28 Nov 1996
| by REBECCA DOWMAN
Construction giant RMC has appointed Iain McConnell as its first head of
corporate communications.
15 Nov 1996
| by JOHN-PIERRE JOYCE
ING Barings, the investment bank formed last year out of the collapsed
Barings Bank, is set to appoint its first head of corporate
communications before the end of this year.
25 Oct 1996
| by JOHN-PIERRE JOYCE
The Law Society has appointed Barbara Cahalane as its first director of
communications, ending a seven-month hiatus at the top of its public
relations machine.
11 Oct 1996
| by LEXIE GODDARD
The BBC s massive restructuring has created its first new communications
job.
27 Sep 1996
British Airways has revamped its in-house communications department
under four divisional heads as the company embarks on its pounds 1
billion worldwide cost cutting programme.
20 Sep 1996
| by REBECCA DOWMAN
Richard Spiegelberg, Merrill Lynch s long-standing communications chief
is to head a new communications team for the firm s international
private banking group.
16 Aug 1996
| by JOHN-PIERRE JOYCE
Bank of America, the third largest bank in the US, is reviewing its UK
PR account with Fleishman-Hillard, six months after Susan Grice joined
the bank as its first head of corporate affairs for Europe, Middle East
and Africa (PR Week, 8 March).
16 Aug 1996
Mondex International, the international franchising arm of the smartcard
system created as an alternative to cash, is hunting for an in-house
head of communications.
09 Aug 1996
| by JOHN-PIERRE JOYCE
Grand Metropolitan, the food and drinks giant, will have to wait until
autumn for a new group corporate communications director following the
departure of Mary Carroll.
12 Jul 1996
| by STEVE BEVAN
The British Air Line Pilots Association has brought in Union
Communications - the agency behind the anti-privatisation Save Our
Railways campaign - to handle media relations during its dispute with
British Airways.