30 Mar 2001
| by HOLLY WILLIAMS
Siemens is overhauling its UK in-house and external PR requirements
as part of a full communications review.
Director of corporate communications Fionnuala Tennyson confirmed the
company is currently assessing its PR agency needs with a possible view
to slashing the UK roster from three...
30 Mar 2001
London Underground is on the hunt for a communications planning
manager as part of a PR reshuffle ahead of its partnership with Mayor
Ken Livingstone's Transport for London.
LU director of communications Tony Maguire said the appointment will
complete the team reshuffle, which was sparked...
30 Mar 2001
| by DAVID MCCORMACK
Boots the Chemists has promoted Jayne Mayled to the newly-created
role of director of communications.
The role means that for the first time consumer, internal, trade and
professional communications are the responsibility of one individual.
The position is also in charge of customer relations....
30 Mar 2001
The Competition Commission (CC) has drafted in PR consultancy
Smithfield Financial to provide PR support for its inquiry into the
controversial proposed merger between Lloyds TSB and Abbey National.
Smithfield, headed by chairman John Antcliffe, is working on a UK
project brief to raise...
30 Mar 2001
| by JOE LEPPER
Invest.UK, the government agency responsible for encouraging
foreign firms to invest billions of pounds in Britain, has appointed GCI
London to handle its PR.
This is the first time Invest. UK has appointed external PR help. GCI,
awarded after a three-way pitch, will support a ten-strong...
30 Mar 2001
| by KATE BARRY
Public sector PROs are still losing out to their private sector
counterparts in the salary stakes.
According to the 2001 PRWeek/Median Recruitment Salary Survey, the
average wage of almost pounds 30,000 for a public sector PRO trails the
private sector equivalent by almost pounds 8,000....
30 Mar 2001
| by CHRIS SCOTT
Singapore Airlines is reviewing its most senior European PR post
after pan-European corporate affairs head Derek Mellor's decision to
take over as general manager of the airline's Spanish operation.
The departure comes just four months after Mellor made his first move
into PR when appointed...
30 Mar 2001
| by HOLLY WILLIAMS
Biotech group Cambridge Antibody Technology (CAT) has awarded a
pan-European account to City PR firm Square Mile BSMG.
The account was won following a four-way competitive pitch, including
four-year incumbent HCC De Facto.
CAT, which has a pounds 500m market cap, has tasked Square...
30 Mar 2001
| by JOE LEPPER
Red Whistle Communications has been chosen on a Europe-wide
corporate brief by internet firm Bertelsmann Online International
(BOL).
This is the first time BOL, which is part of the Bertelsmann eCommerce
Group, has appointed a single agency to cover Europe.
The decision was made...
30 Mar 2001
Joe Public Relations has been appointed by homeless charity Shelter
to handle the nation-wide promotion of the flagship Strip 4 Shelter
appeal.
JPR won the account following a four-way pitch against Cohn & Wolfe,
Shine and Capitalise. The account was previously handled by Freud
Communications....