CNBC’s Arjun Kharpal on why he wants more Snapchat pitches
For the last three months, CNBC’s international technology reporter, Arjun Kharpal, has requested pitches from PRs via Snapchat. Gorkana caught up with the journo to find out [...]
Community Channel appoints Pagefield post-crowdfunding
After a successful crowdfunding campaign earlier this year, Community Channel, formerly part of The Media Trust, has brought in Pagefield to provide public affairs and media [...]
OVO bolsters marketing and comms teams
Energy provider OVO has appointed Dyson’s Adam Rostom as chief marketing officer and named the Guardian’s Katie Thompson as its new comms director, as the company looks [...]
Opinion: The opportunity for brand-led content
Mark Flanagan, senior partner for content and digital strategy at Portland, believes that there is opportunity for businesses to produce content that informs or entertains, [...]
Global gender pay gap survey reveals £12,600 PR salary divide
International networking group Global Women in PR (GWPR) has launched a survey that shows a £12,600 pay gap between the salaries of men and women. Conducted by OnePoll on [...]
Opinion: How to replace ‘hurry sickness’ with creative success
Chris Lewis’ new book, Too Fast To Think, which launches on Monday (October 3), looks into the industry’s busy, ‘disruptive’ work culture and how it hinders [...]
Dr Jenny Lee joins Abchurch as consultant
Abchurch is boosting its life sciences, pharmaceutical and biotechnology offer with the recruitment of Dr Jenny Lee, who is joining the business as a consultant. Dr Lee has [...]
Bell Geospace appoints Pagoda Porter Novelli
Oil & gas survey business, Bell Geospace, has appointed Edinburgh-based B2B agency Pagoda Porter Novelli to handle its PR activity. Pagoda Porter Novelli will report to [...]
Citypress hires director and associate director
Andy Poole, former deputy managing partner at Weber Shandwick, and Kate Macnamara, Goodyear Dunlop’s communications manager, are joining Citypress as director and [...]
Pub17 appoints Fleet Street Communications
Exhibition Pub17 has appointed Fleet Street Communications (FSC) as its PR agency after a four-way pitch. A dedicated event for the pub industry, Pub17 is in its third [...]
Burson-Marsteller appoints global corporate and financial chair
Burson-Marsteller has named Mike Fernandez chair of its global corporate and financial practice. Based in New York, Fernandez will spearhead client development, strategy and [...]
Next 15 buys Pinnacle for £4.4 million
Next 15, which owns Text100, Bite, OutCast, and MBooth, has acquired tech PR agency Pinnacle for £4.4 million. At the same time, the digital marketing and PR group has [...]
CoolBrands 2016: what the list can teach us about ‘cool’ comms
CoolBrands’ annual list of the trendiest products and services has been published this week with Apple, Glastonbury and Netflix at the top in 2016. PR pros tell us how [...]
JFL promotes Carolyn Kirkwood to deputy MD
Comms recruitment consultancy JFL Search & Selection has promoted Carolyn Kirkwood, who first joined the business in 2006, to deputy MD. Kirkwood left JFL in February [...]
Brian MacLaurin and Anna Hodgekiss join Iredale Communications
Iredale Communications has named industry veteran Brian MacLaurin as chairman and appointed Anna Hodgekiss, MailOnline’s former health editor, as a consultant. MacLaurin, a [...]
Creditsafe appoints Speed Communications
Creditsafe, a company credit report supplier, has appointed Speed Communications’ Business & Corporate PR team as its retained agency. Speed Communications will increase [...]
Pagefield makes two new hires
David Leslie and Sam Barnett have joined Pagefield as consultants. Leslie joins from international corporate, financial and political comms consultancy New Century Media, [...]
Associated British Ports appoints JBP for Cardiff Bay development
Associated British Ports (ABP) has appointed national communications consultancy JBP to provide stakeholder engagement and PR support around the Dolffin Quay development in [...]