Stokoe moves to Fire Brigade

Matt Cartmell, PR Week UK, Friday, 12 March 2010, 12:00am,

Local Government Association head of news Richard Stokoe is set to take the top comms job at the body overseeing the London Fire Brigade.

Stokoe will join the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority in May as head of comms.

He will oversee a department of 34 comms staff covering press, events, internal and online comms, public affairs, marketing and in-house design functions for the brigade.

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