Welcome to our review of PR Pitches and mergers and acquisitions in the UK PR scene with Andrew Bloch. Here, we discuss the biggest pitch wins, mergers and acquisitions of July 2024.
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.
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3 mins July’s run down of PR Pitch wins
- Moet Hennessy appoint Earnies
- Pernod Ricard Champagne appoint Hopscotch Season
- Brown Forman appoint Taylor Herring and Halpern
- Brooks Running appoint Sunny Side Up
- Best Cereal also appoint Sunny Side Up
- Dept for Education appoint Four
- Harvard win 16 new clients in H1 of 2024
- Arla Foods appoint Citypress
- Who Can Fix My Car appoint Hard Numbers
- World Travel Market appoint Davies Tanner
12 mins July’s M&A Activity in UK PR
- WPP reject KKR (PE) majority bid for FGS Global - KKR currently owns 30% of FGS
- W Communications - sells the majority of shares to an Employee Ownership Trust
- Muckle Media buys Spey, which are both Scottish-based
- Finn Partners acquires Claudine Collins Communications
- MHP Group acquires Truva Partners
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