18 Jun 2004
| by Anthony Hilton, City commentator on London's Evening Standard, anthony.hilton@haynet.com
Headhunters do not agree on much - theirs is the bitchiest of professions - but they all share a common belief that image is everything. The firm that is fashionable gets the instructions, and success breeds success.
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 ...
09 Apr 2004
At a time when the relationship between some companies and their City investors and analysts...codes have taken their toll on relations between companies and the City. In an attempt to halt ...
that better comms between CEOs and the City was the answer.
In a joint statement after the talks, CBI ...
of communication open.
This was backed up by the release of a report, carefully timed to coincide with the City ...
27 Feb 2004
| by Tom Williams
City journalists say financial PR does not affect their judgement of companies, according....
But a chat with some of the City's scribblers can be very revealing about how this relationship does ...
highly on the horizons of most City and business journalists, it is clear that few could do without it. Evening Standard City news desk editor James Armitage freely admits the advantages of working with a ...
10 Jun 2004
| by Joe Lepper,
LONDON – A Department of Trade and Industry probe into the City Slickers share-dealing scandal...'s City Slickers column.
In a statement, Morgan said: "I have been notified by the DTI that I have been completely cleared of any wrongdoing in respect of the City Slickers shares affair.
"I cooperated fully ...
be cleared."
However, the results of the investigation were not such good news for former City Slickers ...
18 Jun 2004
| by Sarah Robertson and Tom Williams
Tech agency Lewis PR is launching an investor relations division to be led by former Scottish Telecom head of corporate comms Claire Rowberry.
17 Sep 2004
| by Jeremy Lee
The City has given WPP's acquisition of Grey Global a lukewarm response....Alex de Groote, a media analyst at Credit Agricole, said analysts were initially worried that WPP would pay too much for Grey - an asset that some institutions thought it did not need - and this had led to a weakness in WPP's shares.
However, the £729 million price for Grey was lower than the City had ...
18 Jun 2004
| by Tom Williams
City analysts do not want more information on companies' corporate social responsibility policies
18 Jun 2004
Creston, the marcoms group that bought Nelson Bostock Communications last October, has this week posted a 130 per cent increase in pre-tax profits.
18 Jun 2004
What Investment? editor Sally Wright is set to quit the personal finance magazine and join financial services shop Quill Communications.