PR Pitches and mergers & acquisitions: April 2023 update

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.Don’t miss our trio of webinars that are currently live on the homepage:LinkedIn as a Marketing ChannelWhat are the implications of generative AI for public relations?The March of PR: The increasing dominance of earned media ideas in integrated marketing2 mins Andrew gives us his rundown of April’s biggest PR pitch winsKingdom Collective win the PR brief for the energy drink Relentless.Mind + Matter win SuperdrugHope&Glory win PowerleageueRichmond Towers win Calrsbeerg Marston brief Shipyard, Wainrights and Hobgoblin beersFrank win Revel and CrockpotFull Fat win PuttshackSpeed win Haven HolidaysVisible win Flying TigerKetchum win IcelandReady 10 win BrewdogPitch win AutotraderAdhuro win Tetley and Tea Pigs12 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 BrusselsWeber buy Diverse InteractiveWPP buy the influencer agency GoatAPCO buy CamarcoKKR buy FSG GlobalSWNS buy Pinpep