Yellow Jersey promotes Charles Goodwin to board as it enters "next phase...
Yellow Jersey has promoted Charles Goodwin, formerly of Smithfield Consultants, to its board as a director.Goodwin joined Yellow Jersey in August this year and currently advises across a wide range of...
View ArticleFormer Marketing Week deputy editor Ian McCawley joins Acuity PR as MD
Acuity PR, the Ingenuity-owned agency, has brought in Limelight's client services director and former Marketing Week journalist, Ian McCawley, as managing director. McCawley takes overall...
View ArticleCision agrees to acquire PR Newswire
With PR Newswire, Cision further expands its communications, social media and analyticsOn a mission to build a comprehensive communications platform, Cision is proud to announce its agreement to...
View ArticleGaming company Activision Blizzard calls in Blue Rubicon for pan-European...
Activision Blizzard, the group behind Activision Publishing's game franchises Call of Duty and Blizzard Entertainment's World of Warcraft, has hired Blue Rubicon, which will work in collaboration with...
View ArticleCERN hires Proof to devise five-year comms plan
CERN, birthplace of the World Wide Web and home of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), has chosen Proof Communication to develop a comms strategy for the research centre over the next five years.Proof,...
View ArticleEcommerce provider Astound Commerce hands global comms retainer to Babel PR
Astound Commerce, which supplies ecommerce tools, technology and services to online retailers, has handed Babel a brief to raise brand awareness for the company.Astound, headquartered in San Francisco,...
View ArticleReal estate company Cushman & Wakefield appoints Stefanie Murphy to...
Commercial real estate business Cushman & Wakefield has hired LaSalle Investment Management's Stefanie Murphy to join the firm as vice president, global public relations.Murphy, based in Chicago,...
View ArticleVisual comms agency VisMedia hires former FTI Consulting's Caroline Stewart...
VisMedia, a company specialising in creating visuals for corporate clients and their PR agencies, has recruited Caroline Stewart from automotive retailer Inchcape.Stewart was responsible for heading up...
View ArticleEllis Ford and Tor Williams promoted to consultant positions at financial...
Financial services consultancy MRM has promoted Ellis Ford and Tor Williams to positions of consultant.Ford (pictured left) joined MRM in 2013 as an account executive, having graduated from Bournemouth...
View ArticleSuperGroup hands PR brief to Tulchan Communications
SuperGroup, the British clothing company behind the SuperDry label, is now working with financial comms agency Tulchan following a competitive pitch process.The FTSE250 listed retailer announced its...
View ArticlePension Protection Fund strengthens corporate affairs team with hire of...
The Pension Protection Fund (PPF), which protects employee's pensions in the event of a company's insolvency, has hired Malcolm Morton as public affairs manager and Hannah Lang as media manager as part...
View ArticleBrands2Life hires salt's Claire Rudall as corporate comms MD
Independent agency Brands2Life has expanded its management team with the addition of Claire Rudall as managing director, corporate.Rudall will lead the agency's corporate offer, providing senior level...
View ArticleLife assistance company CPP hands retained financial comms brief to Powerscourt
AIM-listed CPP, which provides consumer life assistance services, including card protection and rescue services, has briefed Powerscourt to manage its financial and corporate comms following a...
View ArticleCommercial music service Virtual Jukebox appoints Fleet Street Communications...
Virtual Jukebox, an interactive music service targeted at the retail and hospitality industries, has brought in Fleet Street Communications to support its growth in the UK.Fleet Street will drive...
View ArticleMaitland hires Investis' Al Loehnis to head up TMT unit
Maitland has recruited Investis' co-founding director Al Loehnis as partner, heading up its TMT industries unit.In his new role which he starts in January, Loehnis will also build the firm's digital...
View ArticleMRM wins financial PR brief to support launch of online investment business...
eVestor, an online investment platform with backing from MoneySuperMarket.com co-founder Duncan Cameron, has selected MRM as its retained PR agency ahead of its launch next year.MRM will manage media...
View ArticleStreet market company London Union works with Headland on crowdfunding bid
London Union, a company that sets up street food markets across greater London, hired Headland to advise on financial and corporate comms following a successful £2.5m crowdfunding round to build a...
View ArticleGorkana's Christmas Pitching guide: 8 top tips on how journalists want to be...
With the final news alert for the year, Gorkana rounds up key learnings from our journalist interviews and media briefings over the last six months to help you get the coverage of your, and your...
View ArticleRedchurch Brewery briefs Splendid Communications to support crowd funding
Splendid Communications has been appointed by Bethnal Green-based craft brewer Redchurch Brewery to support its line of craft beers and the launch of its first fundraising drive via...
View ArticleTaylor Herring asks former BBC weatherman Michael Fish to tackle hipster...
Taylor Herring has asked former BBC weatherman Michael Fish to come up up with some “fishy predictions” for 2016 in a video released this week.Fish tackles trend forecasting for the year ahead -...
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