Crown Business Communications, one of the UK’s leading communications agencies, has agreed terms for the acquisition of business and key staff from Acclaim, specialists in audience engagement and brand communications. The deal will propel Crown into the top 5 UK agencies in the corporate communications sector. Commenting on the deal, Crown’s Managing Director Nicky Havelaar said: “acquiring the Acclaim business was a good opportunity for us because there's a good c...

In a glittering ceremony that was attended by over 700 delegates from the visual communications industry, Crown received two highly commended nominations in this year’s IVCA awards. We were highly commended in the ‘Public Relations’ category for our Guide to Coroners’ Inquests film for the Ministry of Defence, and in the 'UK Event of the Year' category for our Parent Know How Launch and Showcase event for the Department of Children, Schools and Families. M...

Crown have continued to deliver the latest insight in student thinking with this year’s Global Banking Student Survey, conducted in partnership with four leading investment banks. The 2010 survey, which targeted over 69,000 undergraduate, PHD and MBA students from around the world, once again shows our interest in up-to-date understanding of banking graduate recruitment marketing. Offering valuable findings and analysis on a number of key topics, from atti...

We are delighted to announce that we’ve moved up six places in this year’s Televisual Magazine’s Corporate 50. Despite an extremely tough year for client budgets and pressured operating conditions Crown leapt up the rankings from last year’s 17th position to a superb 11th position this year. It’s always nice to receive recognition for the agency and the work we do for our clients, and we hope that 2010 proves to be another busy year; here’s to the top 10 next ye...

Crown are excited to continue to support Renault with their dealer communications this month, delivering a dealer convention to launch their new rear-wheel-drive New Master van series. The conference will take place alongside the upcoming Commercial Vehicle Operator Show at the NEC in Birmingham and will provide the ideal opportunity for dealers to learn about this new series and other new van products from Renault. As Europe’s number one van manufacturer...

Hot on the heels of our nomination for ‘Best Conference’ at the 2009 Event Awards we’ve been raking in the commendations once again, this time in the CIPR PRide and the IVCA LiveCom awards. The IVCA LiveCom awards programme is one of the UK's most prestigious for the Live Events industry. Entrants are judged by independent experts and this year’s awards were entered into by a record number, making our success even more impressive. •    CIPR PRide...

At the end of October we produced the DCSF IAG launch event at Old Trafford. Attended by an audience made up of 14-19 year olds, stakeholders and employers, the event marked the launch of the new Information, Advice and Guidance (IAG) programme, designed to demonstrate how employers can help young people into the workplace and how this will ultimately benefit future industries. Facilitating the evening’s extensive and successful Q&A sessions and exhibition was...

For the third consecutive year, HSBC asked Crown to produce an all-media online campaign to help recruit potential employers to the role of International Management. International Managers are not assigned to a specific division of HSBC – they move from country to country with relatively short term assignments, and though it is a position that is accessible to graduates from across the globe, the requisite skill sets and interests are somewhat specific. We develop...

We’re delighted to announce our new working partnership with Think London, the well respected authority in international business relocation and business growth in our capital. To support them in their role to attract overseas businesses to London, they have asked us to design and build their new intranet. This will streamline business process and expand effective communication. Crown will not only provide state-of-the-art architecture and contemporary design to...