Creative group SEEN launches health and wellness agency V-SEEN
Global creative group SEEN, which owns London-based PR agency Beauty Seen, has launched a specialist health and wellness agency, V-SEEN, with launch clients including [...]
The PR Office hires account director
London-based The PR Office has hired Shari Ryness as an account director. Ryness will work on a variety of clients in both the community and not-for-profit and the corporate [...]
Cherish PR announces hire and client wins
Cherish PR has appointed Pally Kaur as senior consultant, and has added two new clients to its roster: UK start-up Laundrapp and Swiss watch brand Aviator. Edward Relf, [...]
House PR re-appointed for BBC Countryfile Live’s second year
House PR has been signed up by BBC Countryfile Live to manage a PR campaign around the four-day live event, which made its debut last year. Taking place in the grounds of [...]
Ian Twinn to retire as ISBA’s director of public affairs
Ian Twinn, director of public affairs at the not-for-profit membership body for British Advertisers ISBA, will retire after 18 years of service. Phil Smith, director general [...]
Simpatico PR expands into US with account win
Simpatico PR has won Adloox, an anti-advertising fraud technology company, as it launches a US practice in New York. Dori Pasternak-Busell will lead Simpatico’s US business. [...]
Simon Darby joins PLMR executive team
Simon Darby has been hired as a senior account director at Westminster and Edinburgh-based communications agency PLMR, and will head up one of the company’s core consultancy [...]
British leather brand Smith & Canova hires Bright Light PR
Bright Light PR has been chosen to handle the PR for British heritage leather and accessories brand Smith & Canova. Bright Light PR will raise the profile of the story [...]
Canadian coffee shop Tim Hortons hands UK brief to Spider PR
Spider PR has been handed a six-figure PR and social media brief by Tim Hortons, as the Canadian coffee shop chain launches in the UK this Spring. Tim Hortons currently has [...]
Snell Advanced Media appoints Bubble & Squeak
Bubble & Squeak will handle communications for Snell Advanced Media (SAM), which designs and develops solutions for the media production market. Broadcast PR agency Bubble [...]
tpf wins PR brief for Book People
Direct bookseller Book People has appointed independent comms agency tpf on a 12-month retained contract, following a three-way pitch. Book People, which launched in 1988, [...]
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Your bitesize update on the latest People News and Moves featured on Gorkana News: MSC Cruises names UK and Ireland PR manager Europe’s biggest cruise line, MSC Cruises, has [...]
Former Weber MD Jo Leah launches the little big agency
Jo Leah, who recently stepped down as MD of Weber Shandwick Manchester after two decades at the helm, is opening a new Manchester-based comms firm called the little big [...]
Opinium Research makes financial and professional services hire
London-based agency Opinium Research has hired Josh Glendinning as a research manager to strengthen its financial and professional services offering. Glendinning joins after [...]
Lynne Hughes joins Clarion to lead Scottish arm
Clarion Communications has appointed a new senior-level account director, Lynne Hughes, to drive the company’s Scotland office, which opened last year. Hughes has both agency [...]
Beano Studios hands Borkowski corporate comms brief
Beano, the comic publisher and children’s brand, has appointed corporate and entertainment agency Borkowski Ltd to devise and deliver a corporate communications strategy for [...]
This week’s top trending features on Gorkana News
Your bitesize update on the best PR opinion, interviews, events and insights on Gorkana News this week. Insight: 8 tips for communicating to the ‘modern woman’ [...]
Hacks vs Flaks organisers call for Easter Sports Day teams
The Hacks vs Flaks organisers have made a call for new teams on Easter Sports Day, which takes place this year on Sunday 9 April. The event, which takes place at the Bank of [...]