NewMotion hands UK rollout brief to Threepipe
NewMotion, Europe’s largest electric charging provider for electric cars, has appointed Threepipe to help launch its UK rollout in 2017. Launched in the Netherlands in 2009, [...]
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 [...]
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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’ [...]