Newgate appoints head of recruitment
Corporate communications agency Newgate has appointed Angela Thomas as its first head of recruitment. She will work across Newgate and its parent company AIM-listed Porta [...]
Mash PR appointed by National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society
Mash PR has been appointed by the National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society (NRAS) to raise awareness of the autoimmune condition. Mash PR has been retained by the NRAS to raise [...]
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Your bitesize update on the latest People News and Moves featured on Gorkana News: The Romans duo wins UK’s Young PR Lions competition The Romans’ Jack Davy and Ottilie [...]
Chairman of Burson-Marsteller Africa to lead Maggie Nally lecture
Robyn De Villiers, CEO and chairman of Burson-Marsteller, Africa, is to give this year’s Maggie Nally Memorial Lecture keynote address, the Chartered Institute of Public [...]
Winners announced at the PRCA City and Financial Awards
At the City and Financial Awards last night, Instinctif Partners and Schroders defended their titles as best agency and best in-house team respectively. The award ceremony was [...]
Beattie opens Cornwall office
Beattie has opened an office in Helston, Cornwall to serve the south west of England. Associate director Amanda Fry established the new office to help win business and grow [...]
Hanover hires ex-BT Michael Prescott as group MD
Michael Prescott, the former director of corporate affairs at BT, has joined Hanover in the newly-created role of group managing director, corporate and political strategy. [...]
Vigo makes trio of technology wins
Vigo has added RedstoneConnect, CloudCall and WANdisco to its technology, media and telecom (TMT) client portfolio. RedstoneConnect, a technology and services provider for [...]
Finalists named for the 2017 Suzy Spirit Awards
Seven people have been shortlisted for the 2017 Suzy Spirit Awards, following a record-number of nominations. For the first time, there are two categories – the Suzy [...]
Bromium signs six-figure retainer with Spark Communications
Enterprise security company Bromium has selected Spark Communications to handle its UK PR brief and global strategy. The six-figure brief will see Spark develop corporate, [...]
Middle East-focused investment firm chooses Yellow Jersey PR
Yellow Jersey PR has been appointed as the retained communications adviser to Indigo Holdings, having supported the company’s NEX Exchange IPO. Charles Goodwin, Yellow Jersey [...]
The PR Office appointed by Partnerships for Jewish Schools
The PR Office has been appointed by Partnerships for Jewish Schools (PaJes), the largest support network for Jewish schools in the UK. The PR Office will focus on a media [...]
Fourth Day partners with getcleantech.com
Fourth Day has been appointed to help Canadian company getcleantech.com raise its international profile. Aggregating information from the clean technology industry, [...]
Lexis promotes UK business potential with the Commonwealth
Lexis has been named as the official marketing and comms partner for Maritime Connects, an initiative which aims to drive economic growth, job creation and prosperity [...]
Five reasons PR has an edge in content creation
Five PR agencies, which took part in a recent Content Marketing Association (CMA) round-table, explain why having PR at the core of their business has helped them become [...]
Nava Finance appoints MRM
Nava Finance has appointed financial communications agency MRM as it launches a consumer lending platform. After securing FCA approval last month, the new platform will be [...]
PLMR to lead on public affairs brief for Gumtree
Westminster and Edinburgh-based communications consultancy PLMR has been appointed to lead a programme of public affairs activity for Gumtree UK. According to PLMR, [...]
Racepoint Global president Peter Prodromou becomes CEO
Racepoint Global has announced that Peter Prodromou, the company’s president since 2013, will assume the role of CEO. Larry Weber, who founded the firm in 2004, is to [...]