Category Archives: Public Relations

New wins enable Remarkable to recruit eight new staff

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Remarkable has responded to new business wins this year by appointing eight new staff in the past eight weeks. It brings the number of staff to 54 at its Winchester head office.

Operating throughout the UK and Europe the agency has welcomed new recruits with outstanding skills across its PR, digital and marketing divisions, ranging from account executives to account directors.

Working on public consultation, the engagement team has been joined by Carlene Leonard, Paul Beauchamp, Stephen Jolly, Tom Hewitt and Owen Hind. Samantha Clough and Nick Hart are the newest additions to the digital team while the PR team is strengthened by the appointment of Sam Nickerson.

Stephen Pomeroy, chief executive at Remarkable, said: “The recruitment drive is on the back of some significant new business wins. Appointing this number of staff is an investment into the future of Remarkable, which given the difficult economic climate we are optimistic going forward.

“This is a significant step for us as the business continues to grow and develop. With such new talent, 2012 is promising to be a successful year ahead.”

Sunrise for The Sun on Sunday

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For all the hype created in the lead up to the launch of The Sun on Sunday, it was, in all honesty, a bit of a damp squib that left ex-News of the World readers and media commentators asking ‘is that it?’

In an interview with Andrew Marr, former Sun editor Kelvin MacKenzie commented that he felt “robbed” by the lack of sleaze in the new paper. Continue reading →

Reko.TV creates route for Ordnance Survey to engage with teachers

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View our new showreel here.

Gone are the days of students fighting for space amongst each other in a geography class when stretching over a large paper map with a ruler and compass to study their local area – certainly not since Digimap for Schools arrived in the classroom. And it’s Reko.TV (our video and motion graphics division) that has been given the challenge of creating a video that will encourage every school in the country to sign up.

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Pinterest – the new social network

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Pinterest is fast becoming a social media phenomenon with an increasing number of brands using it to engage with consumers online. So what is it?

Have you ever come across truly stunning images of places you’d like to visit, beautiful living spaces you’d like to take inspiration from or food recipes you’d like to try? Did you then forget what they were and where you found them because you have no central place to keep them all? Well, now you do. Continue reading →

How PR has changed! Part 3

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Social Media Emergence

While the hype of social media pervades marketing practitioners, the use of social media for publicity is growing rapidly, and becoming a major part of both journalist and practitioners PR activities.

According to the survey, in 2010 79% of journalists have a Facebook profile, 46% have a LinkedIn profile, and 58% have a Twitter profile. Only 11% have no profiles. Twitter realized the most dramatic increase from just 22% in 2009. Continue reading →