14 Dec 2001
Telecoms giant WorldCom has handed Lewis PR its UK comms brief with
fees in the region of 250,000.
Based in the US and listed on the New York Stock Exchange, Worldcom is
the seventh largest company in the world and made sales of more than
15bn last year.
WorldCom appointed Lewis...
14 Dec 2001
Baby goods retailer Mothercare is to review its media relations
agency support.
The account, currently held by incumbent Attenborough Associates, is up
for review in April next year.
Mothercare PR manager Stacey Waterman said: 'It's too early to say
whether the details of the brief...
14 Dec 2001
| by GIDON FREEMAN
Lobbying shop AS Biss & Co was this week cleared by the APPC of
breaching its code of conduct in relation to allegations of sharp
practice in last Saturday's Times.
Under the headline 'Lobby firm misleads over Labour links,' the paper
alleged that the five year old firm had unfairly inflated...
14 Dec 2001
Details have emerged of the newly created communications function
at Cancer Research UK - the country's largest fundraising charity.
The charity - launched this week through the merger of the Cancer
Research Campaign and the Imperial Cancer Research Fund - will have a
25-strong comms directorate....
14 Dec 2001
| by JOE LEPPER
The Northern Ireland Office (NIO) has appointed Robert Hannigan as
director of comms.
He takes over from Tom Kelly who left after the June general election to
replace Alastair Campbell as Tony Blair's official spokesman.
Hannigan has been promoted from deputy director of comms and...
14 Dec 2001
| by HOLLY WILLIAMS
Burson-Marsteller this week announced the final line-up of its
London management after 18 months of restructuring.
UK CEO Allan Biggar claimed the latest reorganisation signals the end of
an overhaul that began when he took the post in April.
He said: 'There's been a series of changes...
14 Dec 2001
| by HOLLY WILLIAMS and SHERRI DEATHERAGE GREEN
Oil behemoth ChevronTexaco is overhauling its in-house PR team and
structure across Europe following the merger in October.
The move forms part of a review of all ChevronTexaco's communications
worldwide.
In the UK, PR bosses remained tight-lipped as to what form the in-house
restructure...
14 Dec 2001
| by JOE LEPPER
Sportswear giant Adidas this week handed a consumer PR brief to the
agency team led by its former global PR chief.
Ketchum Life's sports marketing team, led by board director Steve
Martin, has been hired on a project basis to promote a footwear range
that is set to launch in March....
14 Dec 2001
| by MATT WEINER
Clerical Medical Investment Group has appointed a PR team as part
of a renewed focus on consumer and trade markets.
The Bristol-based team of three is led by PR manager Gordon McAra, who
aims to broaden the firm's media relations from trade work to large
provincial and national media relations....
14 Dec 2001
Virgin's lingerie label Virginware is on the hunt for a consumer PR
firm to handle all its external communications.
The underwear and swim-wear firm, which launched its first range in
September, is to stage a pitch in January following the demise of its
incumbent consumer agency Kable PR,...