15 Dec 2000
| by HOLLY WILLIAMS
Recruitment agency Adecco has retained financial agency College Hill, formerly with recruitment rival Manpower.
15 Dec 2000
HONG KONG: The former head of the Hong Kong government's overseas PR division, Mark Pinkstone, has joined independent agency Chelgate Asia as executive vice-president, overseeing three offices.
01 Dec 2000
| by GIDON FREEMAN
DUSSELDORF: Agency group European Communication Consultants has announced plans to merge its members under one new holding company and embark on an aggressive European expansion.
The network, with Top 5 German agency Kohtes Klewes at its core, aims to enter the UK, The Netherlands, Belgium, Scandinavia...
01 Dec 2000
STOCKHOLM: Leading Nordic strategic communication and crisis PR consultancy, Kreab, has appointed former Swedish Prime Minister (1991-1994) Carl Bildt and former Swedish State Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Stan Westerberg as directors of the holding company. In London, the agency has hired Beatrice...
01 Dec 2000
PARIS: Skoda has hired DDB Paris to handle its communications in France. According to Christian Vince, DDB vice-president for France, DDB will create a new PR agency just to oversee the account. Vince will run the new company, which is yet to be named. Plans are afoot to take on more clients alongside...
01 Dec 2000
| by PETER SIMPSON
What is a PR company these days? Some claim they are management consultancies; others say they are internet specialists. There's a lot of pressure for agencies to be 'one-stop shops' in the drive to beat competition in the communications arena from other types of consultancies.
One of the messages...
01 Dec 2000
| by MARY COWLETT
At 8.30am, on Monday 31 July, a company director from North London logged onto Barclays' online banking service and suddenly found himself staring at another customer's account details. He swiftly called the Barclays helpdesk, to notify the bank of the problem and was told that someone would call him...
01 Dec 2000
| by NICK PURDOM
Client: Romeike Media Intelligence
PR Team: BMB Reputation Managers
Campaign: Launch of Romeike Media Intelligence's new identity
Timescale: September-November 2000
Budget: Undisclosed
Romeike has been associated with monitoring press cuttings worldwide for nearly 150 years, and...
24 Nov 2000
The PR industry's two trade bodies, the Institute of Public Relations and the Public Relations Consultants Association have agreed to consider a closer working relationship.
24 Nov 2000
Public sector specialist Chelgate PR has appointed Frank Wingate as a director at its London head office. Wingate is transferring from Chelgate's Asia offices in Hong Kong where he served as executive chief director. He established Wingate PR in 1991 before Chelgate acquired the company as its first...