The Royal College of Nursing has appointed the comms chief at the General Teaching Council for England as its new director of communications.
International hairdressing chain Regis has handed its UK social media work to Manchester-based creative agency Photolink Creative Group.
Grosvenor Casinos, part of the Rank Group, has appointed Publicasity to raise its profile within the UK through a consumer PR campaign, following a four-way competitive pitch.
Lobbyists' communication with MPs has been called into question as research has found that most material sent to MPs fails to provide a clear constituency link.
Mergers and acquisitions are undergoing what analysts call a 'modest recovery' at the moment. Globally the rate of growth in deals is strong, but absolute levels of activity remain subdued.
Taqa, the Abu Dhabi National Energy Company, is preparing a multi-agency pitch to find support for the firm's global comms.
14 Dec 2010
| by Nikki Wicks
Freud Communications is providing pro-bono PR support for imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo and the ongoing campaign to release the Chinese dissident.
Weber Shandwick is understood to have made three senior redundancies, including its Europe-wide strategic planning director.
14 Dec 2010
| by Nikki Wicks
The Vitality Show, the UK's largest exhibition for the health and beauty industry, has rejigged its PR support as the show prepares for its biggest ever event in 2011.
The lead IT agency of the United Nations has appointed AxiCom and Cohn & Wolfe to be global PR partners for the ITU Telecom World 2011 event.