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Bell Yard Communications and Kysen PR, London-based firms that focus on legal market and litigation PR, are merging. The combined firm will operate as Bell Yard Kysen Communications. Bell Yard Kysen will continue to offer media relations and social media advisory, litigation PR services, regulatory and sensitive situations communications handling, crisis management, campaigning support and media training. Bell Yard founder Melanie Riley serves as managing director of the firm, while Kysen PR founder and managing director Clare Rodway is now an external adviser focusing on client relationships and business development. Bell Yard directors Louise Beeson and Sarah Peters take on the same position at the combined agency, joining Riley on the management board. “By combining forces Bell Yard Kysen has a really strong platform for growth, with the potential to offer a wider group of clients best practice in legal and litigation communications,” said Riley.
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FINN Partners launches Travel with Tastemakers, a global report that looks at more than 25 destinations through the eyes of the creatives who shape them. The report blends perspectives from such influential cultural voices as actress Octavia Spencer with those of chefs, designers, hoteliers, artists, actors and editors. Compiled by FINN Partners' global travel practice, it spotlights aspects of each destination that include its neighborhood rituals, hidden corners and the everyday rhythms that define local life. The stories throughout the report reflect a growing desire among travelers to seek meaning, inspiration and emotional connection in the places they explore. "At a moment when algorithms increasingly dictate where we go, Travel with Tastemakers offers something far more human,” said FINN Partners global travel practice leader Debbie Flynn. “These itineraries are shaped by lived experience — by memory, craft, ritual, and the nuances of local life that can't be coded into an algorithm.”
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Baker Public Relations, a woman-owned agency based in Albany with offices in Pittsburgh, PA and St. Petersburg, FL, rebrands as The Baker Agency. The new identity is meant to reflect the agency’s evolution from a traditional PR firm focused on earned media to a communications and marketing partner offering such services as media relations, social media, video production, digital marketing, design, event planning, public affairs, advertising and crisis communications. “Our new name is not a change in direction for our agency. It is a statement of who we are and today marks a significant milestone in our history,” said The Baker Agency founder and CEO Megan Baker. “It was time that our name better reflected what we do for our current clients and what we can do for prospective clients.”
SourceCode Communications launches SourceCode Germany, establishing the agency's first office in continental Europe... Clario Group acquires Ted Miller Group, a Miami-founded agency focused on clients in the technology, travel & leisure and financial services sectors... Global Situation Room’s Global Risk Advisory Council is hosting a July 23 webinar that will go over the results of its new Reputation Risk Index.
Havas acquires MUT, a Barcelona-based firm focused on experiential marketing and sustainable events... IPREX lauches its AI Task Force...D S Simon Media, one of the first companies to produce a satellite media tour, celebrates its 40th anniversary... Washington Women in Public Relations is sponsoring an event that shows communications pros who work with associations how they can get their messages across clearly, credibly and courageously. “How Associations Lead with Strategic Storytelling,” at 6 p.m. on July 16.
TEAM LEWIS starts up its AI Practice... Thunderly launches a year-long storytelling campaign focused on how franchising can provide a pathway to business ownership... JIN, a European communications consulting group, introduces "AI Campaigning", a corporate offering designed to model and anticipate stakeholder behavior.
Karsh Hagan and Madden Media join forces as KHM... Endeavor Communications opens an office in the Harbor Point neighborhood of Stamford, CT... Big Red Oak, a Toronto-based communications firm, and D.C. area-based PA firm New Hill Consulting have launched a joint service exclusively for companies in the nuclear energy sector... The Pollack Group has partnered with Brandi AI, a platform for enterprise brand intelligence, AI visibility and Generative Engine Optimization.
Real Chemistry acquires Spurwing Communications, which advises pharmaceutical and healthcare organizations—as well as clients across a broader range of industries—throughout APAC... 5W AI Communications (5WPR) is moving its headquarters from New York to Florida (Miami, Tampa)... Valence Communications, which will focus on biopharmaceutical companies, launches under Matt Middleman, who was founder and CEO at LifeSci Communications.
