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AGENCY LAUNCH: Former Burson-Marsteller media director Chris Fowler has launched Mint PR. Fowler, who left B-M in February, and who formerly worked at Ketchum and The SPA Way, is targeting B2B and consumer work. Mint works on a 'no coverage, no fee' basis and its first client is Alcatel's UK mobile-phone...
CONSUMER: QBO Bell Pottinger is to launch a PR campaign for directory enquiries service 118866, a subsidiary of German telecoms giant Telegate. Director Kevin Read leads a five-strong account team, reporting to 118866 marketing executive Lisa Callander.
Client: 3 PR Team: In-house and Joe Public Relations on consumer PR, Blue Rubicon on strategic PR Campaign: Launch of new 3G handsets Timescale: Two-and-a-half years Budget: Outside contracts believed to be over 100,000
TECH: Pirate Communications has been hired to handle UK and European PR for Belgian telecoms software firm ORMvision, which is due to launch in the UK later this month. Account director Ged Carroll reports to ORMvision chief executive Phil Church.
TECH: Pirate Communications has been hired to handle UK and European PR for Belgian telecoms software firm ORMvision, which is due to launch in the UK later this month. Account director Ged Carroll reports to ORMvision chief executive Phil Church.
TELECOMS: Orange has promoted group media relations head Niamh Byrne to a new post of head of UK PR and sponsorship. Her appointment follows the announcement last week that corporate affairs director Denise Lewis is leaving to have a baby and will not be replaced (PRWeek, 14 February).
CITY: PNC Telecom founder Geremy Thomas is set to issue libel proceedings against the firm's retained PR agency Hansard Communications, PNC chairman Lord Stevens and the Evening Standard. Thomas alleges that a letter purportedly written by Stevens - and published in the Standard - was defamatory. The...
TECHNOLOGY: Mobile internet firm Boltblue has hired Fleishman-Hillard to handle its consumer and trade PR, following a four way pitch. The account is led by Jonathan Jordan, F-H technology, media and telecoms director.
CONSUMER: Nelson Bostock Communications has been appointed as retained agency to telecoms firm Telco Holdings. The firm has more than 750,000 UK residential and business customers, and is a distributor of top-up mobile phone vouchers and pre-pay cards.
CORPORATE: Nokia has concluded its review of UK corporate PR work and opted to stick with incumbent Grant Butler Coomber. Comms head Mark Squires played down the review, saying it was a 'quality assessment' move, but at least two other agencies are known to have pitched to him. 'We decided to continue...
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