Creative: Prohibition; Beattie Communications; Faith PR
PR and social media specialist Prohibition has been appointed by Interflora, the world’s largest independent floristry network.
The first communications activity Prohibition will initiate will be to support Valentine’s Day, one of the brand’s key annual sales periods, and its ‘Verses for my Valentine’ campaign.
Chris Norton, founder and managing director of Prohibition, said: “Everyone in the industry now knows that public relations is no longer just about media and stakeholder relations and the world has moved on. We are delighted to be helping Interflora deliver this programme promoting the power of words as we believe many people have lost that magic ability of writing something meaningful. This exciting campaign has many different important elements and we are thoroughly enjoying delivering it. It has required careful military style planning but we love rising to a challenge.”
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BEATTIE COMMUNICATIONS, which has an office in Leeds, is set to invest £500,000 in bolstering its UK-wide team.
A clutch of significant new business wins has seen the PR and web marketing agency already staff up with 12 top flight senior hires since the start of the year to add to its already 100-strong team.
The new signings include property specialist Corrine Douglas, food specialist Sally Fairclough and consumer expert Fiona Hardman.
They will play a key role in growing the group’s Only Property, Only Food and Only Retail boutiques.
Relationship specialist Gerry Campbell joins the Scottish team from Equator in a UK-wide role, whilst Gareth Anderson returns to Beattie from ZPR.
Laurna Woods, group managing director, said: “An agency is only as good as its people and our goal is to recruit the best PR, social and digital marketing talent in the UK.
“Our signing spree is far from over as we will be investing at least £500,000 in new hires during 2015 to handle an influx of new business wins across the property, retail, food and health sectors.”
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FAITH PR has increased its client base with a trio of account wins.
The businesses to appoint Faith include Checkmate Fire, which has recently relocated to Elland and Halifax-based Textile Innovations and J. G. Harrison & Sons.
Checkmate Fire is among the top ten passive fire protection companies in the UK, providing passive fire protection and air sealing solutions as well as a range of survey and installation services.
J. G. Harrison & Sons is a family run lighting and electrical business that has been in operation from its Halifax branch and three other West Yorkshire and Lancashire sites since 1951. Employing 45 local people, the firm offers lighting to the retail and wholesale markets, with an increasing number of commercial low energy lighting installations carried out.
Textile Innovations, founded in 2007 by the chairman of the Federation of Small Businesses Calderdale branch, David Holdsworth, develops and sources materials, components and processes for major UK and EU manufacturing operations.
Holdsworth hails from the well known family owned textile company, John Holdsworth & Company which has been established in Halifax for six generations.
With a growing team in place at its new Brighouse offices, off Thornhill Beck Lane, Faith PR has been appointed to manage both the PR as well as a variety of marcomms and creative work for each of the businesses.
