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Mind+Matter reinforces health practice with senior hires in consumer and wellbeing
Mind+Matter has hired two experienced health comms professionals to strengthen its consumer health and wellbeing offering, the agency announced today.
Journalists urge PRs to 'stop relentless chasing' amid COVID-19 crunch, study finds
Stretched journalists value good PR but have no time to respond to press releases and pitches they will not write about. They have urged PR practitioners to avoid follow-ups as the pandemic decimates newsrooms.
Clarity buys creative SEO and analytics agency
Global comms agency Clarity has bought UK consultancy 3WhiteHats, a creative SEO, paid and analytics specialist, and is in "active conversations" about further acquisitions.
Headland sells minority stake to 'accelerate growth'
Fast-growing PR agency Headland has secured a minority investment from LDC, the private equity arm of Lloyds Banking Group.
Pitch Update: Yes Auto, Brown-Forman, Business Iceland, Hush Puppies, Aqua Pura and more
PRWeek's round-up of pitches and account moves.
Movers & Shakers: Bupa, Government Communication Service, FleishmanHillard, Hanbury and more
PRWeek's round-up of industry hires, departures and promotions.
Engine MHP+Mischief boosts health team with hires from Sanofi and Government
Engine MHP+Mischief has hired Sanofi’s former head of corporate comms, Louise Farmer, and the Department for Health and Social Care’s (DHSC) chief press officer, Jaber Mohamed.
British Airways puts staff at the heart of 'return to skies' campaign
British Airways today (Friday) kicks off its first campaign since 2019 signalling a fresh direction for the world’s best-known airline brand.
David Lammy tops Labour poll as party’s best spokesperson
David Lammy, MP for Tottenham, is the Parliamentary Labour Party’s best communicator and should play a bigger role as a spokesman, a survey has found.
Only 8% of WPP’s most senior leaders in the UK are from a non-white background
WPP reveals the breakdown of its staff's ethnicity, gender and age.
Revealed: PRWeek UK Best Places to Work Awards 2021 winners
Welcome to our coverage of the PRWeek Best Places to Work Awards 2021, which recognise the top employers in the UK communications sector.
SEC Newgate plans first dividend payment after 'positive' 2020
SEC Newgate plans to make its first dividend payment of 0.5p per share after outperforming its original budget for 2020.
Kier Group ups public affairs chief to corporate affairs director
Construction company Kier Group has promoted group public affairs director Sophie Timms to corporate affairs director, with responsibility for government relations and communications.
Take the PR and Communications Census 2021 from PRCA and PRWeek
PRCA and PRWeek´s 2021 PR and Communications Census Survey has launched, with PR professionals urged to provide information to help paint a comprehensive picture of the UK PR and comms landscape.
MDC Partners organic revenue drops but profits rise in Q1
Healthcare, consumer products and financial services drove growth.
PR agency Williams Nicolson hires four business big hitters
Williams Nicolson, the comms agency launched this year by experienced PR figures Steffan Williams and Louise Nicolson, has announced a quartet of senior hires including its first chairman.
FA bids to ignite grassroots participation with England Football brand identity
The new brand aims to talk directly to consumers.
Haymarket launches new global brand Performance Marketing World
New title will be 'source of truth' for fast-growing digital sector.
Exclusive: Alex Aiken to leave GCS this autumn after surviving PM’s cull last year
Alex Aiken, executive director of the Government Communication Service (GCS), will leave in the autumn amid claims by senior government comms sources that he 'survived being pushed out' by Boris Johnson last autumn during a wider cull of Civil Service staff. This included the exit of the Prime Minister's most senior adviser, Dominic Cummings, and his director of comms, Lee Cain.
Brown-Forman hires UK PR agency
Jack Daniel’s owner Brown-Forman has appointed Tin Man as its retained UK PR agency following a two-stage, competitive pitch.
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Exclusive: Alex Aiken to leave GCS this autumn after surviving PM’s cull last year
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Headland sells minority stake to 'accelerate growth'
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Revealed: PRWeek UK Best Places to Work Awards 2021 winners
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Hanbury Strategy hiring spree woos partners from politics and agencies after strong growth
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Five Campaigns We Liked in April: vote for your favourite
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PRWeek Best Places to Work Awards winners: Grayling, Large Agency
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PRWeek Top 150: Rents fall for one in four agencies amid caution on closures and openings
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People moves
Premier Foods names first director of corporate affairs and ESG
Premier Foods has expanded the role of corporate affairs director Hannah Collyer to include responsibility for environmental, social and governance (ESG). She also joins the executive leadership team.
Hanbury Strategy hiring spree woos partners from politics and agencies after strong growth
Hanbury Strategy has announced a series of promotions and hires – including Iain Carter, a former political director for the Conservative Party – as the agency said it was on track to double its annual revenue.
Weber Shandwick and Brunswick veteran Jon McLeod joins DRD Partnership
PR industry stalwart Jon McLeod has joined strategic communications firm DRD Partnership as a partner.
Movers & Shakers: Edelman, British Airways, O2, Blurred, WPP & Sorrell, Grayling, Lansons and more
PRWeek's roundup of industry hires, departures and promotions.
Hume Brophy continues senior hire spree with chair and digital strategy lead
Hume Brophy has appointed industry stalwart and former chair of Hanover Communications and Blue Rubicon, Alastair Gornall, as the consultancy’s new chair, and Robin Hamman as group director of digital strategy.
WPP refuses to pay final long-term bonuses to ex-CEO Sorrell in new clash
Agency giant claimed Sorrell was responsible for “disclosure of confidential information” to the media.
Staffordshire’s combined police and fire comms team appoints head of news
Catherine Foster has been appointed head of news for the combined comms team at Staffordshire Police and Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service.
Exclusive: British Airways hires new corporate affairs director
British Airways has appointed Lisa Tremble as its new corporate affairs director.
Edelman names Brussels CEO
Edelman has named Stefan Borst, founder of the consultancy IDA Group, as CEO of its business in Brussels.
Aspectus names joint MDs including PRWeek 30 Under 30 alumna
PR agency Aspectus has promoted two senior employees to joint managing director.
Lansons Intermarket names new CEO
Lansons Intermarket has hired former Prosek Partners MD Josh Passman as CEO of the New York-based agency, which it says marks a new phase of integration at the business.
NHS England and Improvement picks new comms chief
James Lyons has been appointed as the new director of comms for NHS England and Improvement (NHS E&I).
Comms chief chosen for Virgin Media-O2 merged business
Telefonica UK (O2) corporate affairs director Nicola Green will be the chief communications and corporate affairs officer of the merged Virgin Media-O2 entity, if the merger passes regulatory hurdles.