Edelman has appointed Grégoire Assémat-Tessandier head of digital for Europe. In his role at Edelman, Grégoire will be responsible for developing international brands and positioning digital as a core consumer engagement driver among clients. He ...

Stephen Waddington is the digital and social media director for Ketchum’s European operations. He is also the president of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR), the professional body for the UK public relations industry, ...

Lindsay Jones PR, an independent, family-owned consultancy specialising in B2B communications, has been appointed by pet care franchise Petpals to manage and promote its brand. ‘The brief is to support Petpals, promote Petpals as the pet ...

WixHill Ltd, a travel and lifestyle specialist consultancy, has been re-appointed by SIMON Shopping Destinations, following a global competitive pitch. The new brief is to undertake an extended PR and marketing programme on behalf of ...

Citypress PR has appointed Chris Marritt as account director. In his new role, Chris will lead a number of national financial services and corporate briefs and form part of the agency’s senior reputation advisory team, ...

‘The week in PR’ is a look at all the top stories in public relations as reported by the media. Leading the news this week is Justin Bieber’s DUI arrest and the PR fiasco experts ...

Nilufar Fowler, current managing director of Mindshare Thailand, has been appointed to lead Mindshare’s Unilever account on a global level. Pathamawan Sathaporn, the current head of business planning in Mindshare in Thailand, will replace Nilufar ...

The charity Grow Movement has brought in PR firm Rain Communications to drive awareness of its mission, which is to help entrepreneurs in Africa build their businesses.  Grow Movement uses the business consultancy skills of ...

  Carat UK, the Aegis-Group-owned media planning and buying specialist agency, has promoted Matthew Hook to managing director. Dan Hagen, the head of planning, is also promoted to chief strategy officer, filling Matthews’s former role. ...

An interview with Liz Jarvis, author of The Mum Blog. Liz spoke to us about blogging to her own beat, how to start a new blog and the rise of the vlog in 2014. Why ...

The UK’s public confidence in businesses remained stable, while trust in media and the government has dipped.  According to the 2014  edition of global PR agency Edelman’s Trust Barometer, faith in the media, which had staged ...

Following a competitive pitch, Vegesentials, the raw fruit and vegetable drink brand, has appointed Diffusion PR to manage its account ahead of its nationwide launch in Waitrose supermarkets. Vegesentails was up in 2012 by husband ...

An interview with Helen Neale, author of parenting site KiddyCharts and round-up editor at BritMums. Helen spoke to us about the challenging bits of parenting, her printable charts and how new bloggers should read, read ...

‘The week in PR’ is a look at all the top stories in public relations as reported by the UK media in the past seven days. Leading the news this week is Edelman’s 2014 Trust ...

An interview with Mary Key, author of Keynko – A Crafty Family. Keynko is a family run blog based on crafting, cooking, and life with grown up children and an impending empty nest. The main ...

Brand Revolution, a strategic communications and talent agency, has appointed Sarah Armitage to the newly created role of head of endorsements and brand partnerships.  At Brand Revolution, Sarah will work directly with talent, negotiating and ...

Story PR, the independent food, drink and lifestyle agency, has has added two new businesses to its client portfolio including Rude Health Foods and salad dressing firm, Lucy’s Dressings. Story PR will partner with Rude Health ...

Hill+Knowlton Strategies (H+K) has won a three-way competitive pitch for the public relations brief for TV shopping firm, QVC. The business is reportedly worth a six-figure sum.  H+K replaces incumbent Mischief PR to help QVC ...

A Spotlight of London’s latest weekend guide, Friday’s Child. We spoke to creator Nicky Clarke, who is a freelance journalist and restaurant PR. He previously had a travel column in the Independent called The Hedonist, ...

An interview with Nickie O’Hara, author of the blog Typecast. Nickie spoke to Cision about her off-centre journey through life, her other blog Geekalicious and working with PRs. Why should people read your blog? People ...