Rob Flett, currently Edinburgh news editor for BBC Scotland is joining the Church of Scotland as communications manager.  Rob started freelancing at BBC Radio Orkney as a student in 1990, developing a taste for broadcasting ...

In continuation of our Top 10 Top 10s, here’s a look at the leading stories in public relations this year, according to @DayalPriyanka. Read up on the top 10 news that made, shook and shaped the ...

Interpublic Group’s Draftfcb has acquired Inferno, a London-based independent marketing, PR and social media firm, announced Carter Murray, Draftfcb Worldwide CEO.  The new entity, initially called Inferno Draftfcb, will have joint capabilities spanning on and offline advertising, CRM, ...

Royal Mail Group has appointed Jenny Hall as deputy head of public affairs. She will work with head of public affairs David Gold. Jenny was previously associate director at PR firm MHP Communications where she ...

We Are Social, the specialist digital marketing and communications agency has announced that BlueFocus Communications Group, China’s largest marketing services company has acquired 82.8% stake in the business. The deal is estimated to draw an ...

Aspectus PR has announced the opening of an office in Singapore and the appointment of Martin O’Connor as regional director. Martin comes to Aspectus with considerable international experience, having held leadership roles with consultancies in ...

‘The week in PR’ is a look at all the top stories in public relations as reported by the UK media in the week gone by. The highlights include views from MPs on BBC payoffs; ...

Story PR, an independent food, drink and lifestyle agency, has picked up two new briefs for Belazu, the Mediterranean ingredients company and Bounce Natural Energy Balls. Story PR will be implementing creative campaign work as ...

MediaCom North tops The Drum’s fifth Recommended Agency Register (RAR) Top 100, which highlights the best marketing agencies found outside London. The Manchester, Birmingham and Leeds arm of the WPP-owned media planner and buyer has beaten ...

Adaptly, a social advertising technology company, has appointed Sean O’Neal as the company’s first president. Sean joins the firm from The Daily Mail Online where he served as the chief marketing officer for a year.  ...

3 Monkeys Communications, a consumer technology and lifestyle PR agency, has won Honeywell’s European home comfort and energy solutions business. The brief spans the UK and the Netherlands where 3 Monkeys Communications is working with ...

GolinHarris, the global strategic communications and PR firm, has appointed Zac Schwarz as executive director, creative. He joins the team in London, led by Charlie Coney, EMEA head of creative. Zac joins GolinHarris from Mischief ...

‘The week in PR’ is a look at all the big stories in public relations as reported by the UK media in the week gone by. The highlights include Nigella Lawson winning public appeal over ...

After a hotly contested five-way pitch, 3 Monkeys Communications Ltd won the UK corporate, CSR and consumer PR account for United Biscuits, a leading confectionary and snacks company. The campaign brief includes supporting a business ...

‘The week in PR’ is a look at all the big stories in public relations as reported by the UK media in the week gone by. The highlights include a revival in advertising and PR ...

Global marketing and technology agency DigitasLBi has promoted Julia Conroy to the role of UK PR and marketing director. In the newly-created role Julia will work to raise DigitasLBi’s profile in the UK while continuing ...

Technology PR agency Context has hired Emma Burgess as account manager. She joins the agency from a global intranet company Interact, based in Cheshire where she was marketing and communications manager for three years. Prior to ...

Optimism has returned to the advertising and PR sectors, signaling a revival of UK’s recession-ridden economy. According to the results from two separate survey reports, advertising and PR budgets are surging to pre-recession levels, lifting ...

‘The week in PR’ is a look at all the big stories in public relations as reported by the UK media in the week gone by. The highlights include the government’s £410,000 spend on Green Deal ...

Wikipedia’s parent company, the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF), has threatened Wiki-PR with legal action for ‘engaging in paid-advocacy editing’ of articles on the online-encyclopedia, and demanded that this practice immediately ‘cease and desist.’  Wiki-PR positions itself ...