14 Dec 2004
| by MediaWeek
? While the City chatters about the potential fate of the Interpublic Group, the McCann World group is still acquisitive. It was reported that the company has sealed a deal to acquire Boede and Partners, a US-based advertising group focussed on technology companies. Numbers, though, were ...
07 Dec 2004
| by MediaWeek
? Real Affinity, the listed marketing services group, was trading lower after it announced it had called of a deal last week. “Following the recent placing, Real Affinity has terminated discussions with the first of a series of acquisition opportunities it is currently evaluating,” the company said....
26 Nov 2004
PR campaign promoting the economic benefits that the City’s financial district brings to the country....for the whole of the UK, not just London.’
The City is promoted overseas by the corporation’s Lord Mayor ...
and intensify his visits to the UK’s ‘provincial towns and cities’, as well as undertake other PR activity ...
up a Brussels office in June to ensure City views are represented within the European Union (PRWeek ...
04 Aug 2004
City Guilds as head of group marketing....Moore replaces Jo Causon, who left the qualifications body in May to join brand consultancy Brandsmiths.
Moore's remit is to grow the business by meeting the needs for vocational qualifications and accelerate change within the group, completing the transformation of City Guilds into a market ...
19 May 2004
Tim Manson has joined Birmingham City Council as head of tourism and leisure. Manson, formerly
07 May 2004
| by MediaWeek
Metro International has launched its second newspaper in a week with a fifth edition for cities...in the city centre, university campus and its network of trams and buses. President and chief ...
Metro markets. “Metro’s presence in six of the latest cities in Europe ’s third ...
, Toulouse and Lille . Earlier this week, New York City became the latest US ...
02 Apr 2004
Their City Report 2004 showed a ‘yawning’ gap between investors and the country’s largest companies, half of which felt they maintained an effective dialogue with analysts. ‘There needs to be a different and better approach to communications with the City. This is a wake-up call for financial PR ...
10 Sep 2004
with the lawyers themselves. Legal teams are, after all, simply interpreting the regulations as they stand: 'City ...
will be the key issue for financial communicators.
THE VIRGIN MOBILE 'CONTRACT': CITY JOURNALISTS SPEAK OUT ...
22 Oct 2004
| by Joe Lepper
Salford City Council is spearheading a major PR push to overhaul the area’s image and promote its...themes: the city’s proximity to Manchester, its canal network and its Victorian heritage.
Lewis said: ‘The city has a pioneering role in urban living solutions – it was the first to have a public library ...
campaign to rid the city of its ‘poor’ image (PRWeek, 3 October 2003). ...
17 Sep 2004
| by Adam Hill
might be forgiven for thinking that Andrew Gowers had had his fill of City journalism. Far from it...As City landmarks go, the Financial Times building has a certain lack of charm; an identikit ...
to think of the FT as just a City brand is a mistake. Quite apart from a £3m relaunch in April 2003, the FT has invested heavily in its foreign editions.
'The City is where we come from but our UK circulation ...