IPR establishes taskforce for evaluation guide
24 Jul 1998 | by IAN DARBY
The Institute of Public Relations is assembling a task force to produce good practice guidelines for evaluating PR work.
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International Public Relations (IPR), the parent company of Shandwick and Golin/Harris, is likely to move its headquarters to New York early in 1999, pending completion of its pounds 104 million all-share sale to US marketing group Interpublic announced last Friday.
The Institute of Public Relations is assembling a task force to produce good practice guidelines for evaluating PR work.
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