24 Jun 2011
| by Alec Mattinson
The man at the centre of BP's PR operation for over 20 years is to join the advisory group of City...Roddy Kennedy, BP's head of media until retirement in 2009, will advise
Powerscourt's clients ...
to have been drafted back in by BP during the
height of the Deepwater Horizon disaster to advise on comms. Powerscourt
has worked with the board of BP since 2006. ...
A year after the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster, BP's reputation shows no sign of recovering...on BP's reputation, new research finds.
PRWeek/OnePoll's latest survey of more than 2,000 members of the UK public found that 93 per cent said the oil spill had been damaging or very damaging to BP's reputation. But despite this, 86 per cent of respondents had not boycotted any BP products.
Fifty per cent ...
06 Nov 1998
| by IAN DARBY
BP gained more favourable press coverage than any other UK company
in the third quarter...BP gained more favourable press coverage than any other UK company
in the third quarter of the year.
Following the announcement of its merger with Amoco, BP scored a
positive rating of 625 according to PressWatch Quarterly s survey of
1,173 companies.
Next was Ford which gained a score ...
16 Jun 2010
As BP grapples with the ongoing problem of stemming the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, new...A BP remains embroiled in the catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, new research shows ...
,000 members of the public quizzed in PRWeek/OnePoll's latest survey said they did not think BP had done ...
. And 69 per cent of respondents believe BP should take full responsibility for the spill. However ...
05 Mar 2004
Merchant Retail Group, the mid-cap company that owns The Perfume Shop chain, has dropped Beattie Financial for Bell Pottinger Corporate & Financial after a pitch.
06 Dec 2006
| by Hannah Marriott
Former Sunday Telegraph City editor George Trefgarne has joined BP as director of media...and The Spectator .
BP is under scrutiny for its environmental practices. Earlier this year, a corroded transit ...
08 Jun 2006
B-P won the contract, believed to be worth around £250,000, after a competitive pitch against undisclosed major agencies.
Its first project will be to represent the company at the Farnborough International Air Show in July.
It also represents Dubai-based airline Emirates. ...
08 Nov 2007
| by Clare O'Connor
BP has restructured its communications department in the wake of Anji Hunter's resignation....her time at BP. BP has decided not to hire an external replacement for Hunter. Instead, deputy comms director David Bickerton will step into her role. Rather than replace Ware, BP has changed its reporting structure, removing a layer , according to BP chief spokesman Roddy Kennedy. All comms heads, including ...
Greenpeace has launched a new PR drive against BP by calling it 'senile' in an advert...in London tonight. Greenpeace hopes the advert, and concurrent media coverage, will put pressure on BP ...
justice group Platform, asks if BP is going senile after 100 years. In December last year, Greenpeace campaigners were ejected from BP's London headquarters after trying to present the oil company with the first ...
BP's media head is soon to hang up his hard hat, but has finally decided to be interviewed about...years defending one of the world s most scrutinised companies. But when BP head of media Roddy Kennedy ...
bec ause he is ent ering his final year at BP bef ore handing over the reins. I do not believe PR ...
been worth a few pence on the BP share price down the years. Roddy is a great professional and a dec ...