Comms titles lead debuts
23 Mar 2000 | by MediaWeek
Comms titles lead debuts
Electricity and gas company Powergen has reshaped its communications function ahead of its acquisition next month of US concern LG&E.
Japanese motor manufacturer Nissan has appointed a new UK corporate affairs director.
Land Rover has appointed two senior recruits to strengthen its global communications team in the wake of its takeover by Ford in April.
Barclays has radically reshaped its communications department, creating new levels of senior PR management but slashing up to 50 communications jobs.
The Food Standards Agency - set up in April to allay public fears in the wake of the BSE crisis - has appointed Neil Martinson as its first director of communications.
Management consultancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers is set to challenge established financial PR agencies with the launch later this year of a dedicated strategic communications practice.
SAN FRANCISCO: Technology PR specialist Applied Communications has been named as the fastest organically growing PR agency in the world by the Council of Public Relations Firms.
The UK arm of Lockheed Martin, the world s largest military aerospace group with global sales of over pounds 16 billion, has taken on its first director of communications.