28 Jun 2002
HEALTHCARE: Lowe Fusion Healthcare CEO Neil Kendle and MD Julia
Cook are to stand down later this year after 15 years at the helm of the
agency. Both will leave on 1 October, to be replaced by John Flaherty,
MD of sister ad agency Lowe Azure.
28 Jun 2002
| by CHRIS SCOTT
A group of four leading non-governmental organisations is lobbying
for an international treaty on corporate social responsibility, as NGOs
step up their campaigns ahead of August's Earth Summit.
28 Jun 2002
| by JOE LEPPER
Ruder Finn's recently appointed MD John Preston has pledged to grow
the healthcare agency's public affairs business.
28 Jun 2002
Eurosceptic think-tank The Bruges Group has launched a fresh PR and
lobbying push to combat alleged pro-European bias in UK government and
EU communications.
28 Jun 2002
| by MARK JOHNSON
Former DTLR comms chief Martin Sixsmith has accused the Government
of trying to thwart his plans for a TV show about links between
Whitehall and special advisers.
28 Jun 2002
| by JOE LEPPER
Suffolk County Council's communications chief Rachel Stoppard is to
quit to take one of the most senior jobs at a nearby authority.
28 Jun 2002
The London Borough of Enfield's PR-sceptic Conservative
administration is softening its hard line on comms.
28 Jun 2002
The Disabilities Trust is to step up its year-long autism awareness
campaign ahead of a conference on the issue later this year.
28 Jun 2002
Greater Manchester Police is to revamp its communications strategy
in a bid to avoid a repeat of last year's race riots.
28 Jun 2002
CHARITY: The World Wildlife Fund is stepping up its campaign
calling for tougher sentences for illegal animal traders. This month it
is promoting a report, titled International Wildlife Trade and Organised
Crime, which alleges that organised gangs such as the Russian mafia have
entered the trade. The...