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Prosek Partners launches an investor relations environmental, social and governance advisory services offering in partnership with strategic sustainable finance consultancy Blue Dot Capital. Prosek acquired a stake in Blue Dot in 2021. The offering, which targets public and late-stage companies, will be led within Prosek by Alex Jorgensen and Alex Straus. Jorgensen worked with Temasek Management Services, Stewardship Asia Centre, the Singapore Exchange and the Monetary Authority of Singapore to develop the inaugural stewardship code for institutional investors in the market in 2014. Straus was foundational in developing an ESG offering at Real Chemistry prior to joining Prosek in 2021. Blue Dot's work on the offering will be led by director Chris Miller. "This new offering from Prosek and Blue Dot combines best-in-class counsel from the lenses of IR and ESG to help clients align ESG policies and programs to investor priorities and create ESG narratives that resonate with the investment community," said Jorgensen.
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BHM Research & Intelligence is expanding the scope of its annual report on Nigeria's public relations and communications sector to cover all of Africa, adding 53 countries. The company says this will be the first report catering exclusively to the PR and communications industry in Africa. The report is being compiled in partnership with organizations including the Public Relations and Communications Association, the Chartered Institute of Public Relations, CIPR International and Africa Communications Week, with other partners to be announced. BHM cites a report from the Economist that predicts Africa's total population will reach nearly 2.5 billion by 2050, with the world's largest under-25 workforce. "We hope the Africa PR and Communications report will quickly become the authoritative voice in the industry, providing insights, data, and useful information for those working here, as well as everyone outside looking in," said BHM founder Ayeni Adekunle.
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George P. Johnson, events company, acquires German-based boutique design and experience design studio The Sane Company. The acquisition is intended to show the strength of GPJ's commitment to the German and European markets while also doubling down on the firm's expansion. The firms have previously worked together on accounts, projects and pitches for clients including Bosch, MINI and Porsche. Founded in 2015, The Sane Company specializes in areas including event and exhibition design, architectural planning, motion design and storytelling. "Welcoming the immensely talented group from The Sane Company into GPJ's global network of creative minds and studios will allow us to deliver on even more creativity and strategy when planning events in Germany, Europe and beyond," said GPK chief executive officer Chris Meyer.
Precision Strategies, an integrated strategy and marketing agency with offices in Washington and New York, acquires Firehouse Strategies, a DC-based public affairs firm... AVENIR GLOBAL acquires London-based Thinks Insight & Strategy... Good Company, which bills itself as a “cultural engineering firm,” is launched by DJ Hardy, a veteran of Johannesburg-based communications consultancy arxna and M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment and Casey Stickles, who has worked at 5WPR, Rubenstein and MWW.
PSC (Princeton Strategic Communications) acquires Nonprofit Partners... CG Life launches 24/364, a cultural brand platform intended to drive awareness, connection and action aimed at keeping rare disease at the forefront of the health and social conversation... Interluxe Group, which focuses on brand experiences and in-person activations; Quinn, a strategic communications agency; and media and digital agency North & Warren are uniting under the Interluxe Group banner.
KITH, which provides corporate reputation and crisis preparation services, is now owned by CEO Stephanie Craig, who has been with the firm since 2021... The Marketing Cloud, a part of Stagwell, introduces several expansions to Agent Cloud, the platform it launched in October 2025 to simplify access to its AI tools and marketing assistants.... Notified launches its AI Press Release Optimizer.
V2 Communications launches its AI Visibility Solution and Earned Media at Scale, two service offerings designed to help companies increase visibility and credibility in generative search... The Public Relations Global Network brings on Greenough Communications as its Boston member agency... DBC is relaunching The DBC Industry Calendar as a free site to help communicators more easily discover relevant events and awards in the cluttered event landscape driven by the growth of webinars and online events. 
PAN releases new original research showing that a significant share of B2B citations surfaced by ChatGPT are inaccurate, misattributed or entirely fabricated, introducing a new credibility risk for brands... REQ, which has offices in DC and San Diego, opens in Phoenix... Notified introduces Market Intelligence, an addition to its all-in-one IR Hub, which gives IR teams a more streamlined way to prepare for earnings calls.
