22 Oct 1999
| by DAVID MCCORMACK And REBECCA FLASS
The Forensic Science Service (FSS), the commercially operated
branch of the Home Office handling techniques such as DNA
finger-printing, is expanding its PR team. Communications head Rob Smith
is to recruit his first press officer outside London into the Birmingham
office in a bid to improve the strength...
22 Oct 1999
| by DAVID MCCORMACK And REBECCA FLASS
Northamptonshire Health Authority has upgraded its key senior
communications role to media relations manager. The new role will be to
co-ordinate PR across the five healthcare trusts and six primary care
groups in the county.
22 Oct 1999
| by JENNY WATTS
The British public, and particularly the men, have thrown up a
selection of surprisingly low...The British public, and particularly the men, have thrown up a
selection of surprisingly low scores in this month s People s Jury,
demonstrating just how hard it is for advertisers to get it right.
The only high-scorer to buck the trend is TBWA GGT Simons Palmer s
Cadbury s Dairy Milk commercial. A ...
22 Oct 1999
| by RICHARD EDWARDS
issue of safety, but the
appointment comes at a time when public faith in the rail network ...
advice and monitoring for the transport sector. He was also policy and
parliamentary affairs director ...
, he admits that there is a tough PR challenge
ahead to shift negative public perceptions.
...
22 Oct 1999
| by MARY COWLETT
.
The task involves more than simply convincing the general public to buy
shares, as Dewe Rogerson was so successful in doing with British
Gas.
The BNFL sell-off is not even about convincing the public ...
to convince the public
that their safety will come first even after 49 per cent of the
company s shares ...
22 Oct 1999
| by JULIETTE GARSIDE
Is being or having a spin doctor really that bad these days?
The Hinckle and Bosworth Borough Council in Leicestershire seems to
think so. A recent job ad suggested that the organisation is terrified
of having some power-crazed publicity supremo stalking its corridors and
dictating ...
22 Oct 1999
| by MARY COWLETT
.
The campaign for Britain in Europe has suffered many false starts and
was originally conceived to win public ...
. In principle, all sides are
also in favour of a public consultation. It is just a question of
when ...
they are actually prepared to dispute in a public forum.
...
22 Oct 1999
| by Our Parliamentary correspondent
on children earlier this year.
Tory leaders are confident of mobilising public opinion against what ...
charities display such reticence. Compassion fatigue among
the public has forced them to hire marketing ...