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PR Pitches and mergers & acquisitions: May 2023 update

Welcome to the PRmoment Podcast.

Welcome to our May review of PR Pitches and mergers & acquisitions in the UK PR scene with Andrew Bloch.

Andrew is a co-founder and non-executive director at Frank PR and is now lead consultant - PR, Social, Content and Influencer at the new business consultancy firm AAR. He is also a partner at PCB Partners where he advises on buying and selling marketing services agencies.

Thanks to our PRmoment Podcast sponsors, The PRCA.

If you haven’t taken a look already - do check out all the categories on the Creative Moment Awards website, the early entry deadline is on Friday 26th May 2023.

2 mins Andrew brings us news of wins for:
  • Words + Pixels win Graze
  • PHA win The National Gallery
  • Freud and Pizza Express
  • Teneo and Easyjet
  • Kingdom Collective and Doc Martin
  • Houston and Dominos
  • The Herd and W Hotels

11 mins Andrew reviews this month's PR mergers and acquisitions

Pearl acquires Kinetic

Definition acquires OTM, its sixth purchase since 2020.

Here’s the link to the article mentioned in the podcast from Heather Baker, CEO of Definition Group, discussing why agencies benefit from joining forces.

News of a huge potential private equity deal for Syneos Health

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