VOCALINK APPOINTS MRM AS RETAINED PR AGENCY

VocaLink, the UK and international payment systems provider, has appointed MRM as its retained PR agency.

Led by founding director Richard Wheat, with associate director Jenny Crossland, senior consultant Mark Gee and digital consultant Stephen James, the MRM account team will work closely with Deborah Souter, Head of External Communications at VocaLink, on a range of traditional and social media initiatives designed to help raise the profile of the business and its senior team.

Commenting on the appointment, Deborah Souter said: “The payments market is undergoing a dramatic period of transformation, creating numerous opportunities for us to grow as a business. MRM has unrivalled experience in the financial services space, so was the obvious PR agency to help us grow our profile.”

Richard Wheat added: “VocaLink is an exciting business which is recognised as being at the forefront of designing, building and operating world-class payment systems. We are thrilled to be working with the team to help raise the profile of the business across a range of media.”