12 Dec 1997
| by IAN DARBY
Top building society Nationwide has won the Investors in People
Outstanding Practice Award for the quality of its communications with
its 14,000 employees.
05 Dec 1997
| by JEMIMAH BAILEY
Britain s largest trade union for managers and professionals, the
Manufacturing Science and Finance Union (MSF) has asked corporate and
political agency LSA to handle a review of its communications
activities.
21 Nov 1997
Alka Seltzer to Agfa firm Bayer has brought in Yorkshire Water s
head of public affairs Steven Painter as its new head of
communications.
21 Nov 1997
| by IAN DARBY
Pioneer Hi-Bred, the world s leading agricultural seed company and
a manufacturer of genetically modified food products, has appointed
Thierry Habotte to the newly created post of European communications and
public affairs manager.
14 Nov 1997
| by JULIETTE GARSIDE
French national newspaper Le Monde has appointed Christine Vos as
its first head of communications in a bid to attract new readers.
Reporting to the newspaper s deputy director Anne Chaussebourg, Vos will
organise and promote Le Monde s links with events, such as the Cannes
Film Festival. She has worked...
07 Nov 1997
| by JEMIMAH BAILEY
The UK Offshore Operators Association (UKOOA), which represents the
offshore oil and gas industry, has hired Steve Harris as its first
communications director. He joins from the Consumers Association, where
he was been communications director. One of Harris s first tasks will be
to recruit an assistant...
26 Sep 1997
Media group Pearson has appointed its first communications
director, poaching PowerGen s director of communications John Fallon to
take the post.
19 Sep 1997
| by IAN DARBY
GEC is creating the role of director of corporate communications,
as managing director George Simpson completes a strategic overhaul of
the defence and electronics group.
19 Sep 1997
| by IAN DARBY
US bank Citibank is seeking a president of corporate
communications, to be based in the UK, as it seeks to consolidate its
European public relations activity.
12 Sep 1997
| by KAREN DEMPSEY
Shell Oils - the business-to-business side of Shell UK - has
brought in Shandwick North to handle its internal communications.