McFrank promotes Brew at the Bog festival
Highland festival Brew at the Bog has appointed the Scottish arm of Frank PR, McFrank, to promote its summer event, which takes place on 3 and 4 June and features Scottish [...]
Debenhams names head of product PR
Debenhams has promoted Hayley Betts to head of product PR, 15 months after she first joined the UK department store chain as a senior PR manager. Betts will head up all [...]
Wilko hires Brazen
British high-street chain Wilko has appointed Brazen as its retained PR and social media agency, following a competitive pitch. Wilko, which has been owned and run by the [...]
We Are Social appoints ACD and first shooting director
Global social media agency We Are Social has boosted its creative and production teams by hiring All Together Now’s Daniel Evans as associate creative director and Hello You [...]
Clarion’s Amanda Meyrick takes on CEO role
WPP-owned Clarion has restructured its senior team, with MD of 12 years Amanda Meyrick stepping into the role of CEO to lead a newly-formed board of four managing partners, as [...]
Aduro promotes Crosta & Mollica
Italian bakery brand Crosta & Mollica has hired Aduro Communications as it looks to expand the business in 2016. Translated from the Italian for ‘crust and [...]
Clarion launches Sambazon Açai to UK market
Sambazon, a US-based food company specialising in açai berries, has chosen Clarion Communications to handle its UK consumer and trade PR activity. Sambazon was launched in [...]
Manifest to launch “social crowd” platform Crowdmix
New “social crowd” platform Crowdmix has chosen Manifest as its retained comms agency, with a brief to handle the platform’s UK launch this Summer. Crowdmix is a [...]
Weber Shandwick appoints Shirin Majid as creative director
Shirin Majid has rejoined Weber Shandwick to become creative director, 17 years after starting her PR career at the agency’s Washington, D.C. office. Based in London, Majid [...]
KBC wins three-year PR brief from Travel Alberta
Travel Alberta, the tourism marketing organisation for the Canadian Province, has appointed KBC to handle its travel media relations, social media and consumer marketing in [...]
The Gorkana Weekly Industry News Brief: 14 to 20 May 2016
Missed out on this week’s PR News? Get your handy round-up of the essential highlights of PR and media stories, features and events content over the last seven days on Gorkana [...]
Tianjin Airlines appoints Rooster to launch UK flights to China
Rooster has been chosen to provide PR and social media services to Chinese carrier Tianjin Airlines ahead of the launch of its new service from the UK to China. Rooster will [...]
W wins six-figure brief to promote Ryvita
Ryvita has handed W a six-figure PR, digital and influencer engagement brief, as the British crispbread brand looks to engage with a “new generation” of consumers. W, which [...]
For Goodness Shakes hires Well Hello
Ready-to-drink protein and nutrition brand For Goodness Shakes has hired Well Hello to launch its new Protein Water and Protein Coconut Water offering. For Goodness Shakes’ [...]
PR behind Movember joins M&C Saatchi PR
M&C Saatchi PR has enhanced its UK senior management team with the appointment of Dan Cooper, the man behind the PR launch of the Movember Foundation across Europe and, [...]
Way to Blue promotes “world’s best-selling Portuguese beer”
Way to Blue has been appointed to handle the UK consumer and trade PR launch for Super Bock, which claims to be the world’s best-selling Portuguese beer. Owned by Unicer, the [...]
Gant UK’s PR lead joins QVC
Britain’s largest TV shopping channel, QVC UK, has appointed Gant UK’s Jayne Bristow as brand and comms director, with a brief to focus on PR and internal comms. Bristow will [...]
Former M&C Saatchi PR global chiefs launch new agency
M&C Saatchi PR’s former global MD, Gary Wheeldon, and global executive creative director, Steve Strickland, have launched a new London-based creative comms agency, Talker [...]