Peterborough-based PR agency Omega has changed its name to Burall Myles. The rebranding follows the company's recent acquisition of specialist Nottingham agency Myles. Thomas Cook and British Sugar are among the retained accounts.
Charlton Communications London has been appointed by marketing company Strategic Marketing Ventures to handle a pounds 100,000 account to promote its online marketing product, hitsnclicks.com. Charlton's sister company 1000heads.com has also been taken on, to handle marketing for the product.
The incumbent agency - Jamie Roche PR - in the 'Golin Harris lands BA World Cargo corporate PR remit' story (PRWeek, 23 March) chose not to compete in the final pitch for the account.
The UK's second largest cable telephone and TV company Telewest Communications has appointed icas PR to handle its media relations. The six-figure contract was awarded after a competitive three-way pitch against Firefly and incumbent consumer agency, QBO. icas deputy MD Anne Layton...
Troubled pubs and wine warehouse group Yates has disbanded its in-house PR operation with the loss of two jobs. PR manager Adam Howard and his assistant Alison White were told their redundancy notices were to begin with immediate effect when they arrived for work at the company's Bolton...
Seafish, the Sea Fish Industry Authority, has appointed Weber Shandwick Worldwide to handle its UK consumer PR. The appointment was made after a six-way pitch with one other Scottish and four London-based agencies - including incumbent PR21, which had held the account for four years....
Phipps PR has been appointed by Columbia TriStar to handle the launch of computer-animated film Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. The Phipps team will be led by associate director Imogen Russon, who will report to Columbia TriStar head of publicity Kate Bradford and marketing director...
Bell Pottinger has won the European account to help boost China's chances of hosting the 2008 Olympic Games. The Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Bid Committee has selected Bell Pottinger ahead of Weber Shandwick Worldwide (WSW), which already handles PR in Asia and America but had hoped to be...
Renault UK has undertaken a major restructuring of its communications department following the departure of director Tim Mack. Following Mack's decision to start his own advertising consultancy, the department which previously embraced advertising and promotions plus press and PR will...
One of the UK's largest housing associations, English Churches Housing Group, has hired its first communications and marketing head after a review of its communications needs. Oliver McGeachy takes on the role after ten years working for the group in a front-line capacity as service manager...
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