17 Dec 2001
| by Staff,
LONDON - London News Radio, which owns London talk-based stations LBC and News Direct, has been put
14 Dec 2001
| by HOLLY WILLIAMS
Burson-Marsteller this week announced the final line-up of its
London management after 18 months of restructuring.
UK CEO Allan Biggar claimed the latest reorganisation signals the end of
an overhaul that began when he took the post in April.
He said: 'There's been a series of changes ...
14 Dec 2001
EDUCATION: The College of North East London has appointed former
London Borough of Haringey deputy head of press Alex Louis as its first
communications and marketing manager. She reports to director of
marketing and enterprise Pat Edwards and is tasked with building a PR
function.
...
LONDON - Rupert Murdoch is to take on Associated Newspaper's free Metro newspaper and its paid...that being paid by Associated.
Like Robert Maxwell's London Daily News in the 1980s, the plan ...
pulled the plug on the London Daily News .
Murdoch has deeper pockets than Maxwell, but what he will not be able to do is win the Metro 's key London Underground contract. Associated has signed a long ...
07 Dec 2001
Advertising group Cordiant is axing a further 400 jobs across the
world and has slashed its profit forecasts and issued its third profit
warning in a year.
Cordiant operations in Britain, which include Bates UK, will not be
affected by the cuts, which will hit offices in the US, Europe,...
07 Dec 2001
| by ALLISON GILES
London's local government regime has lost its second high-profile
PR chief after only a few months in the job.
Colin Douglas, director of communications at Transport for London -
which ...
for mayor Ken
Livingstone's PR machine when Greater London Authority director of
communications ...
07 Dec 2001
HARINGEY: The London Borough of Haringey has beefed up its internal
communications function. The council, which has come under criticism at
the inquiry into the death of child abuse victim Victoria Climbie
(PRWeek, 12 October), has created internal communications manager and
information ...
05 Dec 2001
| by Allison Giles,
LONDON - London's local government regime has lost its second high-profile PR chief after only a...Colin Douglas, director of communications at Transport for London -- which is currently embroiled ...
Livingstone's PR machine when Greater London Authority director of communications Charlotte Rowe announced her ...
over until a permanent replacement is found.
Meanwhile, the investment promoter the London ...
03 Dec 2001
| by Jennifer Whitehead,
LONDON - Scottish Media Group has expanded its poster division with the acquisition of Town 600,000....-sheet poster market, while Town & District owns 146 48-sheet sites, half of which are in London.
Naren ...
entry point into the London 48-sheet market. We intend to use this small but significant base to grow ...
company. It recently launched what it called the "Gucci of poster sites" -- London Premieres with a ...
30 Nov 2001
Ken Livingstone's Greater London Authority has shortlisted BMP DDB,
Soul and Euro RSCG Wnek Gosper for a press and poster campaign aimed at
convincing residents that environmental standards in the capital are
improving.
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