Orange gives film sponsorship PR to Henry’s House
10 Dec 1999 | by JULIETTE GARSIDE
Orange has hired Henry s House to promote its substantial film sponsorship programme, on an estimated budget of pounds 500,000.
United Biscuits has consolidated its PR by appointing Lexis PR as the lead agency for KP Foods, on fees in excess of pounds 250,000. The work was won after a two-way pitch against four-year incumbent, Countrywide Porter Novelli.
Orange has hired Henry s House to promote its substantial film sponsorship programme, on an estimated budget of pounds 500,000.
Ford Europe has promoted Jaguar PR chief Joe Greenwell to the post of vice-president in charge of communications and public affairs.
IPC is believed to be looking for an agency to handle PR for the relaunch of iconic sixties and seventies magazine Nova.
The PR industry will enter the new millennium with increased status and confidence following the overwhelming success this week of Text 100 s stock market listing.
Superdrug has hired Safeway s consumer PR head, Janey Berry, to replace PR manager Catherine Emanuel, who left last summer.
Merchant bank NM Rothschild and Sons has been in talks with, among others, Aviva Gershuny Roth, former corporate communications head at utility company the Energy Group, about filling its corporate affairs director vacancy. The bank confirmed the discussion, but said nothing had been formalised. The...
Romeike Group, the UK s largest media monitoring company, has been bought by Sifo Group of Sweden. The pounds 110 million deal creates the world s largest media and market monitoring company. Romeike chairman Ian Patterson is leaving and will be replaced by Hans Strand, chief executive of Sifo subsidiary...
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is to review arrangements for the distribution of price-sensitive company information. This could lead to information being released first on commercial news wires rather than the London Stock Exchange. The change would come when the exchange transfers responsibility...
Shine Communications has been chosen to handle the launch and ongoing PR for Worldpop.com, the UK internet start-up which has received unprecedented financial backing. A global, 24-hour rolling pop news magazine, the site will be launched in early 2000 across all media, including internet, TV, radio,...