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CONSUMER Unity has been hired by Orange to promote its RockCorps programme, which is aimed at inspiring young adults to take an active role in volunteer work by offering them exclusive gig tickets CORPORATE Discovery Networks UK has filled its director of corporate comms post with the appointment...
CITY AND CORPORATE Ailing Championship football club Sheffield Wednesday has brought in Square 1 Consulting as it looks for a prospective buyer. The agency is to highlight the club s search to find an investor. Reports suggest it will fetch in the region of 40m. AGENCY Eulogy has hired former...
AGENCY Simon Lancaster, Whitehall s longest serving speechwriter, has set up his own agency, named Bespoke Speechwriting Services. He most recently wrote for Health Secretary Alan Johnson. CONSUMER The Co-operative Insurance has handed a retained brief to Manchester-based MC2. The agency will...
TRAVEL Macau, the gambling centre of the east, is looking for agency support to drive tourism. The special administrative region of China wants to highlight its cultural attractions away from its gambling heritage. CONSUMER Gourmet Burger Kitchen has appointed Red Leaf PR to handle its national...
AGENCY Two ex-board directors of Herald Communications have launched a new consumer and trade agency called Honcho PR. The agency will use a team of experienced consultants working on a freelance basis. Charlotte Priest and Amanda Slayton-Joslin are behind the venture. CORPORATE Cruise and ferry...
CORPORATE Richard Bloch, former PR manager for Rank Interactive, has joined Betfair as head of PR for Betfair Poker. He is reviewing the firm s agency support ahead of September s European staging of the World Series of Poker. CONSUMER Shine Communications has been appointed to handle UK PR activity...
IN-HOUSE The Office of Fair Trading has bolstered its comms team with four hires. The most senior is Paul Latham, who joins as head of external relations. He is currently head of news at the CBI. CORPORATE Multibillion-pound US chemical giant DuPont has signed up specialist London agency Davies...
DIGITAL A social networking site for students is on the hunt for agency support. ClubGel.co.uk is holding a national street dance competition with 100,000 prize money. It wants an agency to raise national awareness of the site, with fees of up to 10,000. POLITICS The Labour party has a new head...
LONDON - GCap is continuing with the sale of its Xfm regional stations and has extended the deadline for bids until the end of April. The news is contrary to reports that while it is considering a takeover by Global Radio, that the sale of assets would have to be put on hold.
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