PR Pitches and mergers & acquisitions: April update

 19th April 2023
 Ben Smith, Founder, PRmoment.com

Welcome to the PRmoment Podcast.

Welcome to our April 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.

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2 mins Andrew gives us his rundown of April’s biggest PR pitch wins

• Kingdom Collective win the PR brief for the energy drink Relentless.
• Mind + Matter win Superdrug
• Hope&Glory win Powerleageue
• Richmond Towers win Calrsbeerg Marston brief Shipyard, Wainrights and Hobgoblin beers
• Frank win Revel and Crockpot
• Full Fat win Puttshack
• Speed win Haven Holidays
• Visible win Flying Tiger
• Ketchum win Iceland
• Ready 10 win Brewdog
• Pitch win Autotrader
• Adhuro win Tetley and Tea Pigs

12 mins Andrew gives us his monthly rundown of the most significant PR mergers and acquisitions in April, it’s mainly trade deals this month:

• Edelman buy Landmark Public Affairs in Brussels
• Weber buy Diverse Interactive
• WPP buy the influencer agency Goat
• APCO buy Camarco
• KKR buy FSG Global
• SWNS buy Pinpep