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 Boris Johnson special advisor joins Pagefield
Reputation management specialist Pagefield has appointed Liam Parker, Boris Johnson’s former special advisor and director of political communications, as partner at the firm. [...]
Headland wins Lidl UK brief
Lidl UK has appointed Headland for a wide-ranging brief spanning public affairs, senior communications advice, press office support and corporate and financial PR. Led by [...]
InStyle: We’ll help you give your stories that exclusive twist
“I think we’re the only magazine brand that’s doing digital really, really well,” Charlotte Moore, InStyle’s editor-in-chief, told a packed room of comms professionals at [...]
Wonderland Communications wins Kraft Heinz UK brief
Kraft Heinz, the world’s fifth-largest food and beverage company, has awarded 18-month-old Wonderland Communications a place on its UK roster following a six-way pitch. The [...]
Hudson Sandler appoints Rebecca Gudgeon as board director
Hudson Sandler has appointed Rebecca Gudgeon as a board director to help develop its strategic corporate communications practice. Gudgeon has been providing board council on [...]
Frank becomes first UK PR agency to accept Bitcoin payments
Frank has announced today that it will become the first UK PR agency to accept payment for its services in Bitcoin, the virtual currency. The agency expects its move to [...]
Trio of appointments at Yellow Jersey
Yellow Jersey has appointed Georgia Colkin as its first associate director, operating out of its financial PR division and across a handful of key clients. Abs Hassanali and [...]
Campaign Collective wins Tomorrow’s Engineers Week brief
Campaign Collective, a social enterprise providing comms advice to not-for-profit organisations and campaigners, has been appointed to support the fifth Tomorrow’s Engineers [...]
George Osborne: Journalism is a lot more fun than politics
Former Chancellor George Osborne this week talked at an exclusive London Press Club event sponsored by Cision about his new job as editor of the London Evening Standard, his [...]
British Library appoints Jargon PR CEO as growth mentor
The British Library has selected Jargon PR CEO Simon Corbett to be one of its “Innovating for Growth” mentors. Having benefitted from The British Library’s business resources [...]
Clarion Comms appoints Jeremy Blackburn to advisory board
Clarion Communications has appointed tobacco industry veteran Jeremy Blackburn to its advisory board of “Very Clever People”. The corporate communications specialist has dealt [...]
CIPR names Emma Leech 2018 president-elect
Following her unopposed run in the 2017 CIPR election, Emma Leech has been confirmed as the CIPR’s president-elect for 2018. In her candidate statement she vowed to “bring [...]
Opinion: Fake news is good news for communicators
James Staunton, partner at Instinctif Partners, argues that fake news could actually breathe new life into media relations and communications in general. Fake news has been a [...]
Government special adviser joins Burson-Marsteller
Burson-Marsteller UK has hired former Downing Street adviser Meg Powell-Chandler as a director in its public affairs team. Powell-Chandler ran as the Conservative candidate in [...]
Orchard PR management buyout sees Chris Chilton and Brooke Kenyon take the helm
Orchard PR’s Brooke Kenyon and Chris Chilton have acquired the communications agency from founders Steve and Lois Falla. Kenyon is now client services director and Chilton is [...]
Mercedes-Benz Vans UK retains markettiers for broadcast PR
Mercedes-Benz Vans UK has appointed markettiers Manchester to handle its broadcast communications on a retained basis. The consultancy will work with the Mercedes-Benz Vans [...]
Meet the Journalist: Hello! Magazine editor-in-chief, Rosie Nixon
Rosie Nixon, editor-in-chief at Hello! Magazine, reveals her dream scoop, how PRs can partner with the title – and why the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are the “gift that [...]
This week’s PR news in brief (28 August – 1 September)
Here is a round-up of all the essential PR stories, people news and account wins that have been announced over the past week. Account wins YO! has selected W as its retained [...]