Secretary of State for Wales Paul Murphy has named Alan Cummins as his new press secretary. Cummins, who takes up the post within the next three months, was previously the chief press officer for the Welsh National Assembly. Since last year, his role at the assembly has included being official...
The Local Government Association (LGA) is restructuring its communications unit. For the first time, it will merge its press and public affairs functions. A head of press and public affairs role, as well as an extra PRO post have been created. The new team will continue to be headed by director...
Government PR expert Fiona Dick has been named as press secretary to Lord Neill's Parliamentary Committee on Standards in Public Life. She was previously deputy director of the government information and communication service's development centre, which trains and recruits government PROs. The...
Merseyside Regional Ambulance Service has appointed Sarah Jones as its first communications manager. She joins from Cheshire-based agency M&M Associates, which specialises in health service work. Jones's role was created to link external and internal communications functions at the service for...
RSPCA head of press Charlotte Morrissey has announced she is to leave the charity after eight years. Morrissey, who joined as a press officer before being promoted to head of press in 1998, is to become a freelance consultant based in Dublin. At the RSPCA she heads a 22-strong team, including...
The Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) has named Joanne Shurvell as its director of communications. She joins next week from consumer website mytaxi.com, where she was head of marketing. Shurvell will head a five-strong team and report to director Philip Dodd. She replaces Kathryn Kelly, who...
badly as the others is The Guardian, which tends to carry a lot of public sector recruitment ...
had to put its external media and marketing contracts out to tender when public sector elements such ...
Devon County Council has taken on agency help to spearhead its Tourism Recovery Plan, which aims to bring back holidaymakers to the area in the wake of the foot and mouth epidemic. Kaizo was appointed to handle the pounds 150,000 account after a five-way pitch and begins work on the six-month...
Third world development group, the International Tax and Investment Organisation (ITIO) has named APCO as its PR agency across Europe. APCO senior associate Ben Coleman heads a team of three and reports to Lynette Eastmond, ITIO secretariat director. The organisation, which helps small and developing...
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