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Siemens is overhauling its UK in-house and external PR requirements as part of a full communications review. Director of corporate communications Fionnuala Tennyson confirmed the company is currently assessing its PR agency needs with a possible view to slashing the UK roster from three...
London Underground is on the hunt for a communications planning manager as part of a PR reshuffle ahead of its partnership with Mayor Ken Livingstone's Transport for London. LU director of communications Tony Maguire said the appointment will complete the team reshuffle, which was sparked...
Boots the Chemists has promoted Jayne Mayled to the newly-created role of director of communications. The role means that for the first time consumer, internal, trade and professional communications are the responsibility of one individual. The position is also in charge of customer relations....
The Competition Commission (CC) has drafted in PR consultancy Smithfield Financial to provide PR support for its inquiry into the controversial proposed merger between Lloyds TSB and Abbey National. Smithfield, headed by chairman John Antcliffe, is working on a UK project brief to raise...
Invest.UK, the government agency responsible for encouraging foreign firms to invest billions of pounds in Britain, has appointed GCI London to handle its PR. This is the first time Invest. UK has appointed external PR help. GCI, awarded after a three-way pitch, will support a ten-strong...
Public sector PROs are still losing out to their private sector counterparts in the salary stakes. According to the 2001 PRWeek/Median Recruitment Salary Survey, the average wage of almost pounds 30,000 for a public sector PRO trails the private sector equivalent by almost pounds 8,000....
Singapore Airlines is reviewing its most senior European PR post after pan-European corporate affairs head Derek Mellor's decision to take over as general manager of the airline's Spanish operation. The departure comes just four months after Mellor made his first move into PR when appointed...
Biotech group Cambridge Antibody Technology (CAT) has awarded a pan-European account to City PR firm Square Mile BSMG. The account was won following a four-way competitive pitch, including four-year incumbent HCC De Facto. CAT, which has a pounds 500m market cap, has tasked Square...
Red Whistle Communications has been chosen on a Europe-wide corporate brief by internet firm Bertelsmann Online International (BOL). This is the first time BOL, which is part of the Bertelsmann eCommerce Group, has appointed a single agency to cover Europe. The decision was made...
Joe Public Relations has been appointed by homeless charity Shelter to handle the nation-wide promotion of the flagship Strip 4 Shelter appeal. JPR won the account following a four-way pitch against Cohn & Wolfe, Shine and Capitalise. The account was previously handled by Freud Communications....
