11 Dec 1998
| by SOPHIE BARKER
IT PR specialist Johnson King PR has been hired to handle corporate
PR for telecom company Satellite Media Services. Johnson King won the
pounds 50,000 fee account last week after a non-competitive pitch. The
agency will promote the company s satellite communications network,
which use the internet...
11 Dec 1998
| by STEPHANIE FRANCE
to Basingstoke police, which
does not have a local press department.
Her press-handling skills were ...
managed the
media and distributed press releases, enabling the emergency services to
do their job ...
to check their share prices.
Realising the potential of this story, Midnight drafted a press ...
04 Dec 1998
| by SIMON ELLERY
Sainsbury s-owned DIY chain Homebase is losing its communications
director, Tim Johns, to BT where he becomes UK PR campaigns head at the
end of this month (PR Week, 29 May). Johns will report to corporate
relations director Brenda McAll and will oversee a team of six. Johns
worked at Homebase for two-and-a-half...
04 Dec 1998
| by KATHY GREENE
corporate and product PR campaigns.
Ericsson press officer Helena Norrman said that existing PR teams ...
06 Nov 1998
| by JULIETTE GARSIDE
Cable and Wireless (C&W) Global Business has hired Companycare
Communications as its first agency on fees of around pounds 300,000 (PR
Week, 9 October). C&W Global Business is the international telephone
services division of parent company Cable and Wireless.
30 Oct 1998
| by MICHAEL LEAPMAN
will handle media relations in the
consumer press while Aromates will promote Tele 2 s services in
technical...will handle media relations in the
consumer press while Aromates will promote Tele 2 s services ...
16 Oct 1998
| by MAGGIE BROWN
Business Press has won a four-way pitch to handle PR for leading
network provider 3Com in Italy...Business Press has won a four-way pitch to handle PR for leading
network provider 3Com in Italy ...
relations
with the media, trade associations and public institutions. Business
Press MD Diego Biasi said: Our appointment covers the business and
financial press, where we need to promote 3Com as a brand ...
16 Oct 1998
| by SOPHIE BARKER
to association director Sheila McKechnie and oversees a team
of six, of which all but press officer Nicky Lyons ...
and Communication Service where his most recent post was chief press
officer, forward planning and promotions ...
25 Sep 1998
| by NICK PURDOM
to be a founding partner.
Two versions of the launch press release were produced by Brunswick, one
including Motorola and one without. A room had been booked for the press
conference at noon ...
, it looked as though the press
conference might have to be cancelled. Then, at 10.30am, the call came ...
11 Sep 1998
| by JULIETTE GARSIDE
Telecoms firm Interglobe has appointed Brodeur A Plus on fees of
pounds 100,000 to handle its UK PR. Brodeur pitched against agencies
includingFirefly Communications and Harvard PR for the business.
Interglobe supplies pre-paid call cards which allow corporate users to
re-route calls through cheap supply...
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