Ketchum grows UK healthcare team
Ketchum has added Kate Paxton and Neil McLelland to its healthcare team in London. Paxton, SVP and director at the Washington DC healthcare practice, is now leading the London [...]
Ruder Finn launches risk management system
Ruder Finn, which operates in the United States, Europe and Asia-Pacific, has launched RiskSTAT, a reputation risk management system to help corporations prepare for risks [...]
Weber Shandwick enhances creative team
Weber Shandwick London has brought in award-winning creative Janelle Feliciano from digital and social agency Deep Focus. Based in Weber Shandwick’s London office, Feliciano [...]
60 Seconds with Gutenberg’s Harjiv Singh
Harjiv Singh, CEO and founder at Gutenberg, talks about the agency’s rebrand and shift towards a more integrated model, encompassing digital marketing. He says: [...]
Opinion: how PRs and ‘real’ news organisations should tackle fake news
Emma Morton, senior media strategist at Ruder Finn, on how the media industry can move forward from fake news. HOW did fake news leapfrog real stories? By speaking out, [...]
Former We Are Boutique co-founder launches new digital business
The former co-owner of PR agency We Are Boutique, Elliot Jones, has launched Zigzag Media in York. Zigzag offers a digital-focused B2B service, has recently launched its [...]
Chaz Brooks Communications rebrands to brookscomm
Surrey-based B2B PR and digital marketing agency Chaz Brooks Communications has rebranded to brookscomm after 20 years of trading. The agency has hired new digital marketing [...]
The Write Angle makes senior hires
Lancashire-based marketing comms agency The Write Angle (TWA) has brought in Sally Fairclough as associate director and Jen Hill as client services director. [...]
Senior Labour official to join Campaign Collective
Nancy Platts, former Labour Party candidate in Brighton Kemptown and currently trade union manager in the office of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, is to become a member of [...]
March 20 – 24: the most read people news on Gorkana News this week
Your bitesize update on the latest people news and moves featured on Gorkana News this week: Hotwire’s Brendon Craigie steps down Hotwire’s group CEO, Brendon [...]
Couchbase chooses Spark Communications for Pan-European brief
Spark Communications will manage PR for database company Couchbase across the UK, France and Germany, developing a creative content strategy to engage customers and the media. [...]
Founder of Hot Tin Roof launches automated PR service
Sarah Lee, the founder of Scottish tech agency Hot Tin Roof, has launched PingGo, an automated PR service which targets start-ups and SMEs. PingGo offers a do-it-yourself, [...]
Ilk wins Adlington
Ilk has added Adlington, an independent living company, to its client roster. The new account will be managed out of the agency’s head office in Leeds. Ilk will deliver PR and [...]
Buchanan advises Solo Oil on Tanzanian investment
Buchanan is advising Solo Oil on its acquisition of a 10% interest in Helium One, a private helium exploration and production company in Tanzania. Buchanan’s sector specialist [...]
Finsbury’s London office teams up with Christina Mills
Finsbury’s London office has brought Christina Mills on board as a consulting partner; working through her recently founded consulting business Christina Mills Communications [...]
MAXIS chooses Citigate Dewe Rogerson
MAXIS Global Benefits Network (GBN), the employee benefits network, has appointed Citigate Dewe Rogerson as its retained PR agency in the UK. Patsy Langridge, global director, [...]
Weetabix appoints Mercieca for corporate brief
Weetabix has chosen Mercieca to manage its corporate and trade PR, as well as its trade advertising. Stuart Branch, group human resources director at Weetabix, said: “Weetabix [...]
APC appoints corporate comms manager
The Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) has appointed Liam O’Neill as corporate communications manager. Torque Agency Group will provide ongoing support. O’Neill’s background in [...]