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Pizza Hut on hunt for agency in bid to fight off competitors
Restaurant chain Pizza Hut is on the hunt for agency support to drive a major reappraisal of the brand.
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Burger King hires Cake and Cohn & Wolfe to enhance food credentials
Fast-food giant Burger King has made a dual agency appointment as it...
Car firms including Fiat review marketing approach as cuts bite
Fiat is the latest car company to seek PR support, as it...
Online insurance comparison website GoCompare seeks digital agency
Online insurance comparison website GoCompare is on the hunt for a digital...
Bell Pottinger launches long-planned Resonate rebrand as MD departs
Bell Pottinger Group's MD has revealed that plans to rebrand the Resonate...
Peugeot consolidates dual UK PR accounts into Tangerine
Peugeot has appointed a single agency to handle two PR briefs, as...
Film PR professional Ginger Corbett to leave Premier to pursue other projects
Ginger Corbett is leaving Premier after 11 years with the agency to...
Online fashion venture TheMuse.tv appoints Golden Goose PR
Golden Goose PR has been called in to help promote an online...
Sportswear brand Umbro turns to Frank for consumer PR push
UK sportswear giant Umbro has retained Frank PR as the brand looks...
Kensington Roof Gardens stays with EdenCancan after agency review
Kensington Roof Gardens, Sir Richard Branson's club, has decided to stay with...
Nissan in agency hunt for multinational corporate brief
Car giant Nissan is seeking a UK-based PR agency to handle its...
Organic food brand Plum Baby calls in Finn PR after being dumped by Bondy
Organic baby food brand Plum Baby has concluded its search for a...
Cutty Sark calls in Inkling to tap into new generation of whisky drinkers
Whisky producer The Edrington Group has called in agency support to attract...
Channel 4 hires House PR to promote gameshow The Bank Job
Channel 4 has called in House PR to promote its new gameshow...
Hills Balfour makes cuts as travel sector faces tough 2012
Leading travel PR consultancy Hills Balfour has downsized its workforce as agencies...
Lifestyle and fashion shop Talk PR buys Beam in bid for tech growth
Tech agency Beam has been bought up by Talk PR as the...
O2 brings in consumer agency Hope&Glory for pre-Christmas digital campaign
Mobile phone giant O2 has brought in Hope&Glory to run a pre-Christmas...
Accommodation search website Wimdu calls in Diffusion for consumer push
Wimdu, the accommodation search website, has called in Diffusion after parting with...
Puma gears up for Olympics by kick-starting search for global PR support
Puma is on the hunt for international PR support as the brand...
Sir Richard Branson's club Kensington Roof Gardens in agency review
One of London's best-known private members' clubs is looking for fresh PR...
I'm A Celebrity runner-up Mark Wright hires Hackford Jones
Mark Wright, who finished runner-up on the reality TV show I'm A...
Nintendo UK hires Good Relations' Jo Bartlett as head of UK comms
Nintendo UK has finally filled its vacant head of UK comms role...
Lingerie firm MJM International firms up PR team ahead of expansion plans
Lingerie firm MJM International has finished revamping its marketing and PR team...
Jeremy Clarkson publishers will be 'rubbing their hands with delight' over outrage
The outrage caused by Jeremy Clarkson's comments has been a masterstroke for...
Holiday giant TUI Travel rocked by departure of comms director Christian Cull
Holiday giant TUI UK is without a comms director after it was...
Lifestyle journalists reveal their favourite PR agencies
Top journalists in the fashion, home and beauty sectors have revealed their...
Domestic appliance giant Groupe SEB calls in Kazoo for UK consumer brief
Global domestic appliances manufacturer Groupe SEB has called in Kazoo to handle...
Coffee liqueur brand Kahlúa hires Lucre for consumer drive
Coffee liqueur brand Kahlúa has called in PR support to start a...
Edelman snaps up consumer PR account for eBay-owned PayPal
PayPal has hired Edelman to handle its consumer and tech PR in...
