15 Dec 1995
| by DOMINIC MILLS
In my job, I get to see rather more media research than a sane man
ought. It usually comes in two categories: the irrelevant ( Hey,
Dominic, we ve got some really interesting research which proves that 77
per cent of all millionaires subscribe to the Big Issue and we d like to
offer it exclusively to...
14 Dec 1995
| by HARRIET MARSH
PR disasters over its part-time staff, media coverage of BSE health
fears and now a major disagreement over creative strategy among Burger
King s top executives. 1995 hasn t been too kind to the fast-food chain.
Harriet Marsh reports
14 Dec 1995
| by DRAYTON BIRD
We re all familiar with those philosophical disputes conducted among the
more retarded members of society that go rather like: Man United is the
best f***ing football team in the f***ing country , No it f***ing
isn t , Yes it f***ing is , and so on.
08 Dec 1995
From Robert Phillips and Jackie Cooper, founding partners Jackie Cooper
PR, London W1
08 Dec 1995
| by AMANDA HALL
Ofgas director-general Clare Spottiswoode has told PR Week she will
consider an investigation into claims that an anonymous campaign is
being waged against independent gas company United Gas, if issues of
competition are shown to be at stake.
08 Dec 1995
| by LEXIE GODDARD
Top accountancy firm KPMG Peat Marwick is poised to hire one or more PR
firms to run an estimated six-figure PR programme strengthening the
identity of its management consultancy arm in the UK.
08 Dec 1995
| by JOHN-PIERRE JOYCE
SmithKline Beecham, the Anglo-American pharmaceuticals giant, is hunting
for a financial PR consultancy in the UK to plug a gap in its media
relations capability.
08 Dec 1995
A coalition led by The Rank Organisation and London First is to spend an
estimated pounds 30,000 to pounds 40,000 over two months on lobbying for
a bill to put Britain permanently on Summer Time.
08 Dec 1995
| by STEVE BEVAN
Whirlpool, the US white goods giant has appointed Julian Oliver, general
manager of Edelman in Brussels and managing director of its European
public affairs group, as its first European head of communications.