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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....
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...
Online retailer Amazon.com is standing by earlier forecasts that the company would reach profitability by the end of this year, and it confirmed it was actively seeking partnerships to develop co-branded websites.
Specsavers Opticians has appointed Beattie Media to handle a broad-ranging remit of consumer and corporate PR for the firm's Scottish operation. Beattie Media was appointed following a five-way pitch, and is the first agency Specsavers has retained specifically for Scotland. Specsavers...
GCI has taken on GlaxoSmithKline's Alan Archer as head of healthcare. Archer, currently gsk head of international pharmaceutical communications, takes up the post of CEO of GCI Healthcare in UK and Europe at the end of this month. He is the first divisional head since the departure...
French media behemoth Vivendi Universal reported a 60% rise in net profits to €2.37bn ( 1.5bn) in its first set of full-year results since it swallowed up Seagram and Canal+.
UK media company HIT Entertainment has announced a 50% increase in pre-tax profits for the six months ending January 31 2001 to 3m, up from 2m for the same period last year.
Three years ago, 39 pharmaceutical firms successfully sought an injunction preventing the South African government from waiving patent laws in times of national emergency. The case reached the final court of appeal in Johannesburg this week, at a time when one in ten South Africans is either...
The two most senior PROs at SmithKline Beecham are leaving in the wake of the pharmaceutical giant's merger with Glaxo Wellcome. When GlaxoSmithKline was created at the beginning of the year, Glaxo PR director Geoff Potter was appointed senior vice-president - corporate communications at...
Coca-Cola has teamed up with Walt Disney in its second major alliance in weeks to promote its non-carbonated soft drinks.
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