Financial journalists launch consulting firm

By Evie Barrett, June 16, 2023

Senior financial journalists from the BBC, Bloomberg, Euromoney and World Bank, among other outlets, have joined forces to launch an agency that offers client comms and content consulting.

Pensions firm IGG acquires internal comms agency

By Evie Barrett, June 08, 2023

Pension trustee and governance firm Independent Governance Group (IGG) has acquired creative internal communications agency Like Minds, in a first-of-its-kind acquisition for the group.

Allianz-owned insurer Petplan hires creative PR agency

By Evie Barrett, May 25, 2023

Pet insurance provider Petplan, a subsidiary of Allianz Insurance, has selected a creative PR agency to raise brand awareness.

Cognito hires chief operating and strategy officer

By Evie Barrett, May 17, 2023

Specialist financial services comms agency Cognito has appointed Charlie Ansdell to the new role of chief operating and strategy officer.

PRWeek UK Power Book 2023: Top 10 in banking comms (in-house)

By PRWeek UK staff, March 15, 2023 The Information

PRWeek’s UK Power Book reveals the PR pros who lead the way in their respective sectors. Today, we start by ranking the key players in banking comms (in-house).

Dentons Global Advisors hires financial services specialist from MHP Group

By Evie Barrett, March 01, 2023

Andrew Jaques, who has worked in financial services for 35 years, joins Dentons Global Advisors to help clients navigate issues such as M&A, initial public offerings and capital raising.

Can comms really be blamed for bank runs?

By Kate Mallett, March 17, 2023

There has been a lot of talk in the media this week about how PR could have stopped the bank run at Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). I don’t agree with this.

Hot off the press: PRWeek’s 22 most-read articles of 2022

By PRWeek UK staff, December 20, 2022 The Information

From the diary of a Cannes virgin and the newest agencies to watch to the Top 150 consultancies and the biggest people moves of the year.

‘We knew we needed acting talent’ – Behind the Campaign, ‘The Scammer House of Horrors’ for NatWest

November 30, 2022

Gemma Cook, account director at Taylor Herring, discusses the agency’s recent spooky campaign for NatWest.

Kim Kardashian’s fine reminds us influencer compliance means more than #AD

By Scott Guthrie, October 06, 2022

An increasingly nuanced disclosure landscape calls for a sophisticated approach to influencer marketing.

Kim Kardashian, crypto, PR and a $1.3m fine

By James Halliwell, October 05, 2022

Whatever your thoughts on the Kardashians (if you have any at all), even their biggest detractors would grudgingly accept that the family has a solid grasp of PR. Less so when it comes to financial regulation.

‘Finding lost money is never boring’ – Behind the Campaign, National Pension Tracing Day

September 23, 2022

Johanna Nelson, director of communications at Punter Southall Aspire, the pensions and employee benefits consultancy, discusses how she launched the UK’s first national day for pension tracing to help reunite people with money that could transform their life in retirement.