Instinctif Partners advises eve Sleep on IPO
Instinctif Partners is providing strategic counsel and communications advice to eve Sleep, which today becomes a listed company on the AIM market, in London. An e-commerce [...]
GK Strategy hires former coalition cabinet minister David Laws
GK Strategy has appointed former coalition cabinet minister David Laws as strategic adviser. Laws was cabinet minister during the 2010-2015 Coalition Government. He was an [...]
Aetna International hands global comms brief to Grayling
Grayling has won a global comms brief from expat health insurance provider Aetna International. The agency will build Aetna’s International’s profile from network hubs [...]
GK Strategy launches ‘GK Intelligent Planning’
GK Strategy has launched a planning communications service GK Intelligent Planning as it looks for further integration of its public affairs, media relations and digital [...]
Proptech lettings business Lavanda appoints Farrer Kane
Farrer Kane has been appointed by Lavanda, the disruptive challenger brand, to manage its media communications. By using the home sharing economy to monetise otherwise void [...]
Filta Group Holdings hires Redleaf Communications
Redleaf Communications has been hired by Filta Group Holdings, the global provider of Cooking Oil Filtration & Fryer Management Services to restaurants and other [...]
Yellow Jersey PR makes two appointments
Yellow Jersey PR has appointed Evie Lelliott as operations manager and Abena Affum as senior account executive. Lelliot joins Yellow Jersey from BMW where she was the central [...]
Government approves new PR and communications apprenticeship
The government has approved a new Public Relations and Communications Assistant apprenticeship for delivery from autumn 2017. It was developed by a group of 23 employers [...]
Weber Shandwick’s Colin Byrne to step down
Colin Byrne, Weber Shandwick’s UK and EMEA CEO, is to step down from his role in early 2018 after nearly 23 years at the global agency. The firm has not yet named a [...]
Weber Shandwick wins big at PRWeek Global Awards
At last night’s PRWeek Global Awards in London, Weber Shandwick won six awards out of 24 and was named Global Agency of the year. Weber won awards for Corporate Social [...]
Opinion: Why PR needs to move away from the ‘holding company model’
Aaron Petras, vice president of WE Communication’s agency and partner strategy and now managing director of The PLUS Network, discusses the marketing industry problems [...]
Raindance Film Festival appoints Mason Williams
Independent film festival Raindance has chosen consumer lifestyle communications agency Mason Williams to help celebrate its 25th anniversary. A team split across Mason [...]
Chris Sanderson revealed as Cision World Tour London keynote
Renowned brand strategy consultant Chris Sanderson is to be the keynote speaker at next month’s Cision World Tour summit in London. Open to a select group of PR and [...]
Ranieri buys French agency Reflexion Publique
Consumer technology and lifestyle agency Ranieri has acquired Reflexion Publique as part of an ongoing acquisitions strategy to bolster its European PR, social and influencer [...]
Custard Communications wins Whittlebury Park brief
Whittlebury Park and Whittlebury Hall and Spa have appointed hospitality marketing and PR agency Custard Communications on a six-month contract, following their recent merger. [...]
MagnaCarta Communications hires former Edelman Africa chairman François Baird
MagnaCarta Communications has appointed communications management leader François Baird as non-executive chairman. Baird is founder and chairman of Baird’s US LLC and of [...]
NHS Confederation launches its first comms conference
NHS Confederation’s Communications Conference 2017 will be its first ever event dedicated to giving comms leads insight on how to approach their work. The Comms Conference [...]
Hotwire Group hires Barbara Bates as CEO
Barbara Bates has been appointed as Group CEO at Hotwire, following the departure of Brendon Craigie in March. Bates was most recently North American CEO of Hotwire following [...]