Stripe Communications appointed for Glasgow Loves Christmas campaign
Glasgow City Marketing Bureau has brought in Stripe Communications to provide comms...
Poundworld enlists Lucre to meet consumer demand for discount goods
A high street discount retailer is investing in fresh PR support as...
John Doe wins global PR account for Ballantine's whisky
Whisky giant Chivas Brothers has brought in John Doe to handle the...
Hit or Miss?: Online trader eBay to open pop-up shop in London
Pop-up, pop in EBay, the online shop, announced that it is set...
Mischief to promote 'visual browser' technology Aurasma
HP-owned software firm Autonomy has called in Mischief to publicise its latest...
Rhythmix charity calls in Unity to support legal wranglings with The X Factor
Rhythmix, the charity currently battling Simon Cowell over The X Factor group...
World's first temporary mall Boxpark chooses Canoe for PR support
Boxpark, dubbed the world's first temporary mall, has called in Canoe to...
Dulux company AkzoNobel set to appoint agency to cover four brands
AkzoNobel, one of the world's largest global paints and coatings companies, is...
YouTube rival Vimeo appoints Nikki Thompson as European PR head
Vimeo, the YouTube competitor, has appointed its first European head of PR...
Livemusic appoints Deliberate PR to launch Live&Loud social media site
Deliberate PR has been appointed to represent music ticket site and community...
Sony UK hands consumer electronics business to Cake PR
Sony has hired Cake PR to handle PR, social media and experiential...
Lynne Franks returns to PR as Fashion Rocks comms director
Some 19 years after quitting her eponymous agency, Lynne Franks is returning...
JPR appointed to support digital switchover in Northern Ireland
Belfast-based JPR has been hired to provide media and stakeholder relations support...
Whisky brand Cutty Sark on hunt for PR support to appeal to younger audience
Whisky producer The Edrington Group is on the hunt for a PR...
Burger King in consumer PR hunt following split with Cow
Fast-food giant Burger King is on the hunt for a PR agency...
American public broadcaster PBS calls in Braben to aid UK launch
American public broadcaster PBS has drafted in PR support ahead of its...
Barefoot running brand Vivobarefoot calls in Mercieca for consumer PR
Vivobarefoot, one of the first brands offering products for the fast-growing barefoot...
Britain's Got Talent winner Jai McDowall brings in Soundcheck Entertainment
Britain's Got Talent winner Jai McDowall has called in Soundcheck Entertainment to...
Dunelm Mill calls in Diffusion for social media strategy brief
Diffusion has been appointed by homeware company Dunelm Mill to develop and...
Hollywood trainer brand Creative Recreation appoints Threestyle in UK
Hollywood trainer brand Creative Recreation has hired its first UK PR agency...
Children in Need calls in Dawbell to promote charity single
Dawbell has been brought in to promote the official Children In Need...
Pagefield wins Freesat work as the free-to-air satellite TV service takes on Sky
Free-to-air satellite TV service Freesat has switched its PR support as it...
X Factor Ceri Rees story could 'seriously run and run' says Mark Borkowski
X Factor's alleged treatment of Ceri Rees has been dubbed 'the shape...
Pirates of the Caribbean star Naomie Harris appoints Liz Matthews PR
Pirates of the Caribbean star Naomie Harris has called in Liz Matthews...
Chivas Brothers seeks PR agency to promote Ballantine's scotch whisky
A search is currently under way for a consumer PR agency to...
FilmFlex Movies picks Braben for video-on-demand industry PR drive
FilmFlex Movies, the joint venture pay-per-view film service from Sony Pictures Television...
Comic Relief asks Lexis to promote Monkey merchandise launch
Comic Relief has hired Lexis to support the launch of a range...
Canoe snaps up Puma UK lifestyle account from EdenCancan
Puma UK has parted ways with EdenCancan after three years and appointed...
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