Welcome to our review of PR pitches and mergers & acquisitions in the UK PR scene with Andrew Bloch. Here we discuss the biggest pitch wins and mergers & acquisitions that the PR sector has seen in Jan 2025

Andrew is the lead consultant - PR, Social, Content and Influencer at the new business consultancy firm AAR and a partner at PCB Partners, where he advises on buying and selling marketing services agencies.

Andrew launched Andrew Bloch & Associates in 2020.

There’s a couple of new webinars that have gone live including The Worlds Greatest PR Research, which is a new topic, where we highlight the insight of some of the best PR related insight we’ve seen recently.

Also, thanks so much to the PRmoment Podcast sponsors the PRCA.

1 mins Why Andrew is feeling optimistic about 2025.

2 mins This month's round up of PR’s biggest pitch wins:

• The Children’s Society appoint Smarts
• Oxfam appoint Hope & Glory
• Adidas Manchester Marathon appoint PHA
• Sport in Mind mental health charity appoint Work in Class
• Remy Cointreau appoint LX
• Bella + Duke (pet wellbeing) appoint Aisle 8
• Napo Pet Insurance appoint Munch for PR – Flabbergast for Social media
• Generator (global hospitality brand) appoint Munch and Flabbergast
• Grenade appoint Tin Man
• For Goodness Shakes appoint Rooster
• National Lottery Operator (Allwyn Group) appoint M&C Saatchi
• Alton Towers appoint Smoking Gun
• Holocaust Memorial Day appoint Atalanta
• Hublot (LVMH) appoint W
• Yo Sushi appoint Earnies
• Budweiser brewing Group appoint Hanover.
• Air Canada appoint PC Agency
• Government Digital Service appoint Four

24 mins This month’s run down of M&A in public relations:

• Stagwell set to acquire Unicepta
• Stagwell acquire Create Group
• Marketbridge (US marketing firm) acquire April Six – Part of Mission Group (listed holding company)
• Cavendish acquire Deryn