27 Sep 1999
| by LEXIE GODDARD
A trio of media business heavyweights is about to launch a natural
health and beauty website that could be the homeopathic answer to
amazon.com.
24 Sep 1999
| by Our Parliamentary Correspondent
A shake-up of the Central Office of Information has been ordered by
its chief executive, Carol Fisher, in an attempt to provide better
strategic advice to government departments.
24 Sep 1999
| by LISA CAMPBELL
MediaCom TMB has landed the pounds 4 million corporate media
planning and buying brief for Scottish Telecom, which is gearing up for
a major rebranding exercise next month. The telecoms division of
Scottish Power is expected to change its name to shake off its image as
a purely Scottish company.
24 Sep 1999
| by ASHLEY DAVIES
The direct marketing industry is still dogged by problems of public
perception, according to new research carried out by the Direct
Marketing Association in conjunction with the Royal Mail.
24 Sep 1999
| by DOUGLAS ROBINSON
I will do my best to comment on what I perceive as breakthrough
work from other Canadian agencies.
24 Sep 1999
| by MAIRI CLARK
It appears some ad agencies are taking Scottish devolution more
seriously than the politicians.
24 Sep 1999
| by SOPHIE BARKER
Camelot has ended its four-year relationship with The Communication
Group s public affairs division and appointed AS Biss as its lobbying
agency.
24 Sep 1999
| by DAVID MCCORMACK
Former Amoco public affairs adviser Robert Clark has joined
corporate consultancy Indepen, which specialises in change management in
the utilities sector. As principal consultant, Clark has a brief to
strengthen Indepen s work in communications, particularly government
relations.
24 Sep 1999
| by DAVID MCCORMACK
Reuters and broadcast PR specialist World Television are launching
a new satellite TV news service on health issues this month. Reuters
World Health will deliver TV news releases to over 1,500 broadcasters.
The service is available to all health organisations and pharmaceutical
companies.
24 Sep 1999
| by DAVID MCCORMACK
EMC Euro PR has merged with hi-tech specialist Moores Associates to
create a pounds 1.5 million fee agency split into three separate
divisions - hi-tech, business-to-business and healthcare. Bill Moores,
the founder of Moores Associates, joins the board of EMC and takes
charge of hi-tech, while fellow...