Andrew Martin International hires Pure PR
Pure PR has been appointed to handle the PR for luxury interiors brand Andrew Martin International. Andrew Martin distributes a range of fabrics, wallpapers, furniture and [...]
BBC’s Jack Baine joins Good Relations’ broadcast arm
Former BBC journalist Jack Baine has joined Good Relations’ broadcast arm, Good Broadcast, as a consultant. Baine spent more than 20 years at the BBC as a senior journalist [...]
NBCUniversal International names CMO
NBCUniversal International has promoted its EVP for marketing and comms, Lee Raftery, to chief marketing officer. Based in London, Raftery steps up from his prior role as EVP, [...]
Edelman appoints UK general manager, digital
Edelman UK has appointed Toby Gunton, head of innovation at media agency OMD UK, to the newly-created role of general manager, digital. With more than 20 years’ industry [...]
Masons Yorkshire Gin hires Golley Slater
Golley Slater PR North has won a PR brief from Masons Yorkshire Gin and had its contract with pub operator New World Trading Company extended to include a new location opening [...]
Seetec calls in Down At The Social
Business service provider Seetec has brought in Down At The Social to handle its PR and comms for the North West. Seetec, which was founded in 1984, is one the largest [...]
TAG Heuer appoints Pitch to launch Premier League partnership
TAG Heuer has appointed Pitch Partnerships, the new sponsorship division of Pitch PR, to launch the luxury watch brand’s partnership with the Premier League. TAG Heuer, part [...]
SAIBR PR to launch children’s store Me & Buddy
Me & Buddy, a “children’s lifestyle store”, has appointed parenting and children’s comms specialist SAIBR PR to handle its UK consumer launch. Me & Buddy [...]
Full Fat briefed to launch Boxpark Croydon
Full Fat has been brought in to develop a launch campaign for Boxpark Croydon, which is the brand’s first food and drink-focused location due to open in late October. Boxpark, [...]
Rooster PR promotes event for “women in travel by women in travel”
The Women in Travel Meetup, an international event for “women in travel by women in travel”, has chosen Rooster PR to raise the profile of the event, which takes place this [...]
The Gorkana Weekly Industry News Brief: 27 August – 2 September 2016
Missed out on this week’s PR News? Get your handy round-up of the essential highlights of PR and media stories, features and events content over the last seven days on Gorkana [...]
SCM World appoints Fourth Day to manage UK and US PR
SCM World, a membership-based group that advises and encourages ethical and open supply chains, has appointed B2B tech PR agency Fourth Day to deliver its PR programme in the [...]
Feelunique hands PR brief to Kilpatrick
Feelunique, Europe’s largest independent online luxury beauty retailer, has handed a PR brief to Kilpatrick PR, following a competitive pitch. Feelunique has more than 20,000 [...]
Stagecoach hires Frank
Stagecoach Performing Arts, the UK’s largest network of part-time performing arts schools for children, has appointed Frank to help promote a clear understanding of the [...]
MHP Communications hires Edelman’s Alex Bigg as CEO
Edelman’s former London GM, Alex Bigg, has been named CEO of MHP Communications. Bigg has spent more than ten years at Edelman, heading up its public affairs and corporate and [...]
Toople.com briefs YOU
Toople.com, a UK telecoms provider which specialises in business broadband, mobile and telephony services, has brought in YOU to handle its media and PR, following a [...]
Online courier Jinn briefs W for UK roll-out
Jinn, an online courier service which claims to let users order “anything they wish”, has appointed W to lead its PR, as the brand embarks on a UK-wide roll-out programme. [...]
Opinion: How Abba can guide you through Brexit’s comms challenge
Bill Penn, chairman at Aspectus, explains why Abba’s enduring pop hit Knowing Me, Knowing You perfectly describes how comms experts should communicate around Brexit. [...]