19 Apr 2012
| by Hannah Crown
Utility companies have the lowest public reputation in corporate Britain, new research has revealed....RepTrak Pulse 2012, based on 10,000 interviews with UK consumers, found that public confidence in utility firms was lower than for any other sector.
British Gas, Scottish Power and Southern Water were all in the bottom 12 of the 262 UK firms graded for corporate reputation.
The utility sector ...
23 Feb 2012
| by John Owens
With debate continuing to rage over the future of the UK energy market, First Utility needed...Campaign: Challenging the UK Energy Status Quo Client: First Utility PR team: CubanEight Timescale: September-October 2011 Budget: 17,500
OBJECTIVES
To position First Utility as the leading challenger energy supplier
To drive traffic to First Utility's site as a starting point ...
04 Mar 2011
During a week in which British Gas announced record profits on the back of soaring winter fuel bills and EDF raised its prices, consumers' trust in energy firms is virtually non-existent.
The sector skills council for the energy and utility industries has appointed Oxfordshire...Energy and Utility Skills (EU Skills) has briefed Bottle PR to undertake a campaign that will focus on building the organisation's presence in the UK national media, as well as trade titles. EU ...
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The brief includes boosting brand awareness among employers in the energy and utility industries ...
Telecoms and energy start-up first:utility has brought in Firefly as it attempts to take...The agency will conduct a full consumer, trade and B2B campaign as first:utility brings its smart ...
out into ene rgy, and will launch nationally as first:utility in 2008. It supplies electricity, gas ...
-strong team at the London agency. Firefly has been briefed to differentiate first:utility from the big six ...
United Utilities has switched its public affairs account from FD-LLM to Fleishman-Hillard....-out for the business. The loss of the United Utilities account is a fresh blow for FD-LLM following a glut ...
Leviton and senior vice-president Ben Abbotts have all left the firm. United Utilities head of government ...
s public affairs function. United Utilities operates mainly in the North West, employs around 17,000 staff ...
22 Aug 2007
United Utilities has acted swiftly to plug the gaps in its lobbying operation, bringing in two new...officer at United Utilities. Both will report to head of government affairs William Parkes, who joined ...
08 Aug 2007
| by David Singleton
Two senior members of United Utilities' three-strong public affairs team have left to start...papers. At United Utilities, they reported to head of government affairs Will Parkes, who joined ...
s exit leaves United Utilities with just one full-time public affairs person Parkes at a critical ...
21 Mar 2007
| by David Singleton
The head lobbyist at Transport for London is joining United Utilities as head of government affairs....at TfL, most recently as head of government and stakeholder relations. At United Utilities he will report ...
who do not pay their water and electricity bills. United Utilities is also calling for changes ...
it was an interesting time to be joining the sector . One of his first tasks will be working on United Utilities ...
28 Sep 2006
| by Ravi Chandiramani
Utilities' top lobbyist James Sheward to be head of public affairs....technologies.
United Utilities is now on the hunt for Sheward's replacement. His exit follows that of PA ...
been United Utilities head of PA since November 2000, during which time he led a company ‘taskforce ...
for United Utilities call centre business Vertex.
Before that he worked as government relations manager ...