STOP PRESS: BBC Birmingham appoint manager
29 Nov 2002
MEDIA: BBC Birmingham has appointed Andy Pike as press and PR manager. He joins next week from the
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CLARIFICATION: Martin Spurrier did not leave Weber Shandwick to join Edelman as EV-P (Asia-Pacific) as stated in our article (News, p6) of 15 November. He had already left WS at the time of the appointment.
MEDIA: BBC Birmingham has appointed Andy Pike as press and PR manager. He joins next week from the
is due to launch next summer. Shine will also run the press office for Polaroid, which shut its
CONSUMER: Lever Faberge has appointed Cow Communications to handle PR for fabric conditioner Comfort. Cow, which handled PR for the brand on a project basis earlier this year, won a two-way pitch with incumbent Cairns Associates for the core Comfort remit.
FINANCIAL: Reuters corporate communications manager Adrian Duffield has quit to join College Hill Associates as a partner. Duffield's appointment was part of a recruitment drive of senior staff, with three or four 'senior players' joining in the near future, according to partner Dick Millard.
FINANCIAL: Infrastructure, environmental and safety services firm Peterhouse Group has replaced financial PR shop Binns Co with Buchanan Communications. Buchanan director Tim Anderson leads a three-strong account team.
MERGER: Charles Consultants and STMP Marketing Solutions have merged to form Northbank Communications, which will offer a full service focusing on the science sector. The merger involves investment by creative services management consultancy Pembridge. Charles Consultants managing partner Sue Charles...
SERVICES: The London Stock Exchange's company news service RNS has launched a webcasting offer to help firms communicate with investors. The service claims to allow companies to reach over 65,000 investment decision-makers.
TECHNOLOGY: Business and tech consultancy Sapient, which employs over 1,500 staff worldwide, has turned to the Weber Group Europe for PR in the UK. Weber won a three-way pitch to handle issues response campaigns, media and analyst relations.
TECHNOLOGY: The joint MDs of UK tech agency Rainier have completed an MBO from US parent group Rainier Corporation. London MDs Stephen Waddington and Steve Earl, who set up the UK agency in 1998, have now renamed the firm Rainier PR.