10 Dec 1999
| by GIDON FREEMAN
Edinburgh council has promoted its PR chief to report directly to
the chief executive after an independent audit found it was not
communicating its priorities to staff.
10 Dec 1999
| by JULIETTE GARSIDE
Sun Life and Provincial Holdings, the UK umbrella group for French
insurance giant AXA, has made its government and community affairs
manager redundant and is deciding whether or not to keep its lobbying
agency, APCO.
10 Dec 1999
| by GIDON FREEMAN
Robin Squire has resigned from the National Lottery commission, and
will stand down from the board of lobbying firm Advocacy in time to
fight the next general election for the Conservatives.
10 Dec 1999
| by GIDON FREEMAN
GPC has recruited Turner Broadcasting public affairs director David
Sowells to head a new practice advising media clients and handling media
relations for existing clients.
10 Dec 1999
| by RICHARD EDWARDS
The London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham s revamp of its policy
and administration department, which includes the PR function, is to
come under attack by public sector union Unison.
10 Dec 1999
| by ED SHELTON
The London Borough of Westminster has been given the green light by
council executives to start the hunt for a new communications head in
January. The move was recommended by London agency TASC, which conducted
an external review of council communications this autumn. The top PR
position oversees a...
10 Dec 1999
| by ED SHELTON
Lincolnshire County Council is taking its community consultation
programme to its residents with a branded body which will bring together
the area s seven district councils, the NHS trusts and Lincolnshire
Police. The citizen s panel will consult 3,500 people across the
community and will be called...
10 Dec 1999
| by ED SHELTON
The Welsh National Assembly s strategic director in charge of
communications, Michael Brooke, has created the organisation s first two
dedicated internal communications roles within his department. Brooke is
to bring in an internal communications manager who will develop and
implement a strategy to...
10 Dec 1999
| by ED SHELTON
The Citizen s Advice Bureau is beefing up its communications team
following a review of its communications strategy in order to improve
the profile of the organisation. Public affairs director Nicola Simpson
is about to announce the appointment of a communications head to replace
Stella Bland who left...
10 Dec 1999
| by ED SHELTON
The Prince s Trust s PR head Jo Norton is on the hunt for a new
communications manager for the youth development charity after former
incumbent Ellie Sleeman s recent move last week to manage events for
Breast Cancer Care. The role is one of two communications manager roles
within the eight-strong department...