25 Feb 2000
| by GIDON FREEMAN
Edward Bickham, Hill and Knowlton deputy chairman and managing
director of its public affairs and corporate policy practice, is leaving
the company after seven years.
25 Feb 2000
| by RICHARD EDWARDS
Liverpool City Council s new chief executive David Henshaw is to
cancel the top PR job at the council, rationalise the council s
communications and bring them under the control of a new head of
customer relations management, in a bid to improve communications and
marketing at the council.
25 Feb 2000
| by DAVID McCORMACK
Countrywide Porter Novelli has been appointed on six-figure fees to
handle all communications for CropGen, a new UK initiative which aims to
promote a more balanced debate about genetically modified (GM)
foods.
25 Feb 2000
| by GIDON FREEMAN
Charles Barker BSMG is believed to be on the verge of acquiring
independent public affairs consultancy GJW.
25 Feb 2000
| by GIDON FREEMAN
National Power, the UK s top energy firm, has established shadow
communications teams ahead of its demerger into two separate
companies.
25 Feb 2000
| by GIDON FREEMAN
Top five UK insurer Norwich Union has handed its six-figure annual
public affairs account to Westminster Strategy, after a competitive
pitch against incumbent agency Hill and Knowlton.
25 Feb 2000
| by GIDON FREEMAN
Advertising agency St.Luke s has hired a PR consultant to promote
the work of its creative department to the creative trade press, such as
Creative Review. Freelance journalist Belinda Archer, a former news
editor of Campaign, will advise the creative team for one day a week
over the next three months,...
25 Feb 2000
| by GIDON FREEMAN
Media Strategy has won the six-figure PR account for Halifax s
recently launched internet bank and financial services arm Intelligent
Finance, following a pitch to Shane O Riordain, Halifax s director of
communications. The agency has also recruited Carol Griffiths, formerly
project director at NatWest...
25 Feb 2000
| by GIDON FREEMAN
Yes TV has appointed Gavin Anderson and Company to handle corporate
communications. Yes TV launched in 1999 and provides broadband digital
services which use internet technology to deliver video-on-demand to
customers. It has content deals with companies such as Warner Bros. The
account was won following...
25 Feb 2000
| by GIDON FREEMAN
Westminster Strategy has promoted two associate directors to the
board, following the management shake-up at parent company Grayling
earlier this month (PR Week, 11 February). Jane Cooper and David
Robertson assumed their new roles this week.