18 May 2012
| by Sara Luker
Hailo, the black cab app, has called in agency support to ramp its consumer presence in London...The app firm has hired Surname Surname, the consumer brand agency offshoot of Blue Rubicon, to handle its consumer PR. Hailo was founded by three London black cab drivers and is backed by Accel ...
s largest app-based taxi networks.
The move to hire agency support comes as Hailo is facing increasing ...
18 May 2012
| by John Owens
Murray, who was came from RBS into the newly created role in November , is thought to have left the agency yesterday. It is not believed he currently has a new role lined up. At the time of his appointment, PRWeek reported that Murray would oversee a team of 25 working across clients including Visa ...
17 May 2012
| by Sara Luker
Blue Rubicon has made a series of hires as the agency steps up its expansion plans....The agency has hired Paul Raeburn as associate director and brought in four additional account executives. The agency states that the new recruits are the first of many planned for the current year .
Raeburn joins from Reputation Inc, where he was responsible for corporate reputation consulting ...
17 May 2012
| by John Owens
The once-leading social media site MySpace has held talks with agencies as it prepares for a brand...with agencies, with a view to beginning a formal pitch process towards the end of the year.
Specific Media's senior comms manager for Europe Rikki Webster told PRWeek that the agency hunt was still in its 'early ...
17 May 2012
| by Sara Luker
targeted briefs to agencies....The betting firm has sent tailored briefs to a number of agencies asking for support in stunt ...
, leading Paddy Power to label the website as the 'fun police'.
An agency source that received one ...
to become 'bigger, better and bolder'.
A Paddy Power spokesman said: 'We don't have a formal PR agency ...
17 May 2012
| by Sara Luker
and UK comms for its Pampers brand into one agency as part of its drive to improve efficiency....P G is set to hand the UK work held by Fleishman-Hillard to Hill+Knowlton Strategies. It already uses the agency for the disposable nappy brand's EMEA activities.
The news follows last month ...
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Meanwhile, the agency has won the PR and social media account for Symington's foods, which includes Ragu. ...
17 May 2012
| by Danny Rogers
, we are looking at the imminent break-up of Britain's biggest PR agency....PR contracts, and allegations of poor ethics against a number of the agency's consultants.
Bell, a ...
Sorrell's agencies to compete with Bell Pottinger with an intriguing extra edge.
Also read: How Chime ...
17 May 2012
,000 members of the public conducted by global research agency OnePoll
HOW I SEE IT - CHRIS RUMFITT, MD ...
17 May 2012
service agency since 2007
Louie St Claire
MD, Harvard Public Relations
Has headed Bell ...
16 May 2012
| by Matt Cartmell
Alexia Sciplino will be responsible for developing Octopus Group's positioning, product innovations and further integrating the group's services. She will work closely with agency CEO Sandy Purewal. Sciplino said: I'm looking forward to helping the group maintain this momentum; our focus will be on innovation ...