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Richard Cann examines the appeal of ITV’s Today With Des And Mel as the lunchtime show prepares to do battle with Channel 4 chat-show icons Richard and Judy for one of the toughest times of the day, the 5pm slot
Companies on the global stage must ensure they can tailor messages to suit local markets, says Steve Hemsley
Standard Asset Management (SAM), the emerging-markets subsidiary of South African bank Standard Bank, has hired Penrose Financial to handle a PR push.
Wireless content delivery company iTouch has dropped GCG Hudson Sandler and hired ICIS for financial comms.
Marsh & McLennan, the world’s biggest insurance broker, came under attack in the US from combative American prosecutor Eliot Spitzer for misleading clients. It was accused of arranging ‘fake’ quotes for how much insurance would cost, and getting rebates from the firms with which the business was placed.
Omnicom financial and corporate PR shop Gavin Anderson has snapped up former Cubitt Consulting partner Fergus Wylie as the firm rejigs its management structure following the departure of UK chief executive Neil Bennett.
LONDON/NEW YORK: Porter Novelli director of UK healthcare Jo Fensome has quit to join Ogilvy PR Worldwide’s healthcare practice in New York.
Developing Patient Partnerships (DPP) has launched a PR push to help people better select which services to use when ill and to promote ongoing changes in the provision of NHS out-of-hours services.
Virgo Health PR has secured a global PR contract to promote Roche and GlaxoSmithKline’s pre-launch osteoporosis pill Bonviva.
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