10 Dec 1999
| by GIDON FREEMAN
GPC has recruited Turner Broadcasting public affairs director David
Sowells to head a new practice advising media clients and handling media
relations for existing clients.
10 Dec 1999
| by RICHARD EDWARDS
The London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham s revamp of its policy
and administration department, which includes the PR function, is to
come under attack by public sector union Unison.
10 Dec 1999
| by ED SHELTON
The London Borough of Westminster has been given the green light by
council executives to start the hunt for a new communications head in
January. The move was recommended by London agency TASC, which conducted
an external review of council communications this autumn. The top PR
position oversees a...
10 Dec 1999
| by ED SHELTON
Lincolnshire County Council is taking its community consultation
programme to its residents with a branded body which will bring together
the area s seven district councils, the NHS trusts and Lincolnshire
Police. The citizen s panel will consult 3,500 people across the
community and will be called...
10 Dec 1999
| by ED SHELTON
The Welsh National Assembly s strategic director in charge of
communications, Michael Brooke, has created the organisation s first two
dedicated internal communications roles within his department. Brooke is
to bring in an internal communications manager who will develop and
implement a strategy to...
10 Dec 1999
| by ED SHELTON
The Citizen s Advice Bureau is beefing up its communications team
following a review of its communications strategy in order to improve
the profile of the organisation. Public affairs director Nicola Simpson
is about to announce the appointment of a communications head to replace
Stella Bland who left...
10 Dec 1999
| by ED SHELTON
The Prince s Trust s PR head Jo Norton is on the hunt for a new
communications manager for the youth development charity after former
incumbent Ellie Sleeman s recent move last week to manage events for
Breast Cancer Care. The role is one of two communications manager roles
within the eight-strong department...
10 Dec 1999
| by GARY SPINKS
BRUSSELS: The European Commission is launching a PR offensive to
make people more aware of the structural aid that the EU pays out to
boost jobs and regeneration in disadvantaged areas.
10 Dec 1999
| by JEMIMAH BAILEY
Hill and Knowlton has been appointed to handle Y2K crisis
management for the Malaysian government, tendered by the National Y2K
Project Team. The project will run until March next year, with a team of
five consultants on call on 31 December, and covering further potential
computer bugs during the first...
10 Dec 1999
| by NICK PURDOM
Contrary to its friendly-sounding acronym, NICE - the National
Institute of Clinical Excellence - could be anything but good news for
pharmaceutical companies and their PR agencies. If a drug fails to win
approval from NICE for NHS prescription by GPs its earnings potential
could be severely diminished.