08 Mar 2012
| by Alec Mattinson
last year. Critics claim the instruments lack transparency and have been mis-sold to retail investors. ...
13 Feb 2012
| by Alec Mattinson
Pelham Bell Pottinger has hired World Retail Congress' Ian McGarrigle as director and promoted...McGarrigle was director of the World Retail Congress. He has worked in business-to-business journalism, publishing and event organising for the retail industry for more than 20 years, in particular with Retail Week, Retail Solutions, Retail Interiors, Retail World and the World Retail Congress and Awards ...
09 Feb 2012
| by Alec Mattinson
Tulchan Communications has appointed retail analyst Katharine Wynne as a consultant....She will join on 20 February from Investec, where she was a sell-side analyst covering the UK retail sector.
Previously she spent 12 years at Merrill Lynch (now Bank of America Merrill Lynch) where she covered general retailers and became head of the general retail sector team.
Neil Duffy ...
17 Jan 2012
| by Alec Mattinson
Mobile phone retailer Phones4u has appointed MHP Communications to handle its financial PR.
17 Jan 2012
| by Alec Mattinson
Tulchan won the account, which Finsbury had held for close to a decade, via a competitive pitch. It is thought that around six City agencies took part in the process.
Tulchan has already handled the corporate and financial PR for Permira portfolio retailer New Look, having picked up the account from ...
11 Jan 2012
| by Danny Rogers
for further budget cuts as retailers go bust and household incomes are squeezed.
The attack on boardroom ...
10 Jan 2012
| by Alec Mattinson
and Bradford Bingley last year, combined its retail and corporate banking PR and CSR work into one single ...
previously worked with Santander to handle its commercial and retail banking, while Grayling formerly managed ...
the brand s involvement in corporate Britain. Santander has made notable strides in retail banking ...
16 Dec 2011
and retailers
- To pinpoint Barclaycard/Barclays as the industry leader in contactless payment.
Strategy ...
day outside one of Barclays' retail partner's outlets, EAT, in London's Soho Square ...
audiences we needed to reach - from shoppers and retailers to the wider payments industry.
Red tackled ...
13 Dec 2011
| by Nikki Wicks
The news comes as Sainsbury s announces that its current director of corporate affairs, Mark Rigby, will be leaving the retail giant after three years to pursue other interests . Cole, who was formerly managing director of Freud s corporate practice , will join Sainsbury s in January. Rigby will continue at the firm ...
06 Dec 2011
| by Alec Mattinson
Bigg.
Howard was previously retail comms director at Lloyds Banking Group, where he was responsible for all comms within its retail business. His role covered the Lloyds TSB, Halifax and Bank of Scotland ...
advised the retail CEO and board on internal comms and engaging employees during the largest financial ...