PR Pitches and mergers & acquisitions: March 2023 update

Welcome to the PRmoment Podcast.Welcome to our March 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.Tickets are now on sale for The PRmoment Awards in London on Thursday 20th April and in Manchester 25th April 2023.2 mins Andrew gives us his PR pitch wins updateNews of wins for The Academy with Peroni and Marie CurrieMaven wins The Perfume shopForster wins Transform (a public/private partnership)Full Fat wins a raft of festival briefPHA win Lucozade, Ribena and OranginaMSL win Renault’s social media brief10 mins Are PR firms winning more social media briefs from their social media agency peers?“PR agency’s should always have an edge when it comes to generating engagement”“There are noticeable differences in the way different (types) of agencies approach it from a strategic perspective”“9/10 the creative I see coming out of PR agencies is right up there with the best in the world, it’s the other elements that sometimes let them down”14 mins Andrew talks about what the future looks like for influencer marketing agencies16 mins Andrew completes his review of this month’s pitch wins Hope&Glory win TrainlineThe Romans win Candy CrushTin Man wins Smart Energy GB18 mins Andrew’s PR M&A updateFinn Partners acquire HyderusJIN buy Opinion ActNews of Martin Loat’s exit from Propeller