Golin/Harris Ludgate has been drawn into the row over tobacco sponsorship for PR courses by landing business for the University of Manchester s Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST).
The Department of Environment, Transport and The Regions is being urged to speed up a review of its publicity code, as required by the Local Government Bill. Although the Society of County and Unitary Public Relations Officers submitted a draft publicity code in March, there has been no progress since....
The Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) is seeking a PR agency to devise a communication strategy for its 25th anniversary year beginning May 2001. The appointed agency will be expected to raise and maintain the charity s profile across a number of constituencies, said the AHF director Jonathan Thompson....
King s College Hospital in London has appointed Claire Barber as head of corporate communications. She heads a team of five with responsibility for all internal and external communications - including the Trust s website. Barber joins from Guy s and St Thomas Hospital where she was communications manager....
NHS Direct, the telephone advice arm of the national heath service, is expanding its operation in London and is seeking a communications officer to cover its two call centre operations in the north of the capital. The newly-created position is part of the fourth wave roll-out of NHS Direct. The successful...
The Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals has launched a rebranding campaign - changing its logo and name to Universities UK (UUK). Director of external relations, Lesley Perry - who joined UUK four months ago on leaving the role of press secretary to the Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey...
The University of Southampton is seeking a head of development for its aggressive Golden Jubilee 2002 fundraising campaign. The newly-created position will be responsible for raising the profile of a large capital fund initiative which will fund new research facilities. Leading a team of eight fundraisers,...
Veteran PRO Nick Fitzherbert has been appointed to manage forthcoming campaigns by PRE-fix, the all-industry initiative promoting the benefits of planning, research and evaluation (PRE) as an integral part of PR programmes.
The General Medical Council has made a raft of new appointments aimed at getting its core message across to a sceptical public.
City PR outfit Cardew & Co has signed up Nick Morrell, the former chief executive of platinum mining group Lonmin, as part of a recruitment drive to build up its executive team.
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