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UDV, the UK s largest wines and spirits business, has handed its Smirnoff Red consumer account to Mark Borkowski Press and PR and is considering whether to hold a formal review of all its agencies. UDV is estimated to spend over pounds 600,000 a year on PR agencies.
The UK s largest computer software and IT-services company EDS is to restructure its PR agencies later this year. The company will look at appointing local country agencies and may consider hiring a pan-European consultancy.
The Government s proposed regulations banning advertising and sponsorship of tobacco products would severely curtail their manufacturers PR activities.
Citigate Westminster deputy chairman Richard Faulkner is to stand down following his appointment as a working peer last weekend. The lobbying agency belongs to the Association of Professional Political Consultants, which bans its members from employing peers.
Retail giant Kingfisher s former investor relations head, Andrew Mills, has returned to his old job on an interim basis after incumbent Tom Wyatt was moved sideways in the company.
The Department of Trade and Industry has given its backing to the Best Practice campaign launched last week by PR Week as part of the Confederation of British Industry s Fit for the Future initiative (PR Week, 18 June).
Peter Wilkinson is leaving his post as a press officer at 10 Downing Street after more than three years in the role to head a new media relations unit dedicated to genetically-modified foods within the Cabinet Office, where he will be a chief press officer. Wilkinson has not yet negotiated his start...
Barclays Bank s retail arm has appointed GCI and Hill and Knowlton to its reduced roster (PR Week, 29 January). The bank aims to select two more agencies, but was unhappy with the agencies it shortlisted alongside GCI and H&K and is now hosting a second round of pitches for the remaining places.
Andrew Scadding, a senior producer for the BBC s On The Record programme, is leaving to become assistant head of media at Conservative Central Office. He starts next month and will work closely with head of media Amanda Platell and her deputy Nick Wood, who has been promoted from his previous post of...
News International-owned internet service provider CurrentBun has appointed Eulogy on a media relations campaign (PR Week, 7 May). No pitch was involved. Eulogy s Dublin office previously handled PR for News International when it promoted the Irish Sun. News International is aggressively marketing CurrentBun...
