GCI Jane Howard takes WH Smith’s retail PR
26 Nov 1999 | by ED SHELTON
GCI Jane Howard has won a four-way pitch to run a PR campaign for WH Smith s retail operation.
UK agency Spreckley Pittham has opened a wholly-owned Australian subsidiary under the name Spreckley Pacific, offering consumer, business-to-business and corporate PR. According to managing director Mike Spreckley, Brisbane was chosen as a base because it is booming commercially, but is short on quality...
GCI Jane Howard has won a four-way pitch to run a PR campaign for WH Smith s retail operation.
Ludgate Communications is rumoured to be attempting to bolster its financial PR operation with a potential merger with the Maitland Consultancy. Robin Hepburn, chief executive of Ludgate confirmed to PR Week on 12 November that he was already in talks with one agency, which is now believed to be Maitland.
Porter Novelli International (PNI) is merging its technology practice with specialist hi-tech agency and fellow Omnicom brand Copithorne and Bellows creating a single global brand.
Technology PR company Noiseworks has had worrying calls to its Maidenhead office.
Three long-established independent consultants, each with over 15 years experience, have joined forces to create Europe Analytica with combined fees in excess of pounds 500,000. The firm draws on the PA and lobbying experience of dealing with clients such as Tesco and News International and consists...
The consultancies which entered the 1999 PR Week Agency Report have responded to the tougher standards we set them with aplomb.
David Davis, former international president of broadcast news distribution service Medialink, is setting up NetVentures International to supply streaming audio and video via the internet to corporate and marketing communications companies on issues such as recruitment, exhibitions and conferences.
Management and technology consultancy the Capital Markets Company (CapCo) is believed to be set to hire Cubitt Consulting to promote itself to the retail and investment banking sectors. CapCo, which currently retains Brunswick, launched in 1998 with IBM and Morgan Stanley as backers. Cubitt would target...
ZURICH: Hill and Knowlton has strengthened its presence in Europe by acquiring a ten per cent stake in Swiss PR agency Dr Peter P Knobel.