04 May 2006
| by Ian Hall
Magellan PR has secured a contract to promote the Third Turtle Club, a planned luxury development in the Turks and Caicos Islands in the Caribbean.
15 Jul 2005
As the school summer holidays begin and people scour the press for last-minute vacation ideas, Tom Williams investigates what it takes for PROs to secure a prominent spot inside the major consumer travel magazines.
01 Jul 2005
| by Maja Pawinska
Campaign: Opening of Floridita and La Casa del Habano
Client: Floridita
PR team: Wild Card PR
Timescale: July 2004-March 2005
Budget pounds: 10,000-£25,000
Floridita and La Casa del Habano are two Cuban venues in London's Wardour Street. They opened in October 2004 as a joint venture between...
01 Jul 2005
| by Anthony Hilton, City commentator on London's Evening Standard, anthony.hilton@haynet.com
This Government has a reputation for spin and the presentation of policy too often seems to take precedence over its delivery. So it should not come as a shock to read documents filed in court as part of the Railtrack shareholders' action against the Government, which began on Monday.
01 Jul 2005
Co-operative Bank, noted for its strong ethical policies, took the moral high ground last week when it gave right-wing religious group Christian Voice its marching orders: 'Co-op shuts "anti-gay" group's account' (dehavilland.co.uk, 24 June).
01 Jul 2005
| by Ian Hall
Siobhan Kenny's Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) leaving bash was not short of 'Mickey Mouse move' ribbings. But her erstwhile civil service colleagues know she will be characteristically ambitious, professional and gunning for action when she starts her new job at the Walt Disney Corporation...
01 Jul 2005
| by Kate Nicholas, kate.nicholas@haynet.com
Hollywood PR titan Pat Kingsley could be excused for feeling pretty smug at the moment, watching from the sidelines as the Tom Cruise publicity machine begins to implode.
01 Jul 2005
Warwick District Council chief executive Janie Barrett will give a presentation on the council's media management during the Coventry Airport planning appeal at trade body LG Communications' workshop this month. The event takes place in Leamington Spa on 15 July.
01 Jul 2005
| by Dan Bloch
The National Lottery Commission is on the hunt for an agency to promote the competition for a new licence.
01 Jul 2005
Weber Shandwick Public Affairs has appointed Murray Stewart to reinvigorate its transport sector offering amid Transport Secretary Alistair Darling's wide-ranging proposals.