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 [...]
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, [...]
CNBC’s Arjun Kharpal on why he wants more Snapchat pitches
For the last three months, CNBC’s international technology reporter, Arjun Kharpal, has requested pitches from PRs via Snapchat. Gorkana caught up with the journo to find out [...]
OVO bolsters marketing and comms teams
Energy provider OVO has appointed Dyson’s Adam Rostom as chief marketing officer and named the Guardian’s Katie Thompson as its new comms director, as the company looks [...]
Superdrug hires Well Hello for health PR activity
Superdrug has chosen Well Hello, an independent PR agency set up by WE Communications’ Nick Woods and Cow PR’s Lisa Taylor in February, to handle its health PR activity. Well [...]
Global gender pay gap survey reveals £12,600 PR salary divide
International networking group Global Women in PR (GWPR) has launched a survey that shows a £12,600 pay gap between the salaries of men and women. Conducted by OnePoll on [...]
Opinion: How to replace ‘hurry sickness’ with creative success
Chris Lewis’ new book, Too Fast To Think, which launches on Monday (October 3), looks into the industry’s busy, ‘disruptive’ work culture and how it hinders [...]
Hain Daniels hands six-figure PR brief to Aduro
Aduro has won a six-figure PR brief from food and drink manufacturer the Hain Daniels Group to deliver projects for Sun-Pat peanut butter, Hartley’s 10-Cal Jelly Pots and [...]
Two wins for Spider PR
Spider PR has won two new UK PR briefs from event and hospitality group Camm & Hooper and La Donaira eco-retreat. Spider PR has been appointed by Camm & Hooper to [...]
Mason Williams promotes Portugal’s Amieira Marina
Mason Williams Communications has been chosen to represent Amieira Marina on the Great Lake Alqueva in Portugal – Europe’s largest man-made stretch of water, situated between [...]
Kuflink hands consumer brief to Redleaf
Redleaf Communications has been appointed by Kuflink, a peer-to-peer lending platform and part of The Kuflink Group, to handle its consumer PR. The agency has been briefed to [...]
Piracy Corporation wins Coldpress brief
Cold-pressed drinks brand Coldpress has handed a consumer PR brief to Piracy Corporation. Coldpress was launched by its founder, Andrew Gibb, in Australia in 2006, and set up [...]
Next 15 buys Pinnacle for £4.4 million
Next 15, which owns Text100, Bite, OutCast, and MBooth, has acquired tech PR agency Pinnacle for £4.4 million. At the same time, the digital marketing and PR group has [...]
CoolBrands 2016: what the list can teach us about ‘cool’ comms
CoolBrands’ annual list of the trendiest products and services has been published this week with Apple, Glastonbury and Netflix at the top in 2016. PR pros tell us how [...]
JFL promotes Carolyn Kirkwood to deputy MD
Comms recruitment consultancy JFL Search & Selection has promoted Carolyn Kirkwood, who first joined the business in 2006, to deputy MD. Kirkwood left JFL in February [...]
Brian MacLaurin and Anna Hodgekiss join Iredale Communications
Iredale Communications has named industry veteran Brian MacLaurin as chairman and appointed Anna Hodgekiss, MailOnline’s former health editor, as a consultant. MacLaurin, a [...]
Indian snacks brand Gourmosa briefs Nudge PR
Nudge PR has been appointed to handle the UK PR for healthy Indian snacks company Gourmosa, ahead of its upcoming product launches later this year. Gourmosa products are [...]