Welcome to our review of PR pitches and mergers & acquisitions in the UK PR scene with Andrew Bloch. Here we discuss the biggest pitch wins and mergers & acquisitions that the PR sector has seen in April 2025
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.
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Here is this month’s run down of the biggest PR pitch wins in May 2025:
International Wine & Spirits Competition appoints Clarion
British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) appoints Kindred
LastMinute.com appoints Sunny Side Up
Peoples Postcode Lottery appoints Smarts
Truffle Burger appoints Chomp
Gousto appoints The Romans
BAM UK appoints Four Agency Worldwide
Samsung appoints Mischief
Western Digital appoints Harvard
Burson appoints Cellnex
IP Office appoints Lansons Team Farner
Waitrose appoints The Heard
Wenzels appoints W
Sky TV appoints Blurred
Contura Orthopedics appoints Match Fit
And this month’s run down of M&A activity in the PR sector:
Stakked acquires Radioactive
Mission Group merges Mongoose PR with Populate Social and Alive Experiential to form Mongoose Sport& Entertainment
Intinctif sells MENA operations to Excella Advisory
Publicis acquires Capitv8
M+C Saatchi acquires Dune 23
Together Group acquires OBO
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