Technology PR specialist Context has hired former ITV Web Reporter Luke McDowell to support its growing client base after a succession of new business wins. Luke joins Context after a career in both television and PR, having spent time working as a researcher in daytime TV and online reporter for ITV News, before moving to […]
The former Time Inc. UK Marketing Director of Advertising, Lisa Batty, has launched a new trade marketing consultancy dedicated to creating events with a ‘memorable’ twist. Her Co-founder and Chairman is ex Havas Media UK Group CEO Mark Craze. Drawing on their combined experience of more than 50 years, the duo will work with media […]
The art scene is about to take off in Bloomsbury, Central London, with the launch of UpUp, an exciting, first-of-its-kind, contemporary art space from ad agency McCann London. UpUp kicked off with “Frockaholic: Grads, Grayson and Gorgeous Dresses”, a unique exhibition featuring outfits designed for one of Britain’s best-loved artists Grayson Perry, by 2nd year […]
McCann Worldgroup Europe announced that is was named the most effective agency network in Europe in the 2018 Global Effie Effectiveness Index, based on the global results announced by Effie Worldwide. This is the 3rd time in four years that the agency network has achieved the Number 1 position in Europe. This is a record year for […]
INNOCEAN Worldwide announced that it is pledging with “Free The Bid,” as part of a greater agency initiative to promote diversity among the creative team, deliver a more inclusive agency narrative, and fight gender bias across the industry. The agency greatly admires Free The Bid’s commitment to a growing and maintaining a broad network of […]
Innovation agency AKQA is to form a pioneering alliance with architecture and interior design practice Universal Design Studio and industrial design consultancy Map Project Office, in a move that redefines the concept of a 21st century design group. To create this collaborative new venture, AKQA, a WPP Company, has acquired a majority stake in Universal […]
Leading PR and content business, The Lucre Group, has announced that it’s further strengthening its position in the market with new appointments and promotions across its Leeds and London offices. Grace Wood has joined the agency as a senior account director, bringing over thirteen years’ experience of driving award winning, content lead campaigns. A passion […]
The European online payments provider Trustly as appointed Weber Shandwick as its communications agency in a process run through Creativebrief. The ambition with the new partnership is to strengthen Trustly’s position as a leading European online banking payments company. Weber Shandwick’s assignment includes strategic, operational and creative communication to help chart Trustly’s growth across a […]
Shell Middle East starts work with M&C Saatchi to change behaviour in Saudi Arabia, by encouraging men to become the most vocal supporters of women driving, when it becomes legal in the Kingdom in June. Prompted by the overwhelming scepticism demonstrated by many men on social media when the decree was first announced, M&C […]
Yorkshire-based Meadowhall, one of the UK’s most prestigious fashion and lifestyle hotspots, has appointed The Lucre Group as its new PR and content agency. One of six super-regional shopping destinations in the UK, with over 290 stores and more than 50 places to eat and drink, Meadowhall has played a fundamental role in the development […]