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FORWARD is relaunched and announces partnership with Two Palms Media

by Telum Media
16 April 2026 12:54 AM
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Australian consumer PR agency, FORWARD, has been relaunched by Fergus Kibble and has partnered with social-first creative agency founded by Ed Ringwood, Two Palms Media. 

Fergus sold the agency to GrowthOps in 2023 and exited in 2024. After GrowthOps collapsed in 2025, he has now bought back FORWARD brand and IP.

The combined specialist agencies will offer communications and brand planning, earned media relations, reputation and issues management, AI visibility, social strategy and community management, creative and in-house content production, influencer and talent management, and events and experiential activation.

Fergus Kibble, Founder and Managing Director of FORWARD, said: "I am pleased to be bringing FORWARD back.

"Our core DNA is the same, and we have added capabilities to meet PR’s needs in 2026. Working alongside Ed and the Two Palms team means we can scale immediately and bring earned ideas to market at the velocity of social and with a deeper influencer partnership bench."

Ed Ringwood, Founder and Director of Two Palms Media, added: "The traditional model of PR in one place and social in another doesn’t work anymore.

"Culture moves too fast. A story breaks, a conversation starts, a creator picks it up, and if your earned and social teams aren’t connected in real time, the opportunity is already gone. This partnership is built for that reality."

(Pictured L - R: Ed Ringwood, Stefanie Jung, Fergus Kibble and Scott Walker) 

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