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Villiers Street in the West End of London. It runs between the Strand and the River Thames. At the north end lies Charing Cross station, and at the south Embankment Underground. In between lies a microcosm of the coffee war, which is now being fought on UK turf.
Consumer PR specialist Clarion Communications is set to clinch the latest in a line of product accounts for recently merged household and cleaning goods group Reckitt Benckiser, following its appointment as sole agency.
Grayling has acquired specialist food and drink agency The PR Connection. MD Fiona Campbell becomes a director of Grayling UK, reporting to the CEO of Grayling s PR division Amanda Riddle. The PR Connection, whose clients include Krug champagne and Nestle, took fee income last year of over pounds 400,000.
Leisure giant Whitbread is to hold a pitch in the new year for the PR account for Costa Coffee, its chain of coffee stores. No shortlist has yet been drawn up, but incumbent Communique Public Relations, based in Manchester, is expected to repitch for the work. Communique will continue with the account...
Seafood restaurant group Loch Fyne Restaurants has hired Rock Communications to handle its PR. There was a three-way pitch for the work, which involves on-going PR for the six existing restaurants, and launch events around another 12 planned to open by 2002.
Household International's UK subsidiary, HFC Bank, is seeking a new PR agency to handle a six-figure fee account for its Marbles credit card and associated financial services. Martin Rutland, HFC corporate communications director, is considering several UK agencies to handle the next phase - part...
US drinks and media giant Seagram has appointed Smithfield Financial to handle all financial PR surrounding the pounds 5bn auction of its drinks portfolio. Industry sources say the City PR agency is understood to be working on a pan-European basis, although both Smithfield chairman John Kiely and...
The RED Consultancy has been hired by SmithKline Beecham to handle its Lucozade Sport brand. The appointment follows that of Hill & Knowlton earlier in the year to handle Lucozade Energy (PRWeek, 5 May). Both brands were formerly held by Bell Pottinger Public Relations. Three agencies pitched...
PARIS: The French government has hired Euro RSCG for a PR campaign to help restore consumer confidence in French beef as fears about BSE spread throughout Europe. Euro RSCG - France's leading PR and marketing services agency - has been appointed to handle all crisis communications and advertising...
GEORGIA: Coca-Cola has been forced to overhaul its employee relations strategy as part of the settlement deal of a racial discrimination suit, which saw the company pay out pounds 137m. A seven-member watchdog group is to be appointed jointly by the company and the plaintiffs' lawyers. In addition,...
