Former Tory news head takes Economist PR job
15 Dec 2000
The Economist has filled its vacant PR manager post with a former head of news at Conservative Central Office.
A new venture between Liverpool-based communications company Corporate Culture and design agency Loines Furnival will help companies report on their social and environmental impact on communities.
The Economist has filled its vacant PR manager post with a former head of news at Conservative Central Office.
DIY chain Focus Do It All has turned to financial specialists Hudson Sandler to help raise its profile in the City.
Herald Communications has lost the TiVo account, only four months after it was appointed on a 12-month contract (PRWeek, 18 August).
Belfast City Council is seeking a head of corporate communications following the completion of a strategic review by Edinburgh-based PS Communication Consultants.
Top 5 UK bank the Prudential has had a staff clear-out at its corporate affairs department and made six out of the 34 employees redundant.
Shandwick is the second Top 10 agency to make a large number of redundancies in a fortnight.
Singapore Airlines has created a pan-European corporate affairs role and handed it to company veteran Derek Mellor.
Golin/Harris Ludgate has been drawn into the row over tobacco sponsorship for PR courses by landing business for the University of Manchester s Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST).
The Department of Environment, Transport and The Regions is being urged to speed up a review of its publicity code, as required by the Local Government Bill. Although the Society of County and Unitary Public Relations Officers submitted a draft publicity code in March, there has been no progress since....