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Senior comms hire at PineBridge
Global asset manager PineBridge Investments has recruited Peregrine's James Sumpster as corporate communications manager, Europe.At the asset manager, which has around $75.9bn in assets under...
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Creative Content chooses Weber
Creative Content UK has brought Weber Shandwick on board to support a new education programme to promote the value of the UK’s creative industries.Weber will lead an integrated consumer, corporate and...
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Bite wins Trainline brief
Trainline, Europe’s biggest rail ticket mobile app provider, has appointed Bite as its lead UK PR agency.The agency has been handed a consumer, corporate and social media brief, and will work alongside...
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Liontrust boosts comms function
Liontrust Asset Management has appointed Quill PR's Lora Coventry as PR manager.In her new role, Lora (pictured left) is responsible for promoting Liontrust's funds, portfolios and fund managers.She...
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Digi growth at Weber
Weber Shandwick has made three senior hires that see it growing its digital operation across the EMEA region.Al Berry (pictured right) has been appointed as head of content, and joins Weber from...
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Paul McEntee launches agency
The former consumer brands director of Edelman London, Paul McEntee, has launched a new brand marketing agency called Mc&T.Mc&T, which bills itself as a consumer ‘maker PR agency’, launches...
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Gorkana meets...Daily Record
David McCann, assistant news editor at the Daily Record, on searching for that jaw-dropping story, exclusives being king and his tumultuous relationship with PRs.You joined the Daily Record in March....
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JDE hires corporate affairs director
Newly-created coffee giant Jacobs Douwe Egberts has brought in Mondelez International’s Lindsay Wright as corporate affairs director for the UK and Ireland.Lindsay’s new role sees her taking...
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Two charity wins for Grayling
Grayling has won two PR briefs from national charity Guide Dogs and veterans' housing charity Stoll.The agency has been briefed to promote Guide Dogs Week 2015, which takes place from 3 to 11...
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Penny Skateboards appoints Frank
Penny Skateboards Australia has appointed Frank PR as its first UK PR agency, as the brand looks to further expand its global distribution. The agency will build the Penny profile in the UK, with a...
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Gorkana meets...Alliance News
Alliance News' news editor Sam Unsted and CEO Tom Waite, on covering a broad sweep of the markets, saving time for their readers and wanting to speak to CEOs outside of the news-cycle.Sam, could you...
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Nick Porter joins Golden Goose
iris founder Nick Porter has joined Golden Goose PR as managing partner.Nick joins the agency on a part-time basis, and will consult across key Golden Goose clients, new business and agency...
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Threepipe cracks digital dilemma
When I meet Jim Hawker and Farhad Koodoruth, co-owners of Threepipe, they are fresh out of a two-hour pitch in which PR was never mentioned.It is becoming a familiar, and more importantly welcome,...
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Immunocore briefs Consilium
Consilium Strategic Communications advised biotech company Immunocore on its funding round following picking up a retained brief earlier this year.The company's private funding round, that saw it raise...
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Third City boosts creative offer
Third City has promoted Henry Warrington to creative director and appointed Cathal Wogan as a content strategist.Henry (pictured) joined the agency’s founding team in 2011 and has since led creative...
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Green investment win for MHP
Energy investment trust Menhaden Capital has hired MHP to provide financial PR support as it targets a main market listing on the LSE.The Ben Goldsmith (pictured right) founded company will seek to...
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LRR wins Smeg brief
Little Red Rooster PR has been handed a UK consumer PR brief for appliance brand Smeg, after a three-way pitch.The agency has been briefed to work across the entire collection of domestic appliances...
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Senior hire at Buchanan
Buchanan has appointed Abchurch co-founder and MD Henry Harrison-Topham as a partner.Henry has worked within financial comms for over 20 years. His first role was with Shandwick Consultants, before he...
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DALI UK hires RAI
Loudspeaker manufacturer DALI UK has called in RAI Public Relations to handle its UK PR.The agency will raise the profile of the brand to related media.Matt Miller, DALI UK national sales and marketing...
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Nik Koster starts agency
Garnish Communications, a new PR agency to service the UK premium drinks market, has been launched by Nik Koster, with Langley’s No.8 Gin as its first retained client.Nik was previously brand manager...
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