11 Dec 1998
| by SOPHIE BARKER
Fishburn-Hedges has won a three-way pitch to handle national PR for
law firm Eversheds (PR Week, 16 October). Citigate Dewe Rogerson and
Financial Dynamics also pitched for the six-figure fee account. FH will
promote the law firm in the UK financial and general press and the
international media and...
11 Dec 1998
| by SOPHIE BARKER
PricewaterhouseCoopers is recruiting two internal communications
managers following the merger of Price Waterhouse and Coopers and
Lybrand this year. The first post covers staff publications and will
involve leading a team of four to establish an editorial policy across
print and electronic media. The...
11 Dec 1998
| by HARRIOT LANE FOX
Once, only doctors, lawyers and preachers had ethical
obligations.
13 Nov 1998
| by SOPHIE BARKER
ZURICH: International engineering and technology group ABB has
appointed Bjorn Edlund as its new vice-president in charge of global
corporate communications.
06 Nov 1998
| by SUZAN LEAVY
PR Week s Proof campaign received a boost this week when the IPR,
the PRCA, the Public Relations Standards Forum (PRSF) and the
Association of Media Evaluation Companies (AMEC) agreed to join forces
to produce definitive best practice guidelines for the use of research
and evaluation within the industry.
30 Oct 1998
| by SOPHIE BARKER
Leading global express delivery firm TNT International has hired
Band and Brown to handle its UK business-to- business and corporate
PR.
16 Oct 1998
| by MAGGIE BROWN
IT services consultancy Atos has hired Grayling to promote its
multimedia division in France following a six-way competitive pitch (PR
Week, 11 September). Grayling s main brief is press relations. The
agency will also seek to ensure Atos presence at IT trade fairs and
conferences.
02 Oct 1998
| by IAN DARBY
Management and IT guru Robert Heller has been appointed as
non-executive chairman of Bourne River, a new post within the agency
which will include hands-on client counsel.
02 Oct 1998
| by ROB GRAY
When the Institute of Directors (IoD) was established in 1903,
Queen Victoria had only been dead a couple of years and attitudes
towards commerce were very different from those today. Half a decade shy
of its centenary, the IoD which was set up to represent and further the
interests of business, is...
25 Sep 1998
| by SIMON ELLERY
PricewaterhouseCoopers has appointed Text 100 to handle PR for its
Technology Industry Group (TIG) after a five-way pitch. TIG provides
consultancy services to technology companies and Text will handle media
relations and attempt to position it as the leading adviser in the
sector.