Acceleris has appointed Tom Underwood and Frances Allen as account manager and junior account executive respectively.

Underwood previously spent three years at Blue Rubicon, where he worked for FTSE 250 corporate clients and major consumer brands with a broad focus on high impact international, national, regional and trade campaigns. Underwood brings with him over four years’ PR experience and has an MA in Communication Studies from the University of Leeds.

Allen is a trained journalist, having completed a BA Honours degree in 2010. She previously delivered PR and marketing activity at Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s River Cottage, promoting the restaurant, television shows and books. Allen has also held communications roles with a number of agencies and worked as features editor for a local magazine.