30 Jan 2001
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: "We are hoping to hold a press conference this afternoon to make a major boxing announcement." BSkyB ...
26 Jan 2001
First Great Western was not at fault for the Ladbroke Grove rail crash of October 1999 (PRWeek, January 19). The company has appointed Barclay Stratton to focus on positive communication and restore consumer confidence in trains.
26 Jan 2001
Radiator PR has been hired by VF Corporate for its backpack brands JanSport and Eastpak. The brief includes PR, events and sponsorship.
26 Jan 2001
London-based sponsorship consultancy Kallaway is offering month-long work placements worth pounds 750 to two undergraduates, to entice top students to consider careers in the industry.
26 Jan 2001
Conferencing and PR firm Neil Stewart Associates has been sold by the Informer Group to Parliamentary Communications, publisher of The House and owner of the political portal ePolitix.com. NSA was founded by former Neil Kinnock aide and Royal College of Nursing PR chief Neil Stewart in 1992. Turnover...
26 Jan 2001
Teletext has hired Arabella Marsland as PR manager. She replaces Gail Gillogaley, who left Teletext for Brands2Life in November but has already quit to become Hyperlink's first in-house PR manager.
26 Jan 2001
concrete : communication has been appointed as the first retained agency for high-profile noodle bar chain wagamama. The brief is to maintain the brand and launch new stores in 2001. Work is being led by agency founder, Warren Johnson.
26 Jan 2001
suffering from neck and back pain to return to work, has appointed Manchester City Press to handle its PR...Human Focus Return To Work, the Manchester-based healthcare firm dedicated to helping people suffering from neck and back pain to return to work, has appointed Manchester City Press to handle its PR. City Press MD Charles Tattersall will report to Human Focus MD Andrew Pemberton. The agency won ...
26 Jan 2001
since the last election. The latest directory of press officers says the number of government media...Staff numbers in the government information and communication service have increased by 40 per cent since the last election. The latest directory of press officers says the number of government media staff has grown from 760 to 1,083 since 1997.
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26 Jan 2001
TIME Magazine has hired Biss Lancaster after a five-way pitch. It is to run a pan-European media campaign and promote timeeurope.com. TIME has also hired advertising and media planning agencies.