Birmingham-based EAST VILLAGE. has secured a raft of food and drinks accounts including Ian Macleod Distillers, which has enlisted the agency to drive media coverage for its brands across the Midlands. Working alongside Ian Macleod Distillers regional sales manager Claire Sumner-Hughes, EAST VILLAGE. will represent brands including Edinburgh Gin, Glengoyne, Smokehead and Tamdhu through media […]
Portland has hired Tanya Sandler, a former Ogilvy & Mather New York creative strategist, as its first strategic planner. Sandler will help Portland’s communications consultants use data to generate strategies and campaigns for their global client base. She has 12 years’ experience at advertising and digital agencies and will report to Eleanor Dickinson, Portland’s head of research and […]
UK restaurant company The Fulham Shore has appointed Hudson Sandler as its retained financial and corporate communications adviser following a competitive pitch. The Fulham Shore owns and operates restaurant brands Franco Manca and The Real Greek. It has more than 50 restaurants across the UK and was admitted to AIM in October 2014. Partners Alex […]
International Cycling Union president Brian Cookson has appointed Calacus to run his campaign communications as he stands for a second term at the helm of cycling’s governing body. The independent sports PR consultancy has represented a range of high profile clients, including IOC executive board member Sergey Bubka, Red Bull Air Race, Laureus World Sports […]
Financial services companies Lesmoir-Gordon, Boyle & Co and SteelEye have chosen Morgan Rossiter to handle their corporate communications briefs. The London-based consultancy will drive awareness of LGB & Co’s corporate finance and investment capabilities as it looks to broaden its corporate client relationships and attract an increasingly institutional investor base. Compliance technology and data analytics firm SteelEye […]
Hudson Sandler’s work advising Polyus, Russia’s largest gold producer, on its latest IPO has today culminated in a £6.5 billion flotation on the London Stock Exchange. Managing partner Andrew Hayes, partner Charlie Jack and client director Emily Dillon lead the HS team which has overseen the mining company’s international investor relations leading up to the flotation. […]
W has launched a new corporate communications division, W Enterprise, which combines its media, tech, corporate, B2B and BrandLab clients under a single umbrella. The 11-strong team includes former senior newspaper, magazine, business and broadcast journalists working with the latest technology and tools to provide a full business communications suite. It will be led by W’s […]
Financial services specialist Greentarget has appointed a new director, Mark Foxwell, as part of its plan to expand into wealth management and professional services. He will work alongside existing directors, Dafina Grapci-Penney, Jeff Watt and Melissa Rowling to help the agency grow and develop its content generation capabilities. Foxwell previously spent two years as a director […]
Bryan Morel PR has been appointed to handle UK luxury and lifestyle PR for Gemfields, a supplier of responsibly sourced coloured gemstones that specialises in emeralds, amethysts and rubies. Katie Manderson, VP at BMPR, said: “We are delighted to be working with Gemfields. It is a great opportunity to work with a company that is […]
Brandnation has been appointed to handle UK PR and social media for the launch for dental beauty brand Smilelab, following a competitive pitch. Brandnation’s beauty PR team will handle SmileLab’s media product placement, manage its UK press office, oversee its blogger and influencer programme and curate its UK social media across Instagram and Facebook. Mary […]