26 Jan 2001
Grayling HealthCare PR has been appointed by the British Lung Foundation to work on a new awareness campaign. The agency won the account following a three-way pitch - beating incumbent of 15 years, Munro and Forster Communications. Grayling HealthCare CEO Peter Holden will lead a team of five and report...
26 Jan 2001
The British Dental Association has hired the former editor of Modern Labour magazine, Jo Tanner, as a permanent officer in its press and parliamentary department. The appointment has been made in anticipation of the general election later this year. She will report to department head Kate Cinamon and...
26 Jan 2001
John Fogg has been appointed as director of communications at The Scout Association, the UK's largest co-educational voluntary youth movement, which represents over 10,000 Scout groups. He replaces Jane Gisbert, who has left the organisation but is not thought to have taken a new job yet. Fogg steps...
26 Jan 2001
The national volunteering charity Community Service Volunteers (CSV) has made two senior appointments to boost its fundraising and events operations. Catherine Wardell has joined as head of fundraising from the Royal National Institute for the Blind, where she was donor development manager for four...
26 Jan 2001
The Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) is seeking a PR manager following the departure of Arvin Salwan. Salwan, a former journalist, is taking a similar position at business portal Work24 - a joint venture between The Royal Bank of Scotland and Scottish Power. He has been at the SQA since 1998,...
26 Jan 2001
Human Focus Return To Work, the Manchester-based healthcare firm dedicated to helping people suffering from neck and back pain to return to work, has appointed Manchester City Press to handle its PR. City Press MD Charles Tattersall will report to Human Focus MD Andrew Pemberton. The agency won the...
25 Jan 2001
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19 Jan 2001
Anna Feuchtwang is to join the Association of London Government in April as director of communications and public affairs. The umbrella organisation comprises the previous incarnation of the ALG, the Greater London Employer s Association, London Borough Grants, London Housing Unit and the Transport...
19 Jan 2001
The English Tourism Council has appointed Naomi Cohen as head of communications, replacing Robyn Griffiths-Jones who left last summer to freelance. Cohen joins from the National Council of Training and Enterprise Councils, where she was head of communications for 18 months. Prior to that she ran her...
19 Jan 2001
Influential think-tank and social welfare charity Carnegie UK Trust, has appointed recently-created strategic PR company, Martin Ardeney Associates, to handle all PR operations. The consultancy, set up by the former vice-president of public affairs at ICI of 11 years, Martin Ardeney, won the account...