The BIG Partnership opens fifth Scottish office
The BIG Partnership has opened its fifth Scottish office in Dundee – and seventh in the UK – after securing contract wins worth £250,000 in its Manchester base, [...]
See.Saw to PR The Smalls Short Film Festival
The Smalls, a content marketplace that connects filmmakers with brands, publishers and agencies, has brought in consumer lifestyle PR agency See.Saw to handle the PR for the [...]
Red Savannah hands European PR brief to The PC Agency
Tour operator Red Savannah has handed a European consumer and corporate PR brief to The PC Agency. Established in 2011 by George Morgan-Grenville, Red Savannah claims to [...]
PHA Media secures two wins
PHA Media has been handed an awareness raising brief by charity Music Venue Trust and the agency has been hired by 4th Base Cosmetics to launch its new beauty brand NKBb. [...]
Lord Bell resigns as chairman of Bell Pottinger
Lord Tim Bell has resigned as chairman of Bell Pottinger, 30 years after he founded the agency. He plans to set up a strategic consultancy called Sans Frontières next year. [...]
Opinion: Five ways the Great British Bake Off can enhance a brand’s profile
Great British Bake Off returned to the screens last night and, with last year’s average audience comprising more than 12 million people, there is huge opportunity for brands [...]
How Golin tackles the ‘motherhood penalty’ and recruits untapped talent
Golin is looking to close the wage gap encountered by working mothers and reap the benefit of recruiting ‘untapped’ talent as it launches its second ‘returnship’ programme [...]
Heathrow appoints One Green Bean to its consumer roster
Heathrow Airport has added One Green Bean to its consumer PR roster following its successful campaign work on the airport’s 70th anniversary in May. One Green Bean will [...]
Flightworx Aviation appoints 80:20 Communications
Travel PR specialist, 80:20 Communications, has been appointed by Flightworx Aviation, a provider of worldwide flight support solutions, from flight planning to fuel sourcing. [...]
Clark Communications buys Golley Slater Scotland
Scottish PR agency Clark Communications has acquired Golley Slater Scotland from parent company Golley Slater Group for an undisclosed sum. Clark Communications was [...]
Women aged 25 to 34 “most likely” to post customer reviews
Female movie-lovers aged 25 to 34 are most likely to post a customer review about a brand, according to research from ratings and reviews platform Feefo, while men and women [...]
Henman Communications to launch SPAshell
Sports and lifestyle PR agency Henman Communications has been appointed by spa design consultancy Spa Creators to launch SPAshell, the UK’s “first pre-built spa using [...]
BookTrust names head of comms
Children’s reading charity BookTrust has appointed Dogs Trust’s former deputy comms lead, Sinead Scott-Lennon, as its head of comms and campaigns. At BookTrust, Scott-Lennon [...]
Aduro to launch “clean meal” subscription service
Everdine, a “clean meal” subscription service, has hired Aduro Communications to deliver its launch campaign in the UK market. Everdine, which is based in London, claims to [...]
Mountain Warehouse brings PR in-house
Mountain Warehouse has brought its consumer PR in-house and hired Radley’s Harriet Sweet as PR manager. She will handle PR activity for the British outdoor retailer and its [...]
Paddy Power’s former head of PR joins Lyst
Online fashion site Lyst has brought in Paddy Power’s former head of PR, Rory Scott, as VP of communications. Launched in London in 2010, Lyst says it connects more than 40 [...]
Polygon PR promotes Hearts in Harmony
New aid agency Hearts in Harmony, which aims to help raise money to fight heart disease in both children and adults through classical music events, has appointed charity [...]
Filtering online trolls: a good or bad PR idea?
As Twitter becomes the latest in a range of social platforms to limit negative comments on its posts, Gorkana asks comms pros from Bell Pottinger, Cirkle and MHP if limiting [...]