30 Jan 1998
| by JEMIMAH BAILEY
Rover Group has established a UK press office headed by
recently-appointed UK press relations...Rover Group has established a UK press office headed by
recently-appointed UK press relations manager Nick Argent at Bickenhill
near Birmingham, on the same site as its Rover Cars and Land Rover UK
Sales companies.
The new four-person press team will provide a one-stop shop for UK ...
30 Jan 1998
| by JEMIMAH BAILEY
will
emphasise the health benefits of drinking grape juice, targeting
specialist medical press as well...Synapse PR, the UK arm of international healthcare consultancy
Complete Pharma PR, won a three-way pitch this month to launch US brand
Welch s grape juice in the UK in April. The one-year programme will
emphasise the health benefits of drinking grape juice, targeting
specialist medical press as well ...
30 Jan 1998
| by JEMIMAH BAILEY
Square Mile Communications has announced that financial director
Cecil Baron is stepping down after seven years with the company. Baron
will return to independent consultancy, and is replaced by Michael
Weston.
30 Jan 1998
| by JEMIMAH BAILEY
Recent figures released by marketing communications agency
Propeller indicate that in the last quarter of 1997 the Independent
carried the most advertising stories with a total of 65. In second place
is the Times with 59 stories, pushing the Guardian into third place. The
increase on the Times is partly...
30 Jan 1998
| by JEMIMAH BAILEY
Canterbury Christ Church College has appointed Penny Kimber as its
first head of external relations. Christ Church College is a further
education institution with 10,500 students. Kimber was formerly running
her own consultancy, Penny Kimber Communications.
30 Jan 1998
| by JEMIMAH BAILEY
The management buyout of Financial Dynamics (PR Week, 16 Jan) is
still going ahead despite parent company GGT s takeover talks with
Omnicom.
30 Jan 1998
| by JEMIMAH BAILEY
The first students to complete the Postgraduate Diploma in Public
Communication received their certificates from Minister without
Portfolio Peter Mandelson last week. The four students: Lee Bailey, Lis
Birrane, Nicola Fitzgerald and Sue Bradbury studied for the
qualification at Leeds University. All...
30 Jan 1998
| by JOHN TYLEE
in the
70s, with a TV and press campaign through McCann-Erickson. The brand, a
household name in the US ...
30 Jan 1998
| by JEMIMAH BAILEY
The Entenmann s Baking Company has appointed Manning Selvage and
Lee for a six-month contract with a pounds 100,000 budget. MS s
centenary. Entenmann was recognised in the annual Marketing/AC Nielsen
survey as the fastest growing brand in 1996 and has taken a 6 per cent
market share since its 1995 arrival...
30 Jan 1998
Another entertaining press release landed on Campaign s newsdesk
this week, once again making...Another entertaining press release landed on Campaign s newsdesk
this week, once again making the long journey into work worthwhile.
Aimed at publicising Classic FM s Eurostar promotion, it informed us
that luxury weekend breaks on Eurostar are to be given out as prizes to
the writer ...