31 May 2012
| by John Owens
The full extent of the hit taken by the charity sector's comms has been revealed by research showing that many are running without a budget.
31 May 2012
| by Matt Cartmell and John Owens
A series of embarrassing revelations about comms negotiations have highlighted the need for PR professionals to rethink the way they communicate with the media, senior industry figures have warned.
Twitter has fired the starting gun on a major pitch process as it attempts to become a more mainstream consumer brand. The social network is looking for its first UK PR agency to position it as a people-focused brand and challenge Facebook.
New Media Age editor Justin Pearse is making a move to PR by joining Bite Communications.
28 May 2012
| by John Owens
Successful attempts to modernise combined with a public increasingly eager to embrace tradition have led to the monarchy's growing popularity, a comms expert has claimed.
The games producer behind the Call of Duty series is understood to have selected The Red Consultancy to handle its lucrative consumer brief.
The Tokyo 2020 bid committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games has appointed Weber Shandwick as its global agency.
Daily deal site DiscountVouchers.co.uk has hired Rooster PR to handle its UK comms.
25 May 2012
| by John Owens
A social care group whose efforts led to the creation of a shadow minster for older people is seeking an agency to help continue its campaign.
24 May 2012
| by Hannah Crown
Splendid Communications has beaten off competition from four rival agencies to retain the Smirnoff account the agency has held since its inception.