PUBLIC SECT0R: Southwark comms chief joins public sector PR firm
30 Nov 2001 | by JOE LEPPER
January to join public sector specialist consultancy Marina Pirotta Communications. MPC ...
Client: Preston Borough Council PR Team: In-house Campaign: Tower block demolition Timescale: April - November Budget: 5,000 To make way for redevelopment, Preston council had to raze 1960s tower blocks that used to house 600 people. Objectives The PR strategy for the...
January to join public sector specialist consultancy Marina Pirotta Communications. MPC ...
In-house PR departments at public sector bodies and blue-chips have replaced agencies as the ...
Uncertainty is set to continue for the London Borough of Enfield's troubled PR team. The team has already been without key senior staff for most of the year and was the subject of a damning government report into its operations. The council has now revealed that a full-scale review...
The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham's communications team is set to double in size as part of a raft of measures to improve communications. Both an internal review and a Best Value inspection this year concluded that more needed to be done to improve the council's corporate identity...
Luton Borough Council has launched a PR offensive to divert international media interest from pro-Taliban and anti-US Muslims in the area. The step was taken after two Luton men, Afzal Munir and Aftab Manzoor, were killed last month in Afghanistan, allegedly fighting for the Taliban....
Veteran gay rights activist Peter Tatchell is to launch a fresh campaign strategy next year. Tatchell is keen to veer away from concentrating on his high-profile gay rights campaigns and broaden his work to include all global human rights issues. The decision comes as a charity,...
YORKSHIRE: East Riding of Yorkshire Council has been named Yorkshire and Lincolnshire PR team of the year in this year's Institute of Public Relations Cream Awards scheme. The team is headed by communications and PR manager Simon Taylor.
WORLD VISION: Development charity World Vision has created the post of in-house journalist, recruiting former Western Mail reporter Jan Butter to the role. Butter is tasked with promoting the Christian charity among national print journalists. World Vision operates poverty relief projects in...
LANCASHIRE: Lancashire County Council is on the hunt for a PR agency to handle a road safety campaign, whichlaunches on 21 November. Three agencies are understood to be involved in the pitch. The successful agency will report to head of corporate communications Lindsey MacFarlane.