19 Apr 2012
| by Maisie McCabe
PayPal, the online payment service owned by eBay, has appointed MPG Media Contacts to handle its £1...The agency, which picked up the business after a pitch, will work alongside Engine's Edwards Groom Saunders on executing a media plan to raise awareness of PayPal's services.
Carat previously handled media for PayPal, after winning the account in July 2010. Krow continues to handle PayPal's creative ...
19 Apr 2012
| by Matt Cartmell
to the bank's Annual Diversity Report 2011, which includes a plan to develop 'public relations material and stories to increase public awareness of the bank's inclusive and diverse workforce' in 2012.
However ...
17 Apr 2012
| by Matt Cartmell
Standard Life is seeking public affairs support as the insurance world faces up to fresh regulation.....
The threefold brief will cover public affairs in Brussels, London and Edinburgh, which is unchanged from ...
-ority, to look at the charges.
Standard Life s agency search is being led by head of public affairs Howard Davies, who joined in 2009 and was formerly senior public affairs manager at the Royal Bank of Scotland. ...
12 Apr 2012
| by Alec Mattinson
services specialist Cognito....an outstanding track record over two decades in advising financial services clients at a senior level, helping them manage their reputations and communicate their products and services.
We ve expanded rapidly ...
and dynamism to seize this opportunity.
Marshall added: Financial services is undergoing fundamental ...
04 Apr 2012
| by Alec Mattinson
MasterCard has appointed Frank PR to exploit the brand s UEFA Champions League sponsorship.
The pan-European brief will see Frank support MasterCard initiatives around the tournament, thought to include a football fan spending report.
The financial services giant has previously released a study ...
03 Apr 2012
| by Matt Cartmell
Barclays Bank has appointed Cicero Consulting to handle its public affairs brief, taking the big...The appointment, which follows a pitch process revealed by PRWeek , sees Cicero take on the unified role of handling Barclays group public affairs account alongside the existing work it does ...
Shandwick would continue to provide public affairs advice in Scotland.
Cicero has worked on Barclays ...
03 Apr 2012
| by Sara Kimberley
previously worked with a number of agencies across its insurance, investment and corporate services, including Albion, CMW, Engage Group and Glue Isobar, before the financial services giant decided ...
social media across its life cover and direct services insurance portfolio.
Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO ...
03 Apr 2012
| by Alec Mattinson
News broke over last weekend that the private equity arm of Canada's Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan wanted to buy the UK five-a-side soccer operator. Pelham has been called in on a project brief to advise the group on the potential acquisition, led by MD James Henderson and director of support services Clinton ...
02 Apr 2012
| by Matt Cartmell
An estimated 300,000 small business are thought to have been encouraged by their banks to enter into an IRSA, with many subsequently reporting high monthly penalty charges and excessive break charges.
Last month, the Financial Services Authority said it would look into the possibility that interest rate ...
29 Mar 2012
| by Alec Mattinson
division of UBS, Pawle is the chairman of Korn/Ferry Whitehead Mann's Board Services practice.
He said ...
advisory services.
Watson will maintain an advisory role with FTI Consulting, but will spend more time ...