People: Poppy-PR; Streets
An East Midlands PR boss has hired an experienced journalist and PR professional to provide on-call support for her client list.
Tina Clough, managing director at Castle Donington-based Poppy-PR, has appointed Phil Stubbs.
Stubbs has newsroom experience as the political editor at the Derby Telegraph.
He said: “In addition to writing news and features for the regional, national and trade press, I’ve owned and run my own marketing firm for more than ten years now, so Poppy-PR feels like a very natural fit for me.
“I’ve seen the outstanding work Tina and her team have done for large and small businesses throughout the Midlands and I love their honest, no-nonsense approach to the creation of press-ready articles with authentic editorial merit.”
Clough said: “It makes a lot of sense for me to employ seasoned journalists. These are fast, accurate, critically astute professionals who have sat in press rooms, and who know first-hand what a real news story or a compelling feature is all about.”
She added: “The world is awash with bland, overblown sales copy and neither our clients nor our press contacts have any interest in that. They want rigorous, relevant and timely articles that serve the client by satisfying the press.
“With Phil on board, we now have more than a century of combined journalistic experience in our office – and the results that will bring our clients in 2021 will be central to their commercial success.”
Sarah Williams
Lincoln-headquartered accountancy firm Streets has hired Sarah Williams as business development partner.
Williams has over 20 years’ experience in new business generation, gained from working in both B2C but more recently B2B and the professional services sector.
She will work across both the East and West Midlands.
Williams said: “I am delighted and excited to be joining Streets. The firm is widely respected for its progressive and innovative approach to supporting and looking after the needs of its clients.”
