Nationwide hires Tanya Joseph as director of external affairs
Tanya Joseph, architect of the award-winning This Girl Can campaign, has joined Nationwide Building Society as director of external relations. Having started her career as a [...]
Cision clients bag 21 PR Moment awards
Cision clients won almost two-thirds of the 33 available prizes at last night’s PR Moment Awards ceremony for the north in Manchester. Smarts Communicate were the big winners [...]
This week’s PR news in brief (23-27 April)
Here’s a round-up of the week’s essential PR news, featuring Cision’s 2018 State of the Media report, a new initiative from Launch and 3 reputational risks facing [...]
Seven Hills to lead comms for Here East
Here East, the technology and creative campus in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, has appointed Seven Hills to lead its comms brief. Seven Hills will oversee a media and [...]
No Brainer celebrates four new client wins
Cheshire-based agency No Brainer has won four new briefs to add to its roster of clients. Market intelligence specialists The Insights People have appointed No Brainer to [...]
Jargon PR reappointed by NewCo London
Business networking event NewCo London has appointed Jargon PR to promote the event for the third year in a row. The agency will plan and implement a media liaison campaign [...]
Meet the Journalist: Icon magazine’s James McLachlan
James McLachlan, editor at Icon magazine, explains what makes a great front cover, who reads the magazine and how the brand works with PRs. Your January cover was recognised [...]
LEWIS wins Paessler’s UK and Ireland PR brief
Network monitoring company Paessler has awarded its UK and Ireland PR brief to LEWIS. The agency has been briefed to increase awareness of Paessler in the UK and launch its [...]
Tom Morrison joins becg as associate director
Built environment specialist agency becg has appointed Tom Morrison as associate director to its Manchester-based north region team. Morrison will work with the agency’s north [...]
This week’s PR news in brief (16-20 April)
Here’s a round-up of the week’s essential PR news, featuring Ketchum’s Erin Salisbury, a new Finn Partners division and Cision’s upcoming 2018 State of the [...]
Lee Blackwell joins KR Group as PR and public affairs director
Lee Blackwell has joined Key Retirement Group (KR Group), a provider of financial solutions to the over-55s, as its director of public relations and public affairs. Reporting [...]
Norwegian appoints new UK director of communications
Norwegian has appointed Philip Allport as its director of communications and public affairs in the UK and Ireland. He will lead the airline’s dedicated UK and Ireland comms [...]
Milk & Honey PR to promote real-time visual effects tool
Notch has appointed Milk & Honey PR to raise the media profile of its real-time effects tool for interactive motion graphics, VR and live visuals. The agency will work to [...]
Well Hello toasts Chapel Down account win
Chapel Down Group has appointed Well Hello to manage PR for its Chapel Down wine and Curious Brewery beer and cider brands. Following a highly competitive pitch process, the [...]
Kathryn Bowditch joins Fourtold
Corporate comms consultancy Fourtold has appointed Kathryn Bowditch as director. Bowditch will take a leading role in advising on existing international client briefs and [...]
Blackstock appoints ex-Lib Dem international office head
Strategic advisory and comms agency Blackstock Consulting has appointed Harriet Shone as a director. Shone will expand the agency’s policy and advocacy work, which focuses on [...]
Powerscourt to handle Jupiter Asset Management’s comms
Jupiter Asset Management has selected Powerscourt as its financial and corporate comms adviser following a competitive pitch. The brief covers the company’s integrated [...]
Ex-Times journalist Alexandra Frean joins Starling Bank
Mobile-only bank Starling Bank has appointed veteran The Times journalist Alexandra Frean as its head of corporate affairs. She joins the bank after working at the newspaper [...]