12 Dec 1997
| by IAN DARBY
Insurer Commercial Union has picked Lansons Communications to
handle its media relations account...Insurer Commercial Union has picked Lansons Communications to
handle its media relations account following a review last month. The
review was sparked by an increase in the size of CU s in-house
department. Edelman PR Worldwide held the account previously.
...
12 Dec 1997
The planned merger between the Swiss Bank Corporation (SBC) and
Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS...The planned merger between the Swiss Bank Corporation (SBC) and
Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS) is likely to result in the scrapping of
the communications department at UBS London-based investment banking
business.
Ten top PR people, including Alan Ogden, director of European corporate ...
12 Dec 1997
| by JEMIMAH BAILEY
office.
The RCN represents over 300,000 members as a trade union and is also the
largest ...
05 Dec 1997
| by JULIETTE GARSIDE
Band and Brown Communications has opened an office in Norwich,
which will be headed by Patrick...Band and Brown Communications has opened an office in Norwich,
which will be headed by Patrick Peal. The news comes a month after the
agency announced the opening of an office in Bristol.
...
05 Dec 1997
| by JEMIMAH BAILEY
Britain s largest trade union for managers and professionals, the
Manufacturing Science...Britain s largest trade union for managers and professionals, the
Manufacturing Science and Finance Union (MSF) has asked corporate and
political agency LSA to handle a review of its communications
activities.
The agency will be working with its former political director Miles
Webber ...
28 Nov 1997
| by ANDREW GRICE
, party officials have raised the prospect of
curbing ads by business organisations, trade unions ...
trade union or environmental group decides they
want to spend a great deal of money advertising during ...
, the right-wing pressure group,
or unions running ads without catching charities like the RSPCA ...
21 Nov 1997
| by JEMIMAH BAILEY
Bartleet as account manager and Johnny
Weir as senior account executive. Bartleet joins from Norwich Union...Consolidated Communications has expanded its financial division
with the appointment of Elaine Bartleet as account manager and Johnny
Weir as senior account executive. Bartleet joins from Norwich Union
where she was press officer for Norwich Union Healthcare and Weir was
previously at Leedex PR.
...
21 Nov 1997
| by KAREN YATES
Pressure groups, trade unions and business organisations could be
banned from launching campaigns...Pressure groups, trade unions and business organisations could be
banned from launching ...
.
The proposed ban on advertising by unions, business and pressure groups
would last for less than a year ...
to direct mail.
At this year s election, Unison, the public service union, spent pounds
1.1 million ...
14 Nov 1997
view them as animal abusing,
money-grabbing bumpkins. In response, the National Farmers Union...In the good old days the British public loved their farmers, but a
recent poll by MORI says we now view them as animal abusing,
money-grabbing bumpkins. In response, the National Farmers Union ...
itself as a class act with a polished image.
However the Union may face a hard task convincing ...
14 Nov 1997
| by KAREN DEMPSEY and STEVE JOHN
to companies and their
dealings with policy-makers.
Multi-level organisations, whether trades unions ...
) in human and
animal feed throughout the European Union. The ban is likely to take
effect in January ...