'As the Millennium Dome opened its doors to the public this week, its corporate sponsors were among those waiting eagerly for the country's reaction.' So wrote Marketing in its first issue of the year. As 2000 draws to a close, do we really know what that reaction has been?
There was much punching of the air at Manchester's Redman Jones agency after Morecambe FC's giant-killing act in the FA Cup last Saturday, when the Conference side succeeded in dumping second division Cambridge United out of the competition. The agency, which emerged out of the former Stowe Bowden...
Legacy, the Government s preferred bidder to buy the Millennium Dome, has hired Bell Pottinger Public Affairs to handle all press relations surrounding the handover of the beleaguered Greenwich attraction.
Nintendo of Europe (NOE) has hired its first head of PR, Shelly Friend.
British Nuclear Fuels is seeking fresh PR talent following the resignation of its board level public affairs director, Colin Duncan.
Germany s national airline Lufthansa has scrapped its UK head of PR role to consolidate European communications in Brussels.
Kevin Bell has ousted Peter Bingle as managing director of public affairs consultancy GPC's London operation.
Financial PR experts are raising fears over a new EU ruling on company takeovers which could render hostile bids impossible.
The Scottish arm of the IPR has made submissions to the Holyrood parliament s standards committee on the regulation of lobbyists. The IPR favours a voluntary code of conduct based on self-regulation, but made clear it would co-operate fully with statutory regulation if that is what Parliament decides.
The Government s Communications White Paper spelled out the formation of industry regulator, Ofcom, and a consumer panel to advise it. The Paper calls for the industry to propose a code of practice, and pledges to publicise the code so consumers know their rights and what to do if they are dissatisfied.
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