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The Meat and Livestock Commission is reviewing its external PR support in the UK in a bid to cut costs, and intends to consolidate its public affairs, crisis and corporate PR into a single pounds 200,000 account.
Investors in People UK, the government agency which runs the national standard for corporate best practice, is reviewing its PR account, currently held by Countrywide Porter Novelli.
BSkyB is considering ending its relationship with its consumer PR agency Freud Communications, and in a separate move the company has handed its trade PR to Fodor Wyllie.
Burson-Marsteller has appointed former Shandwick CEO Dermot McNulty to the new post of global business development head.
Virgin One, the banking arm of Richard Branson s financial services company Virgin Direct, this week appointed Adrian Webb to head its public relations team.
Grayling Group has been hired for a five-month, pounds 150,000 fee account to generate support and handle media relations for the government-initiated University for Industry.
Consolidated Communications financial division has won a competitive pitch to promote the UK business of US funeral group Service Corporation International (PR Week, 20 November). Citigate and Biss Lancaster also competed for the account.
The Association of the Manufacturers of Domestic Appliances has appointed Advocacy as its public affairs agency following a competitive pitch. The agency will work alongside freelance PR consultant Phyllis Oberman on a 12-month campaign to promote electric storage heaters.
A group of top UK pharmaceutical firms has hired Nexus Choat PR to launch a new UK dietary supplements campaign. The Proprietary Association of Great Britain (PAGB), whose members include over-the-counter product manufacturers Seven Seas, Warner Lambert and Roche Products, appointed Nexus at the start...
Brunswick s contract to handle automotive and aerospace parts company LucasVarity s corporate communications has ended. The agency was recruited for a three month project to handle a campaign to relocate the group to the US, a proposal which was rejected by investors earlier this month.
