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The London Borough of Tower Hamlets has completed a restructure that aims to end five years of upheaval for its PR unit (PRWeek, 4 May). The council has now filled all the vacancies for its 19-strong team, created earlier this year following a review by agency Renaissance. Kathy...
Leading healthcare PR firms have formed a dedicated trade body that includes in-house communicators for the first time. Red Door Communications MD Catherine Warne is to chair The Healthcare Communications Association, an industry body set up to promote best practice in healthcare PR....
Prowse & Co has won a government contract to promote British business globally. Trade Partners UK, the DTI and Foreign Office scheme to help British export firms, appointed Prowse & Co after a four-way pitch. The agency, which is on the COI roster, will be responsible for media relations...
Amanda Delew has been appointed campaign manager for the Government's charitable giving initiative, The Giving Campaign. The former head of corporate fundraising for the Labour Party will help publicise the campaign, which aims to raise awareness of tax-effective charitable giving in the...
RSPCA head of press Charlotte Morrissey has announced she is to leave the charity after eight years. Morrissey, who joined as a press officer before being promoted to head of press in 1998, is to become a freelance consultant based in Dublin. At the RSPCA she heads a 22-strong team, including...
Secretary of State for Wales Paul Murphy has named Alan Cummins as his new press secretary. Cummins, who takes up the post within the next three months, was previously the chief press officer for the Welsh National Assembly. Since last year, his role at the assembly has included being official...
The Local Government Association (LGA) is restructuring its communications unit. For the first time, it will merge its press and public affairs functions. A head of press and public affairs role, as well as an extra PRO post have been created. The new team will continue to be headed by director...
Government PR expert Fiona Dick has been named as press secretary to Lord Neill's Parliamentary Committee on Standards in Public Life. She was previously deputy director of the government information and communication service's development centre, which trains and recruits government PROs. The...
Merseyside Regional Ambulance Service has appointed Sarah Jones as its first communications manager. She joins from Cheshire-based agency M&M Associates, which specialises in health service work. Jones's role was created to link external and internal communications functions at the service for...
WASHINGTON: Ogilvy PR Worldwide has won a three-year contract - worth pounds 2.4m in the first year - to run a US-wide PR campaign in support of HIV vaccine research. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAD), which is part of the National Institutes of Health, awarded...
