IN-HOUSE The Campaign to Protect Rural England has appointed Dan McLean as director of comms. McLean is a former international comms manager at Help the Aged. CONSUMER Iconic insurance brand Sheila s Wheels has brought in Mischief PR on a six-month consumer and trade account. Mischief already works...
AGENCY WPP s third quarter results showed an 11 per cent jump in revenues from public relations and public affairs to 157.3m. Group revenues as a whole grew 4.9 per cent lower than expected. CORPORATE Walt Disney has promoted PR director for UK and emerging markets Joss Hastings to executive...
CONSUMER Troubled high-street retailer JB Sports has brought in Mere PR for a national campaign to position it as serious about sports . The agency will raise awareness of the existing 400 stores across the UK. CONSUMER Bray Leino is to promote Caribbean Rum throughout the UK, Spain and Italy after...
IN HOUSE The BBC is to spread the head of press role for BBC1 across the heads of press for other channels after Jane Fletcher resigned last week. Until an interim replacement is announced, Fletcher s job will be covered by BBC2 s Laura Dumbrell, BBC3 s Tessa Matchett and Kate Toft, and BBC4 s Emma...
CITY Russian steel giant Severstal has brought in FD to advise on a hostile approach for London-listed gold-mining firm Celtic Resources. The agency was hired after Celtic rejected Severstal s initial bid last week. CONSUMER Iconic US footwear brand Steve Madden has enlisted Frank PR as it launches...
CORPORATE Fishburn Hedges has hired Jan Kewley for a newly created role heading brand engagement. Kewley joins on 1 October from design consultancy Landor Associates, where she was head of brand engagement. CONSUMER PCPR has been taken on to promote a collaboration between Lloyds TSB, classical...
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PRWEEK AWARDS The magazine is still seeking final nominations for the PR Professional of the Year 2007 award. Candidates must be practising comms professionals, preferably in an in-house role, who have performed outstandingly in the past 12 months. The winner will be decided by a panel of judges and...
CONSUMER Facebook has whittled its initial list of 12 potential PR agencies down to a shortlist of five. The social networking site is expected to appoint an agency in the next week. AGENCY Chime Communications has posted an operating profit up 21.8 per cent to 7.3m for the first half of this...
CORPORATE Automotive giant BMW UK is on the hunt for its first digital PR manager for its BMW and MINI brands. Corporate comms manager Mark Harrison said the hire would be a first for the UK automotive industry . VOLUNTARY Dignity in Dying, the assisted dying campaigner, has appointed Equal Opportunities...
