DC shops get ready as Hong Kong seeks US business
16 Dec 2002 | by Douglas Quenqua,
WASHINGTON - The government of Hong Kong will soon hear proposals from DC agencies hoping to take over its campaign to lure America's confidence and its business.
LONDON - Brunswick has won the hotly contested three-month pitch to retain its UK and US corporate PR account with British Airways - but has seen its fees slashed from £1m to less than £250,000 a year.
WASHINGTON - The government of Hong Kong will soon hear proposals from DC agencies hoping to take over its campaign to lure America's confidence and its business.
LONDON - BSkyB is staging a pitch for its UK consumer PR account as it bids to boost take-up of Sky Digital subscriptions in ABC1 households.
LONDON - Weber Shandwick has disbanded its UK corporate team and made managing director Tessa Curtis redundant.
LONDON - Nato is planning a communications push to boost the support it receives in the US.
LONDON - Reuters has hired headhunters Spencer Stuart to find a successor for its global corporate communications director Peter Thomas, who retires next February after 32 years with the firm.
LONDON - The Greater London Authority has hired Electoral Commission media and PR chief Andrew Nye to boost turnout at the 2004 elections.
WASHINGTON - The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy will invest nearly $100m (£65m) over the next year to convince 14- to 16-year-olds not to smoke marijuana.
LONDON - The leading figures behind a newly created breakaway political party of disaffected Tories will be unveiled in a PR push over Christmas.
LONDON - The government has handed 'council' status to branding authority Superbrands, the organisation announced last week.
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