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Midlands comms agency wins Fujifilm brief
Fujifilm has appointed WPR to drive its photo-imaging communications strategy.
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FTI Consulting hires MD from HSBC
FTI has appointed the bank's senior communications manager, Paul Harris, as a managing director in its strategic communications segment.
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PHD promotes Avril Canavan to global marcomms chief and hires Jess Ozdemir from WE
Omnicom media agency PHD has promoted Avril Canavan to the role of worldwide chief marketing and communications officer, and appointed WE Communications' Jess Ozdemir as a worldwide director in its marcoms team.
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Apella hires senior execs from insurance giant Ageas and APCO
Apella Advisors has grown its senior ranks with the addition of senior comms and corporate affairs executive Andrew Brown and APCO Worldwide associate director Doug Miller.
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FTSE 100 insurance firm Admiral chooses UK comms agency
Admiral has reappointed Welsh firm BrandContent as its retained consumer PR agency following a three-way pitch.
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FleishmanHillard and Ketchum dominate ICCO Global Awards
FleishmanHillard won four awards and Ketchum bagged a hat trick at this year's ICCO Global Awards in London.
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New sports PR agency wins The FA and Aviva business
Donald Parish and Will Mitchell's new sports PR agency, MatchFit, has won briefs from The Football Association (The FA) and Aviva.
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Watch: 'Hey Alexa' promotes virtues of high-street shopping
Regent Street's own Alexa - fashion designer Alexa Chung - has been spotted on Cyber Monday helping shoppers find a bargain for Christmas.
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Femi's battle for the 'soul and future' of Britain
Remain campaigner Femi Oluwole has overcome persistent racial abuse, threats of violence and moved house to continue fighting what he describes as 'a battle for Britain's soul and future'.
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Teneo UK CEO Gordon Tempest-Hay to step down
Teneo UK boss Gordon Tempest-Hay and vice chair Fiona Joyce are stepping down, PRWeek can reveal.
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Insurance brand Zurich hires UK comms agency
Zurich has appointed Third City as its retained communications agency in the UK, PRWeek can reveal.
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MoneySuperMarket head of PR joins Hachette UK as comms director
The UK's second-biggest publishing group, Hachette UK, has appointed Doyel Maitra as group communications director.
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The LTA launches agency review
The governing body of British tennis, the LTA, has launched a full-roster agency review, including social and PR, in a brief to drive grassroots participation of the sport.
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The PR Show podcast: 'A lot of agencies don't care - PR has a lot of racial prejudice'
The PR industry is merely paying lip-service to improving the ethnic diversity of their workforces, with most agencies either apathetic or interested only in the 'sexy aspect' of diversity.
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Industry reaction: 'Overservicing is rife', 'Time sheets are abhorrent', 'We need to sell value'
PR industry leaders have agreed "overservicing is rife" and agencies are too desperate to please, but is there a way to combat this "epidemic"?
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Recruitment agents accused of discrimination against ethnic minorities in comms
Recruitment agents are ignoring and undervaluing PR professionals from ethnic minority backgrounds, a new episode of The PR Show will reveal.
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PR's 'overservicing epidemic': 90% of agencies overservice client accounts
The communications industry is in the grip of an 'overservicing epidemic' as agencies desperate to please clients 'promise the earth' and cannot say 'no', PRWeek can reveal. The problem is causing nearly a fifth of staff to consider quitting.
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Exclusive: Barclays chooses new corporate PR agency
Barclays has appointed Hanover for a corporate PR brief following a competitive pitch, PRWeek can reveal.
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The PR Show podcast: 'Flex-washing' is becoming a problem in PR
The PR industry is at risk of 'flex-washing' and needs to evolve how it designs roles to truly embrace the benefits of flexible working, a panel of experts has warned on the latest episode of PRWeek podcast The PR Show.
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Labour campaigners Momentum asked to take down fake Coca-Cola ads
Coca-Cola has ordered Labour campaigners Momentum to take down a parody video of its Christmas advert for copyright infringement in the latest example of questionable social media practices on this year's election campaign trail.
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