26 Sep 1997
| by JULIETTE GARSIDE
Lines of command within the Conservative Party s press team have
been redrawn following the sudden...Lines of command within the Conservative Party s press team have
been redrawn following ...
the Central Office press team will be left without a
chief.
Its two most senior staff, head of news ...
-chairman of the
party responsible for communications Alan Duncan. Aiken handles the
day-to-day running of the press ...
26 Sep 1997
| by JULIETTE GARSIDE
is the fifth senior government press officer
to leave since Labour came into government. Reardon, 50, has...Steve Reardon, information director at the department of Social
Security, has resigned. He is the fifth senior government press officer
to leave since Labour came into government. Reardon, 50, has headed
information at the DSS for nearly ten years, and has worked for the
Government Information ...
26 Sep 1997
| by JULIETTE GARSIDE
business. It will work on coverage in the computing press and developing
a corporate image....Midnight Communications has won the PR account for internet
security firm Network General from Firefly. Midnight pitched against
seven other agencies including Banner for the pounds 100,000 budget
business. It will work on coverage in the computing press and developing
a corporate image.
...
26 Sep 1997
| by JULIETTE GARSIDE
Burson-Marsteller has recruited the Independent s business news
editor John Shepherd as a director. Shepherd, who has spent 11 years on
the newspaper, will be working on B-M s corporate and finacial accounts.
He will report to managing director Paul Philpotts.
26 Sep 1997
| by JULIETTE GARSIDE
Ludgate Communications has been hired by Exeter Investment Group to
handle its financial PR. EIG is an investment and unit trust group which
floated on AIM last year. First Financial previously handled financial
PR for EIG s unit trust division but this is the first time it has had
an agency across...
26 Sep 1997
| by JULIETTE GARSIDE
Sue Bradbury has been appointed head of PR at the University of
Plymouth.
She had previously been a press officer for the Royal Navy at its
Culdrose helicopter base for three years.
...
26 Sep 1997
| by JULIETTE GARSIDE
The Millennium Commission has narrowed its shortlist from seven to
two agencies for its pounds 1 million PR account. Teams from Citigate
Communications and Munro and Forster are now competing for the business.
The account will involve designing a corporate identity and logo for the
commission.
26 Sep 1997
| by JULIETTE GARSIDE
Whitbread Inns Hogshead pub chain has hired Cohn and Wolfe to
handle a consumer PR programme. Whitbread is planning to expand the
120-strong chain which specialises in real ales. C&W will support pub
openings, seasonal promotions and devise programmes to develop the
Hogshead brand.
26 Sep 1997
| by JULIETTE GARSIDE
Three PR agencies are on the shortlist for the PR campaign of the
year award at the Computing Awards for Excellence, sponsored by
Marketing.
26 Sep 1997
| by PIPPA CONSIDINE
Britvic has appointed a director of carbonates to oversee the
marketing of brands such as Pepsi and Tango. David Graham, the marketing
and commercial director of the Whitbread-owned TGI Friday, will report
to the marketing director, Andrew Marsden. - General release