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 […]
Personalised travel service CityUnscripted hires Rooster
Rooster has been handed a UK media relations brief by CityUnscripted, a new personalised travel service, which offers travellers planning and booking tools to help them get to [...]
Matthew O’Keeffe joins FTI Consulting
Matthew O’Keeffe has joined FTI Consulting as a managing director in its Industrials & Special Situations team. O’Keeffe joins FTI with more than 20 years of experience [...]
Best Global Brands: what Mercedes, Toyota and Tesla are doing right
Interbrand’s Best Global Brands report has launched, identifying the 100 most valuable brands and automotive companies are leading the way. Media experts tell Gorkana why car [...]
KEH chooses Newgate Communications
Kuwaiti European Holding Group (KEH) has brought in Newgate Communications as its retained PR agency, with a combined financial and corporate brief. KEH is headquartered in [...]
Golley Slater PR partners with The Great British Exchange
The Great British Exchange, which supports British manufacturing and local suppliers, has named Golley Slater PR North as its PR agency and preferred PR supplier to its 500 [...]
Triumph Motorcycles hires Performance Communications
Motorcycle manufacturer Triumph Motorcycles has handed a UK PR and social brief to automotive and sports brand specialist Performance Communications, following a competitive [...]
Rocket Software hands B2B PR brief to Fourth Day
Rocket Software has appointed Fourth Day PR as its UK PR agency, following a competitive review. Rocket Software helps companies run critical infrastructure and business [...]
Infinite Global hires Thiele-Long as account director
Infinite Global, an international professional services comms consultancy, has hired Benjamin Thiele-Long as an account director in London. Thiele-Long joins Infinite Global [...]
Vitec appoints MHP Communications
Vitec, an international supplier of products, solutions and services to the broadcast and photographic industries, has appointed MHP Communications to advise on financial [...]
The 2017 Suzy Spirit Awards launches
Nominations for the revamped 2017 Suzy Spirit Awards have officially opened, with judges on the hunt to find both an inspiring young star in PR, as well as an established and [...]
Newgate appoints former Wales Office special adviser
Newgate Communications has appointed Dr Tomos Davies, a former Wales Office special adviser, as associate partner within its public affairs team. Davies will advise clients on [...]
Pitch PR rebrands as Pitch Marketing Group
Sports agency Pitch PR is changing its name to Pitch Marketing Group, as it launches a new division dedicated to branded content production. Pitch will now operate as a [...]
Getty Images appoints Jennifer Ferguson to global comms role
Stock photo agency Getty Images has appointed Jennifer Ferguson to the newly-created role, SVP of global communications. Ferguson joins from Christie’s, the fine arts business [...]
Gorkana meets… Horse & Hound
Pippa Roome, magazine editor at Horse & Hound, talks to Gorkana about the editorial team, its PR relationships and her experience covering the 2016 Rio Olympics. How is [...]
Up Communications rebrands as Goldbug
Up Communications, founded in 2014 by ex-EE comms veterans Lynne Arrowsmith and Stuart Jackson, has rebranded as Goldbug. Arrowsmith, the former director of internal brand and [...]
Grayling on why brands must ‘communicate their tech exploration’
Future tech challenges mean that brands must plan to communicate their digital aspirations more clearly, according to Grayling’s new paper: ‘Live Smart or Die’. Helen Ellis, [...]
Opinion: Updating the crisis manual for a new generation
Crisis management plans can be unwieldy, impractical and, therefore, redundant. Jason Nisse, partner at Newgate Communications, tells us why the corporate comms specialist has [...]
Hawthorn hires associate directors Daniel Rolle and Jen Stebbing
Communications consultancy Hawthorn has appointed Daniel Rolle and Jen Stebbing as associate directors. They will advise clients across the technology and professional [...]