27 Feb 1998
| by JEMIMAH BAILEY
US healthcare specialist Chandler Chicco has poached Manning
Selvage and Lee s European healthcare director Howard Godman, UK
healthcare director Henrietta Noyes and two other staff to establish its
London office.
27 Feb 1998
| by SOPHIE BARKER
The Northern Ireland Office s information service ended its
six-month search for a director of communications this week with the
appointment of Tom Kelly, BBC Northern Ireland s chief producer of
factual programmes.
27 Feb 1998
| by IAN DARBY
The South Korean Government has appointed Burson-Marsteller to
handle a global multi-million pound programme of crisis PR activity to
help repair the recent damage to the reputation of its economy.
27 Feb 1998
| by JULIETTE GARSIDE
British Telecom has shortlisted five agencies for its pounds 1
million PR account for the BT Global Challenge, a round-the-world yacht
race which the company sponsors.
27 Feb 1998
| by JULIETTE GARSIDE
The Queen is considering increasing the resources allocated to the
Royal Family s communications, a Buckingham Palace spokesman confirmed
this week.
27 Feb 1998
| by IAN DARBY
Great Universal Stores, the agency mail order retailer, is believed
to be close to appointing lobbying firm GJW to advise it in its dollars
1.6 million hostile bid for catalogue chain Argos.
27 Feb 1998
| by IAN DARBY
Hill and Knowlton this week won a six-figure fee account to handle
the launch of pay television company British Digital Broadcasting (BDB)
later this year. The agency will handle media relations and public
affairs for BDB. Television companies Granada Group and Carlton
Communications, which own BDB,...
27 Feb 1998
| by IAN DARBY
Media buyer and evaluation agency CIA Group has appointed Square
Mile to handle its City PR amid speculation that it may be a takeover
target for advertising giant WPP Group. Square Mile pitched for the
business against Citigate Communications, Finsbury and the Hogarth
Partnership. Previous incumbent...
27 Feb 1998
| by IAN DARBY
Building society turned bank Alliance and Leicester has appointed
Paul Lockstone to the new role of head of media relations. Lockstone was
previously head of European PR for tax and legal services at Price
Waterhouse. He reports to Alliance and Leicester s director of corporate
affairs John Caine.
27 Feb 1998
| by IAN DARBY
Shaftesbury Housing Group has appointed Sonia Collier as its first
public relations manager. The housing group is a Christian organisation
which provides 9,000 homes for homeless families, people with physical
and learning difficulties and elderly people. Collier joins from Surrey
County Council where...