21:12 announces MBO from SEC Newgate

By Evie Barrett, August 12, 2022

The board of SEC Newgate today announced it had agreed to a £1.3m management buyout proposed by the 21:12 leadership team. The deal means financial comms agency 21:12 will separate from the SEC Newgate group.

Peregrine Communications founder steps down as CEO

By Jonathan Owen, August 03, 2022

Industry veteran Anthony Payne has stepped down as chief executive of Peregrine Communications Group, the financial services specialist agency he founded almost 20 years ago, the firm announced today.

Venture capital firm Antler hires first marketing and PR chief for Europe

By Mahalia Mayne, August 02, 2022

Antler, the global early-stage venture capital firm, has appointed Jack Davies, formerly of UK PR agency Seven Hills, as its first director of marketing and PR for Europe.

FTSE 250-listed Pantheon International hires comms agency

By Jonathan Owen, July 25, 2022

Pantheon International, the FTSE 250-listed private equity investment trust, has retained Montfort Communications as its strategic communications adviser.

Edelman Smithfield launches globally

By Ewan Larkin, July 25, 2022

The financial comms boutique has 250 advisers in 15 countries.

'Lorraine was 100 per cent on message' - Behind the Campaign, ‘Paws for a Smile’

July 18, 2022

Grayling director Joey Ng discusses the agency's recent campaign for More Than.

PRWeek's 21 most-read comment articles of 2021

By Andrew McCorkell, December 20, 2021

From Mr Potato Head and BrewDog to finding the next float-it-down-the-Thames, PRWeek UK reveals its most-read articles from 2021.

UK Communicators of the Year 2021 (numbers 15-11) revealed by PRWeek

By PRWeek UK staff, December 03, 2021

Who got their message across most effectively in this tumultuous year.

The rise of the ch-itch: where competency and chemistry collide

By James Coyle, November 09, 2021

Through the teary eyes and frustration of a lost pitch – one that you almost certainly deserved to win – we’ve all complained about pitch processes that seemed unfair.

Cameron has botched crisis comms basics in Greensill scandal

By James Devas, April 14, 2021

Given his previous role as director of corporate affairs for Carlton, now part of ITV, you would be forgiven for thinking that David Cameron would be well equipped to handle his own personal PR crisis.

The dilemma of maternity leave: coping with FOMO and hiring a ‘new me’

By Abigail Whittaker, March 18, 2021

If ever a milestone year for communications and the banking industry was foreseen, then 2021 is it – but, with my impeccable timing, in a couple of months I’ll be bidding adieu to my role as head of external communication at Metro Bank and going on maternity leave.

It’s time for three revolutions in financial comms

By Tony Langham, March 16, 2021

Financial communications is arguably the most successful part of the global public relations industry.