Sony hands retained PR brief to Fever
Sony has appointed Fever as its retained UK PR agency to manage its smartphone and IoT products, following a competitive pitch. The appointment will see Fever work across [...]
APC appoints corporate comms manager
The Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) has appointed Liam O’Neill as corporate communications manager. Torque Agency Group will provide ongoing support. O’Neill’s background in [...]
ALMR chooses Fleet Street Communications
Leisure, hospitality, food and drink consultancy Fleet Street Communications (FSC) has been appointed by the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) to handle its [...]
Clarion appoints new SAD
Clarion has appointed Cirkle’s Laura Oakley as a senior account director. With 10 years FMCG PR experience, Oakley joins Clarion from Cirkle, where she was an account [...]
Hotwire CEO Brendon Craigie steps down
Hotwire Group CEO Brendon Craigie has announced his resignation to pursue other interests. A successor is expected to be announced in “due course”. In the interim, Hotwire’s [...]
FTI Consulting’s Energy arm gains three client wins
FTI Consulting has been appointed by three new clients in the oil and gas sector. FTI has been retained for strategic corporate and financial communications advice by Green [...]
Micro Scooters hires Cow PR
Scooter brand Micro Scooters has appointed Cow PR as its retained UK PR agency, following a four-way pitch. Micro Scooters was founded in Switzerland by Wim Ouboter in 1999, [...]
MHP announces 2017’s Young Journalist Awards: 30 to Watch
MHP Communications is holding its annual awards, which celebrate the UK’s best young journalists, on 25 May 2017. The awards will be presented by former ‘30 to Watch’ Gold [...]
Nasima Hussain joins Promote PR as managing partner
Speed Communications’ former managing partner, Nasima Hussain, has joined sport, fitness, wellbeing and tech specialist Promote PR as managing partner. Hussain has more than [...]
M&C Saatchi to put problem of single-use plastic waste “on the map”
M&C Saatchi and M&C Saatchi PR have teamed up with charity Surfer’s Against Sewage to put the problem of single-use plastic waste “on the map”, and raise [...]
W opens “northern powerhouse”
W Communications has acquired Newcastle-based GluePR and renamed it W North, as the agency looks to provide its clients with “a view outside of the London bubble”. Christian [...]
Hotwire set to handle UK PR for Newsflare
Hotwire has been selected as the UK integrated comms agency for Newsflare, an online video news platform for user generated video content. After a six-way pitch, Newsflare has [...]
PR, journalism and fake news at Ad Week 2017
The BBC and Buzzfeed joined Weber Shandwick at an Advertising Week Europe event on Monday (20 March) in a session titled: “Navigating the New Abnormal: A Brand Survival Kit in [...]
Most read people news on Gorkana News
Your bite-sized update on the latest people news and moves to be featured on Gorkana News. Manifest appoints Neil Hallmark to UK MD Neil Hallmark, who first joined Manifest in [...]
Frank to launch Chuck Norris’ latest venture
Frank has been chosen to deliver a PR and SEO campaign and influencer outreach programme around the launch of mobile gaming app ‘Nonstop Chuck Norris’, which is [...]
Kingsmill hires Another Word Communicatons for brand re-launch
Kingsmill, one of the UK’s biggest bread brands, has appointed Another Word Communications to drive awareness and reappraisal amongst consumers, following its recent re-launch [...]
Legal & General hires Dharshini David as corporate affairs director
Legal & General Group plc has appointed Dharshini David, former Sky News and BBC presenter, as corporate affairs director. David will join the financial services company [...]
This week’s top trending features on Gorkana News
Your bite-sized update on the best PR opinion, interviews, events and insights featured on Gorkana News this week. So, there’s been a takeover bid? Kraft Heinz’s [...]