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. ...

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 ...

‘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 ...

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 ...

‘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 Cision’s Top 10 ...

Aspectus PR has won a competitive pitch to handle the PR for ITG, an independent research brokerage firm. The agency will be working to develop the European markets’ understanding of the range of services ITG provides. The ...

David Jones, global chief executive officer of Havas, the sixth largest global advertising group, will be leaving the company to launch his own tech start-up. He is replaced by Yannick Bolloré, who is the son ...

UK Independence Party (UKIP) has appointed Patrick O’Flynn of The Daily Express, as its new director of communications. Patrick will leave his job of eight years as the chief political commentator at the newspaper in ...

Edelman UK has appointed Niaz Samadizadeh to the newly created position of head of sponsored content and media partnerships. Niaz will be responsible for strengthening and expanding Edelman UK’s paid content offering. He will report ...

‘The week in PR’ is a look at all the big stories in public relations as reported by the UK media in the past seven days. This week we’ve included all the news highlights over ...

Grand Theft Auto V, Daniel Craig as James Bond in Skyfall and FIFA ’14  attracted enough takers in 2013 to pull the UK’s entertainment sector out of the doldrums.  According to preliminary year-end figures released by ...

WPP’s Mindshare today announced plans to acquire Media Arts System and Services Company, Inc. (MASSCOM) in the Philippines. MASSCOM is a single-client media agency that was set up exclusively to handle the media business for ...

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 ...