [...]
Eulogy adds Jack McCormick to business services team
Eulogy has recruited account director Jack McCormick to join its business services division. McCormick will be working with Eulogy clients, including Getty Images and Kantar [...]
PRCA adds Stephen Waddington as PRCA Fellow
The PRCA welcomes Ketchum’s partner and chief engagement officer, Stephen Waddington, as its latest fellow. PRCA Fellowships are awarded to individuals who have made a major [...]
SodaStream hands brand repositioning brief to Alfred
SodaStream, the ‘sparkling water maker’, has chosen Alfred as its lead UK comms consultancy to drive brand repositioning and UK expansion. With operations in 45 countries, [...]
Ketchum’s global corporate lead Rod Cartwright exits agency
Rod Cartwright, Ketchum’s global corporate lead is set to leave the agency in May. Cartwright took on his role with the agency in 2011, succeeding Rob Flaherty and was made [...]
Cheshire legal firm appoints No Brainer
No Brainer has added legal specialists from Aaron & Partners LLP to its client roster after an eight-way pitch. The agency takes on the account on a retained basis and [...]