25 May 2012
Tough on Staines Spelthorne Borough Council has decided to 'rebrand' Staines in a bid to rid...and history. The idea came from local business, backed
by a council-led public consultation, and was marked on Monday in a
celebration including boat races, maypole dancing and music. HOW I SEE IT - Debbie Flynn ...
comedians and satirists a whole
new lease of life. Apparently, the rename is aimed at distancing the town ...
25 May 2012
The British Council is on the hunt for comms help to promote a flagship education forum being held...the world of education from across 80 countries,
to discuss wide-ranging issues. PR and creative agencies ...
this was the
first time a PR agency would be called in to promote the event. Jenkins said: 'We have a good brand ...
engagement.' Next year's Going Global conference will be held from 11 to 13 March at
the Dubai World Trade ...
25 May 2012
| by Hannah Crown
Florida's official tourism agency has launched a major pan-European hunt for support as the state...Visit Florida has a $400,000 (£253,200) per year search
under way for PR, marketing and sales ...
'. Tourism is Florida's leading industry, generating $60bn (£38bn) annually and employing more than a million people. Preliminary
figures from Visit Florida show it had 23.4 million visitors from
January to March, a ...
25 May 2012
In a nutshell...A study funded by the British and Australian medical research councils
and the British Heart Foundation (BHF) has found statins cut the risk of
heart attacks and strokes by a fifth, regardless ...
, statins are restricted to patients deemed to be at
20 per cent risk of having a heart attack or stroke ...
25 May 2012
| by Sara Luker
and is
looking to capitalise on a period of Omani success on the pitch. The
national team has reached the final stages of qualification for the 2014
World Cup, while the under-23 team narrowly missed out on a place at the
London 2012 Olympics after a play-off loss to Senegal. Oman FA commercial director Nic Cartwright said ...
25 May 2012
At a time when the eurozone is about to implode, the future of the public affairs industry does...client to do. Write a
compelling narrative, appoint a professional spokesman and identify the
key targets in government and the media. None of this has happened. We can't even agree on the definition of a
lobbyist. 'Hopeless' is not too strong a word to describe the industry's
performance. On the key issue of who ...
25 May 2012
more than two million passengers a year.
25 May 2012
The correction came after The Scotsman covered a contract worth up to
£4m, calling it an effort to bring in 'private spin doctors' and a
'private PR firm'. It followed a notice being put out on behalf ...
and fire services. The notice sought work, worth up to £1m a year over four years,
for auxiliary media ...
25 May 2012
in Birmingham
will host the event, which launches the LG Comms Academy. Luke Blair, a director at London ...
organisational boundaries and offer a more joined-up service in
different parts of the public sector. To read it ...
,700 rented and 445
leasehold properties in Hertfordshire, is looking for a PR agency to
handle a three ...
25 May 2012
Insight Public Affairs has designed a 'mind map' to demonstrate what it
has dubbed 'the blistering ...
Trust, on secondment from his existing
role at Maitland. He had been a trustee of the charity since ...
of a statutory register of lobbyists bill from this
year's Queen's Speech. The industry body believes ...
