PR Pitches and mergers & acquisitions: September 2023 update

Welcome to the PRmoment Podcast.Welcome to our September review of PR Pitches and mergers & acquisitions in the UK PR scene with Andrew Bloch.He 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 was also a co-founder at PR agency Frank PR, where he is still a non-executive director.Thanks to our PRmoment Podcast sponsors The PRCA.A reminder about our new event PR Masterclass: The Agency Growth Forum.At this one event, 22 experts will give 11 Masterclasses on essential elements of managing a modern, profitable and successful PR firm. Also, a reminder that the final entry deadline for the ESG Awards is 29th September 2023.Here is a summary of what Andrew and PRmoment podcast host Ben Smith discussed on this week’s show:2 mins Andrew gives us his rundown of this month's PR pitch winsInstinct wins Moonpig Purple wins Yoo CapitalStir wins Dunkin DonutsCirkle wins Wilkinson SwordSocial Chain wins Holland & BarrattHope&Glory wins Vision ExpressMercia wins WembleyOgilvy wins MullerOne Green Bean wins Singapore Tourist BoardTeneo wins The AAPowerscourt wins RightmoveFrank wins CupraAxicom wins AMD “A gamechanger for Axicom”15 mins Andrew updates us on this month’s M&A news:Markettier’s acquisition of SassyDefinition has raised £7m debt investment from ThinCatsAn update on the $7 billion Syneos Health deal, which sees the firm go private.