The NHS Confederation is seeking to appoint a new parliamentary and public affairs officer after a recent audit revealed that members of the charity want it to provide a more focused and pro-active public affairs function. The Confederation was set up in 1997 to represent the interests of over 95 per...
Brian Conway has been promoted to the role of head of external relations of Birmingham International Airport. The appointment comes in the wake of the merger of the airport s public, media and political relations departments. Conway, previously the airport s public affairs manager, was appointed to...
The IPR has produced a booklet on PR for schools, in conjunction with the Times Educational Supplement, the BBC and Nottingham City Council.
Hackney Council has appointed James Flynn as its deputy head of communications.
Eastbourne Hospital is losing its press and PR manager, Kate Roe, to the City and Hackney Community Trust. She takes up the new position of director of communications next February, reporting to chief executive Averil Dongworth. The trust s human resources and communications adviser, Sharon Molineaux,...
Hastings Borough Council is looking for a new communications manager to replace Graham Capper who has left to become a press officer at the Department of Trade and Industry. With a budget of over pounds 30,000 the new appointee will handle all external relations, as well as the council s newsletter....
The Local Government Association (LGA) is setting up a communications advisory panel to assist its communications and public affairs head Phil Swann. The panel comprises 18 PR heads, including Peter Berry, assistant chief executive, marketing and communications, York City Council, Georgina Stanton,...
Surrey Heath Borough Council has brought its PR work back in-house with the appointment of Melanie Taylor as its first press and communications officer. The council has been using Aquila Public Relations. Now Taylor will take on press activity, some internal communications and council publications,...
Manchester 2002, the organising committee for the next Commonwealth Games, is looking for a sport and culture enthusiast to head up its public relations activities. This is the first in-house PR appointment, although local PR agency Mason Williams has been working on the pounds 60 million project since...
The Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) has appointed Trudi Harris as communications manager of its Peterborough office. The JNCC advises Government on nature conservation issues on behalf of English Nature, Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) and the Countryside Council for Wales (CCW). Harris...
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