11 Dec 1998
| by SOPHIE BARKER
Trudi Harris has been appointed to head a new UK and EU
communication drive for the Joint Nature Conservation Committee, not the
country agencies English Nature, Scottish Natural Heritage and the
Countryside Council for Wales, which have their own in-house PR function
(PR Week, 4 Dec 1998).
11 Dec 1998
| by SOPHIE BARKER
account. FH will
promote the law firm in the UK financial and general press and the
international media...account. FH will
promote the law firm in the UK financial and general press and the
international ...
11 Dec 1998
| by SOPHIE BARKER
Scandinavian IT firm EC Soft has selected Key Communications to
handle its UK media relations. Key, which won the account after a
competitive pitch last month, will promote the firm in the business and
IT sectors.
11 Dec 1998
| by SOPHIE BARKER
Marks and Spencer Financial Services has hired Positive Profile on
a retainer to work on the company s unit trust reports. Positive Profile
previously worked for M s financial services arm on a two-month
project redesigning the reports.
11 Dec 1998
| by SOPHIE BARKER
Women s sports gain less than five per cent of sports coverage in
the broadcast and print media, according to a survey published this week
by Nottingham Trent University. The research found the Sun gave over
only 0.5 per cent of its sports pages to women s sports, while ITV had
no coverage at all.
11 Dec 1998
| by SOPHIE BARKER
QBO founder Quentin Bell this month became the seventh advisory
board member of business TV and video production company Fifth World.
Bell is the first PR professional on the board and will advise on
projects including a programme series on communicating business success
and failure which is being made...
11 Dec 1998
| by SOPHIE BARKER
IT PR specialist Johnson King PR has been hired to handle corporate
PR for telecom company Satellite Media Services. Johnson King won the
pounds 50,000 fee account last week after a non-competitive pitch. The
agency will promote the company s satellite communications network,
which use the internet...
11 Dec 1998
| by SOPHIE BARKER
PricewaterhouseCoopers is recruiting two internal communications
managers following the merger of Price Waterhouse and Coopers and
Lybrand this year. The first post covers staff publications and will
involve leading a team of four to establish an editorial policy across
print and electronic media. The...
11 Dec 1998
| by SOPHIE BARKER
PR Week s fourth annual Communicating Business Strategy
conference is being held on Thursday 21 January at The Dorchester. The
theme is Your People as Brand Evangelists and will be chaired by Will
Whitehorn of Virgin Management. Call Tania Cassell on 0171 413 4116 for
details.
11 Dec 1998
| by KATHY GREENE
Eastbourne Hospital is losing its press and PR manager, Kate Roe,
to the City and Hackney...Eastbourne Hospital is losing its press and PR manager, Kate Roe,
to the City and Hackney ...