Why it’s time for CMOs to embrace PR and comms
What you’re about to read might sound like bad news. But for businesses that arm themselves with the right tools, it actually represents a huge opportunity just waiting to be realised. You see, consumer trust is falling across the board. Global research firm Nielsen reports that consumers now trust print, TV and radio ads less […]
Former Hotwire and Deloitte duo launch tech startup PR firm
Former Hotwire employee, Amelia-Eve Warden (21), has partnered with senior Deloitte associate, Bethany Simpson (23), to launch a London-based public relations agency P&C [...]
Opinion: Four ways to get your PR workforce up to scratch on digital
The convergence of technology and digital has become a significant force within all forms of stakeholder engagement. The failure to deploy technology and digital comms can [...]
Hudson Sandler becomes independent partnership
After eight years of ownership by Huntsworth plc, Hudson Sandler has become an independent partnership. In a letter to clients, Hudson Sandler said: “While Huntsworth plc has [...]
CBI appoints Charles Naylor as corporate communications director
Charles Naylor will take up the corporate communications director role at CBI (Confederation of British Industry) on 28 November. He will report to director-general Carolyn [...]
Cohn & Wolfe: Three reasons why PR is performing so strongly
Public relations and public affairs – along with data investment management – were singled out for revenue growth in WPP’s UK operations in its Q3 results [...]
Crohn’s & Colitis UK briefs TVC to promote WALK IT 2017
Crohn’s & Colitis UK, the UK charity which supports people suffering from colitis or Crohn’s disease, has brought TVC Group on board to promote WALK IT 2017, a [...]
Blackpool Pleasure Beach hires Rule 5
Blackpool Pleasure Beach has appointed comms agency Rule 5 to deliver a retained brief for the amusement park’s new £16.25m rollercoaster Construction MMXVIII which is [...]
Petcurean hands six-figure European brief to Unity
Petcurean has handed Unity a six-figure Western European PR brief to drive awareness and sales of the Canadian pet food brand and its product ranges GO! and NOW FRESH. Unity [...]
Building Relations PR hires new director
Kathryn Reucroft has joined Building Relations PR as a director, working alongside former colleague Rachel Colgan. Reucroft and Colgan, who worked together in their first [...]
Capture media agency appoints W
Retail media agency Capture has appointed W as its first PR agency. Capture was co-founded eight years ago by senior ex-dunnhumby and Procter & Gamble marketers. Its [...]
Henry Engleka joins Burson-Marsteller as US chair of healthcare practice
Henry Engleka has joined comms and PR firm Burson-Marsteller as chair of its US healthcare practice, which is based in Washington DC. Engleka, who joins with more than 20 [...]
Well Hello promotes Usain Bolt-backed Enertor
Enertor, the Usain Bolt-endorsed orthotics brand, has hired Well Hello to enhance its position within the sports and fitness sectors. Enertor launched in the UK earlier this [...]
Portland hires former junior equalities minister Jo Swinson
Former junior equalities minister and Liberal Democrat MP Jo Swinson is working with Portland Communications to help the agency improve upon its workplace diversity. Swinson’s [...]
PR Case Study: Fiat Professional Tradesman Trials
Fiat Professional and Performance Communications launched a campaign that reflected the affinity between football and the trades by providing one tradesman with the chance to [...]
National Concert Hall calls in elephant communications
Town Hall Symphony Hall, Birmingham (THSH) has appointed elephant communications as its national adviser on thought leadership and strategic comms. The Birmingham venues [...]
Down At The Social to launch first Shoryu Ramen outside of London
Manchester-based PR and comms agency Down At The Social has been appointed by Japanese restaurant Shoryu Ramen to launch its first UK-based restaurant outside of London. [...]
Speed partners with Earnie to promote London Winter Run
Human Race, the largest mass participation events company in the UK, has appointed Speed Communications and creative agency Earnie to increase awareness of the 2017 Cancer [...]
60 Seconds with Exposure’s Tim Bourne
Eight months after becoming the first chairman of The Marketing Agencies Association from a PR and comms background, Tim Bourne, founder and joint-chief executive [...]