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The merger of National Grid and Lattice has put the comms staff at both FTSE 100 firms under threat.
FORUM: Crisis management will top the agenda at the Communication Directors' Forum in June. Under scrutiny will be research findings from organiser Richmond Events, which reveal that 87 per cent of comms directors have reviewed crisis comms strategies following the 11 September atrocities.
CONSUMER: Sportswear firm Fila has appointed Coalition PR to handle all UK PR. The brief - focusing on sport, lifestyle, retail and music work - will seek to promote the firm's clothes to the youth market.
CSR: Four Communications has signed up for full accreditation from independent CSR auditor GoodCorporation. The six-month accreditation process will examine Four's ethical framework, such as environmental and community involvement.
CONSUMER: A coalition of betting shops has appointed hatch-group subsidiary MacLaurin to handle PR surrounding The Irish Lottery Bet. 49s - the group formed by Ladbrokes, William Hill and Coral among others - has taken on the agency for a six-figure fee consumer offensive.
TRADE: Volvo Car UK, the corporate sales arm of Volvo, has renewed its retained deal with High Wycombe-based NoBull Communications. The agency will continue its efforts to promote the vehicles to fleet divisions of companies.
REGIONAL: Moat House Hotels has appointed Manchester-based Mere Communications to handle its UK regional and consumer PR business. Mere won a three-way pitch for the account.
TRADE: Lawton Communications has won a PR brief to increase the profile of Ordnance Survey maps in consumer and trade markets. The appointment follows a marcoms review, which also saw ad, design and marketing agencies appointed.
SERVICES: Medialink Worldwide has signed a three-year deal to provide Reuters with a global video monitoring service. Reuters will use the service, called Teletrax, to track its video content broadcast on TV channels globally.
FINANCIAL: Brunswick has hired former Thomson Financial EMEA head of strategic consulting Angus Prentice as a partner. Prentice will start mid-May with a remit to help build the firm's IR offering.
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