W opens “northern powerhouse”
W Communications has acquired Newcastle-based GluePR and renamed it W North, as the agency looks to provide its clients with “a view outside of the London bubble”. Christian [...]
Hotwire set to handle UK PR for Newsflare
Hotwire has been selected as the UK integrated comms agency for Newsflare, an online video news platform for user generated video content. After a six-way pitch, Newsflare has [...]
Most read people news on Gorkana News
Your bite-sized update on the latest people news and moves to be featured on Gorkana News. Manifest appoints Neil Hallmark to UK MD Neil Hallmark, who first joined Manifest in [...]
Frank to launch Chuck Norris’ latest venture
Frank has been chosen to deliver a PR and SEO campaign and influencer outreach programme around the launch of mobile gaming app ‘Nonstop Chuck Norris’, which is [...]
Kingsmill hires Another Word Communicatons for brand re-launch
Kingsmill, one of the UK’s biggest bread brands, has appointed Another Word Communications to drive awareness and reappraisal amongst consumers, following its recent re-launch [...]
Manifest appoints Neil Hallmark to UK MD
Neil Hallmark, who first joined Manifest in 2013, has been promoted to MD at the independent comms agency, with responsibility for its UK operation. Joining as an associate [...]
Golin wins Simple skincare brief and hires Will Balme
Golin has expanded its digital practice by appointing R/GA’s Will Balme as digital client services director and winning the Simple skincare digital experience work. Balme [...]
UK’s largest childcare website hires Radioactive PR
Radioactive PR has been appointed to handle the PR for Childcare.co.uk, the UK’s biggest online community for parents, childcare service providers, schools and private [...]
Lily’s Kitchen hires Cirkle as part of £1.5m investment
Ethical pet food brand Lily’s Kitchen has named Cirkle as its UK PR agency. Cirkle is one of three agencies to be appointed by Lily’s Kitchen, as it invests £1.5 million to [...]
Etsy appoints Alfred for corporate brief
Etsy, the global creative commerce platform, has appointed Alfred to handle its corporate communications in the UK. Alfred will run a corporate campaign with the intention of [...]
Prohibition hires account director
Yorkshire-based social media agency Prohibition PR has hired Ella Sykes as an account director to boost its growth strategy and bolster its B2B offering. Sykes recently spent [...]
Nichi Hodgson joins dating app The Inner Circle to head up comms
Nichi Hodgson, former sex columnist for Men’s Health, has joined dating app The Inner Circle as comms and PR manager. A former Silicon Valley matchmaker, Hodgson brings eight [...]
Eden Park hands UK and Ireland PR brief to Kazoo
Eden Park has appointed Kazoo Communications to handle its PR in the UK and Ireland, as the fashion brand celebrates its 30th anniversary. Eden Park was launched in 1987 by [...]
Gorkana meets…eSports Pro
Andrew Wooden, content director (Europe) at NewBay Media, talks to Gorkana’s Luize Lazdane about the launch of the publisher’s eSports Pro website, its potential [...]
2017 Suzy Spirit Awards: Meet the Finalists
With just one day to go until the winners of the 2017 Suzy Spirit Awards are announced, find out what made the shortlisted candidates stand out from the crowd. The people who [...]
Tech journalist Adam Hartley joins Kaizo
Kaizo has hired TechRadar’s launch news editor, Adam Hartley, as its first head of editorial, as the agency looks to strengthen its content offering. Hartley is an [...]
NewMotion hands UK rollout brief to Threepipe
NewMotion, Europe’s largest electric charging provider for electric cars, has appointed Threepipe to help launch its UK rollout in 2017. Launched in the Netherlands in 2009, [...]
Creative group SEEN launches health and wellness agency V-SEEN
Global creative group SEEN, which owns London-based PR agency Beauty Seen, has launched a specialist health and wellness agency, V-SEEN, with launch clients including [...]