13 Dec 2002
SPONSORSHIP: Virgin Mobile is to continue its partnership with the British Red Cross. Although not setting a definite time limit to fundraising and sponsorship initiatives, the mobile phone firm is committed to the charity for the 'next few years'. This follows Virgin Mobile's sponsorship of a BRC blind...
13 Dec 2002
| by CHARLIE WHELAN, charlie.whelan@haynet.com
If Cherie Blair's obviously well-prepared 'clear the air' statement at a charity function on Tuesday tells us anything, it is that she genuinely earns her vast barrister's income - she knows how to perform to an audience.Plenty of people watching her speech will have a had sympathy for this busy career...
13 Dec 2002
In a recent interview with PRWeek (29 November) Max Clifford said his great achievement was attaching the word 'sleaze' to the Tories and that he would not hesitate at meting out the same treatment to New Labour.
13 Dec 2002
| by MAJA PAWINSKA
Client: Tommy's
PR Team: Sputnik Communications
Campaign: Building Block's for Tommy's
Timescale: October - November 2002
Budget: Not disclosed but majority of costs were donated
06 Dec 2002
NATO is planning a comms push to boost the support it receives in the US.
06 Dec 2002
| by JOE LEPPER
The BSI Group, the firm that runs the British quality control Kitemark, has hired Bell Pottinger Good Relations to handle its global PR and public affairs.
06 Dec 2002
AWARD: Former US president Bill Clinton has been voted Communicator of the Year by the Foreign Press Association, ahead of Nelson Mandela and Rudy Giuliani. His award was collected by Brunswick partner James Rubin, who served in the State Department during Clinton's administration.
06 Dec 2002
The Fire Brigades Union is winning the war of words with the Government, according to an exclusive survey by NOP for PR Week.
06 Dec 2002
| by IAN HALL
The Shire Health Group has promoted Fiona Hall to London office MD.
06 Dec 2002
| by IAN HALL
Communication with minority groups and internal comms are two areas in which Westminster City Council must improve, according to the preliminary findings of an advisory group brought in to oversee the council's Best Value review of comms.