29 Apr 2005
| by Sarah Robertson
The Greater London Assembly (GLA) is bidding to attract businesses and tourists from China...is to promote London in China and this (pitch) reflects the growing importance of the Chinese business market ...
'gateway to the UK' for the Chinese market. As well as attracting business and tourism, he wants more students from China to study in the UK. His new offices will be paid for by the London Development Agency ...
13 May 2005
The Football Association has hired Mark Whittle as media relations manager. He moves from a role as senior publicist at ITV Sport, the former home of FA CEO Brian Barwick. He will report to FA comms director Adrian Bevington.
13 May 2005
Malaysia Airlines has hired Ogilvy PR Worldwide following a four-way pitch (PRWeek, 8 April).
13 May 2005
Yahoo! Music has hired Slice to boost awareness of Yahoo! Music Radio.
01 Apr 2005
CONSUMER: The World Series of Poker (WSOP) has appointed Threepipe Communications to launch 20 WSOP-branded products to trade and consumer press. The products, which will include card shufflers and gaming tables, will be launched later this year.
08 Apr 2005
| by Richard Cann
The CBI, the lobbying body for UK business, has hired the Strategic Rail Authority's (SRA) top...-strong press office as head of news. The CBI represents 200,000 businesses in the UK, including about 85 per ...
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'The core issue for the CBI is ensuring that decision makers are aware of the vital role that business ...
and education as two areas currently under the political microscope, and on which business needed to be strongly ...
08 Apr 2005
| by Tom Williams
business travel market...., it operates out of Heathrow.
MAS recently launched its new first-class seats and is facing intense competition in the business long-haul stop-over market.
At the end of 2004, Virgin Atlantic became ...
70 per cent of business traffic.
MAS is this year expanding into several destinations in China ...
29 Apr 2005
CONSUMER: SanDisk, the world's biggest digital camera and mobile phone memory card maker, has appointed Trimedia Communications to handle UK PR.
01 Apr 2005
Nike's StandupSpeakup campaign has brought accusations of opportunism and left it feeling 'sore'. Adam Hill asks if this points to a wider PR failure.
18 Feb 2005
TrafficLink, a provider of real-time traffic reports to TV and radio, is targeting fleet and logistics trade media to attract its first non-media clients.