06 Jun 1997
| by Stephen Armstrong,
Gruner + Jahr’s Here! launched in June 1996 as the celebrity title
that preferred to catch its prey with their pants down than to be shown
around their lovely homes. The marketplace seemed overcrowded to many
observers and last month’s merger of IPC’s Now with Here! - to produce
Now incorporating Here!...
06 Jun 1997
| by KAREN DEMPSEY
Esther Kaposi, who has been leading the communications task force
during the Cable and Wireless Communications merger, is leaving her job
and is not applying for the post as head of corporate communications at
the merged company.
06 Jun 1997
| by JULIETTE GARSIDE
Sean Bruen, head of group communications at Tarmac plc, is to leave
the company before the end of the year.
06 Jun 1997
| by STEVE BEVAN
Lowe Bell parent company Chime Communications is planning to move
into advertising with the acquisition of a major UK independent.
06 Jun 1997
| by JEMIMAH BAILEY
Adrian Hodges, head of corporate communications at The Body Shop,
is to quit.
06 Jun 1997
| by ROBERT GRAY
Private medical insurance organisation BUPA has hired former
British Airways head of corporate communications Peter Jones to the
newly created position of director of corporate communications.
06 Jun 1997
| by ROBERT GRAY
British Airways is believed to be trawling the market in pursuit of
a new director of government affairs.
06 Jun 1997
| by ROBERT GRAY
Amanda Clow, a former aide to Prime Minister Tony Blair, is joining
Lowe Bell Political along with Nick Williams from David Clark s office.
The lobbying arm of the Lowe Bell group, which was last week hit by the
resignations of deputy MD Neal Lawson and consultant Ben Lucas, is also
set to announce...
06 Jun 1997
| by ROBERT GRAY
Kwik Save has appointed Alan Shepherd as its first communications
director. His appointment is part of the discount chain s bid to become
more marketing-led and customer-focused. Shepherd is expected to make
further in-house PR appointments after his arrival in August.
06 Jun 1997
| by ROBERT GRAY
Michael Heseltine MP joined the board of Haymarket Group Limited as
a non-executive director on 1 June. Mr Heseltine was one of the founding
partners of the company in 1957, since when it has grown to its current
turnover of over pounds 100 million. He looks forward to bringing his
wide experience to...