14 Dec 2001
The Food Standards Agency is to target the catering sector in an
attempt to cut incidents of food poisoning by 20 per cent over the next
five years.
An initial six-month PR campaign will start in the new year to
communicate with the UK's estimated 350,000 eateries on the importance
of...
14 Dec 2001
PUBLIC AFFAIRS: The Tobacco Manufacturers Alliance is to lose
public affairs director John Carlisle at the end of this month. Carlisle
will now work as an independent political consultant, having joined the
TMA in 1997 after 18 years in Parliament. He will continue as ad hoc
adviser to the TMA.
...
14 Dec 2001
KP Foods has handed consumer PR work for its Hula Hoops brands to
Revolver Communications.
The six-figure appointment comes just a month after Lexis Public
Relations resigned its extensive consumer PR brief with KP parent United
Biscuits, which included work for the crisps brand (PRWeek, 2 ...
14 Dec 2001
, the rising public awareness of the danger of skin cancer being
caused by sun over-exposure has also boosted ...
14 Dec 2001
| by JOHN TYLEE
of Max Factor and signed
avant-garde artists to the service of Oil of Olay.
No wonder her ...
07 Dec 2001
| by JOE LEPPER
Snacks giant United Biscuits has appointed Hill & Knowlton on a
pan-European corporate and public affairs brief.
The firm, whose brands include McVitie's and KP Foods, appointed H ...
, with all
in-house corporate PR staff being redeployed in other departments.
Public affairs ...
07 Dec 2001
| by HOLLY WILLIAMS
and deliver a corporate brand image to specific
audiences such as retailers, industry associations, public ...
07 Dec 2001
| by JOE LEPPER
The biggest sports events of next year will be the focus for a
major PR campaign against tobacco advertising and sponsorship.
Following extensive public affairs work, the World Health Organisation
has teamed up with some of sport's most influential bodies for the
campaign.
So far ...
06 Dec 2001
| by Joe Lepper,
and public affairs brief....in other departments.
Public affairs was previously handled by sole operator Michels Warren, who ...
23 Nov 2001
| by UPDESH KAPUR
-based Merlin Publicity, which has specialised in the food service
sector for ten years, has clients including ...
Nestle has appointed Merlin Publicity after a four-way pitch to
beef up the promotion of its ...
, will involve liaising with
trade publications, food wholesalers and retailers to promote the food
giant ...