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 July 2024.

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.

Andrew launched Andrew Bloch & Associates in 2020.

Before we start, we'd like to let you know that our PR Masterclass: Agency Growth Forum has now launched. It’s on 12th November 2024, 8:30 am to 5:00pm GMT. Both face-to-face and virtual tickets are available. The event is held in central London.

3 mins July’s run down of PR Pitch wins

• Moet Hennessy appoint Earnies
• Pernod Ricard Champagne appoint Hopscotch Season
• Brown Forman appoint Taylor Herring and Halpern
• Brooks Running appoint Sunny Side Up
• Best Cereal also appoint Sunny Side Up
• Dept for Education appoint Four
• Harvard win 16 new clients in H1 of 2024
• Arla Foods appoint Citypress
• Who Can Fix My Car appoint Hard Numbers
• World Travel Market appoint Davies Tanner

12 mins July’s M&A Activity in UK PR

• WPP reject KKR (PE) majority bid for FGS Global - KKR currently owns 30% of FGS.
• W Communications - sells the majority of shares to an Employee Ownership Trust.
• Muckle Media buys Spey, which are both Scottish-based.
• Finn Partners acquires Claudine Collins Communications.
• MHP Group acquires Truva Partners.