pgk public relations has started the New Year on a high after netting another sporting client. pgk has been appointed to deliver a full public relations and marketing strategy for The World Netball Series in association with IFNA, Manchester City Council, England Netball, Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA) and UK Sport.

As well as handling the public relations, pgk’s  brief also covers building and developing a new website delivering a fun, interactive experience to help promote The World Netball Series. To visit the website log on to www.worldnetballseries.com

The recent development marks pgk’s third netball account win since August 2008, following the appointment of England Netball and The Co-operative Netball Superleague.

The World Netball Series will take place at the MEN Arena from the 9 -11^th October after a great deal of development over the last 12 months to create a netball competition with the ‘wow’ factor. The series will involve the world’s top six netball nations - England, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Samoa and Malawi.In the space of three hours spectators will witness some of the world’s greatest netball promising a fast, ferocious and vibrant competition in an aim to raise the profile of the sport and attract new participants and spectators.

Paul Clark, CEO of England Netball, said: “We are delighted to have appointed pgk to handle the public relations and marketing strategy for The World Netball Series later this year.

“Having signed pgk as England Netball’s PR agency last summer, this appointment is a natural progression, as we are very confident that they will score highly for netball.”

pgk’s managing director Karl Rahmani said: “We are thrilled about our latest client win, which adds to our PR department’s strong and varied client base.

“We look forward to helping The World Netball Series become a major success while at the same time raise the sport’s profile.”