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Samsung Electronics adds UK comms agency
The company has appointed Propeller Group to raise awareness of its advertising arm, Samsung Ads.
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'Premier League stars must pitch in on pay to retain public support' - former FA comms chief
Adrian Bevington has urged Premier League clubs and players to quickly address issues around playing staff pay or risk unwinding the goodwill they have built up in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Coronavirus in sport: 'costly' Olympic Games postponement forces sponsors to revise marketing plans
Brands are sticking by sports even though they stand to lose significant sums of money invested in summer campaigns that are now shelved. PRWeek investigates the impact of the coronavirus on sports sponsorship, starting with postponed events.
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'Thousands' of PR freelancers to miss out on Chancellor's self-employed package
The PR industry has welcomed a government package of measures to help the self-employed during the coronavirus crisis, but warned it could arrive far too late and may not cover thousands of freelance workers.
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Coronavirus impact: PR freelancers face 'dire straits' as firms cut budgets
The PR industry is calling for urgent government intervention to support freelancers and self-employed workers as research reveals more than half have already lost at least 40 per cent of their regular income and the majority face financial ruin unless they receive help.
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Global head of comms moves to The Romans
A ‘prodigal son’ has rejoined The Romans as a director and will sit on the agency's management team.
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Retail magnate 'breaks every rule in PR' in car-crash coronavirus interview
An 80-year-old businessman has faced a fierce backlash over a “damaging” 60 Minutes interview in which he said coronavirus was nothing to worry about and had been good for business.
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Freud vows to protect jobs and wages: 'It's taken COVID-19 to bring the world to its senses'
Freuds staff have been told their jobs and pay packets will not be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in a rallying call from founder and chairman Matthew Freud, PRWeek can reveal.
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Coronavirus study: 80 per cent of PR professionals concerned about 'loss of income'
Eight out of 10 PR professionals are concerned their businesses face a loss of income and a majority are preparing for reduced access to domestic customers, according to an industry survey on COVID-19.
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Pitch consultants: Budget disclosure improves results; agencies should demand complete briefs
New business consultants have urged PR agencies to push back against “incomplete” briefs and encourage clients to be transparent and upfront about budgets during the pitching process.
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Elastics firm Stretchline appoints agency for global brief
The world's biggest narrow fabric and elastics supplier to the garments industry, Stretchline, has appointed John Doe as its global strategic PR agency, following a competitive pitch process.
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Prince Andrew’s media advisor ‘confident’ the Duke will be exonerated
Pagefield founder Mark Gallagher has been advising Prince Andrew’s legal team since the start of the year. He has been working on the case under his second business, Riverside Advisory.
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Publicis Groupe UK hires Global's comms director to new role
Publicis Groupe UK has appointed Eleanor Conroy as director of communications and marketing.
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Greenhouse PR appoints BCW's Jo Swift as MD
Specialist 'green agency' Greenhouse PR has hired BCW board director and chief integration officer Jo Swift to take up the new role of managing director.
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Good Relations hires Brands2Life creative director
Good Relations has appointed Brands2Life joint ECD Ollie Edwards as earned creative director.
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W Communications deputy MD to join Ketchum
Sophie Raine will move to Ketchum when she completes her maternity leave to take up a newly-created role as consumer brand MD, PRWeek understands.
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Golin appoints London group MD
Golin has appointed Ondine Whittington as its London group managing director – a role that oversees the leadership of Golin and its healthcare arm, Virgo Health.
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Clarity hires ex-Archetype influencer lead for senior European role
Clarity PR has appointed Archetype’s former head of influencer, Michael Gonzalez, to lead client services and corporate strategy across Europe following a run of 10 client wins in 2020.
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LTA serves up new agency roster
The LTA has appointed agency network The&Partnership as its creative agency of record, with a broad remit that includes comms support from its PR agency, Halpern.
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The PR Show: Can the Olympic Games deliver gold-medal value to sponsors?
In PRWeek's latest podcast, a panel of sports marketing experts discuss whether the Olympic dream still works for sponsors, how brands are preparing for the Tokyo games, the latest on Euro 2020 and Manchester City’s ban.
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