‘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 ...

Our first Speedy Spotlight of 2014 features WitWitWoo, which will also appear in next week’s Media Updates. Author Kate Sutton spoke to Cision about what makes her blog different, advice for newbies and cruises. A lot of ...

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 ...

London Beauty Queen started in 2010 after author Hayley Carr had worked in the beauty industry for six years. Hayley realised her love for beauty when she wasn’t working in the industry anymore and now ...

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 ...

Following the ‘Most popular media titles for PR professionals’, we present the most popular contacts on CisionPoint as part of our Top 10 Top 10s of 2013. The CisionPoint Media Database is the most comprehensive ...

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 ...

Journalists use Twitter to source and promote stories; PRs use Twitter to promote stories and help journalists source them – yet, few journalists actually bother following leading corporate Twitter press feeds. Case in point: British ...

‘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 ...

In this guest post, Samata Angel gives her expert advice on how fashion industry creatives should be using different social media platforms to their full potential. I am a regular user of Facebook, Instagram, Twitter ...

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 ...

Self-styled pop queen Kim Carr was recently appointed music features editor at the Daily Star, alongside her existing role of Playlist editor. Kim spoke to Cision about being a Jack of all trades, working with ...