STOP PRESS: Homebase loses communications chief

Sainsbury’s-owned DIY chain Homebase is losing its communications director, Tim Johns, to BT where he becomes UK PR campaigns head at the end of this month (PR Week, 29 May). Johns will report to corporate relations director Brenda McAll and will oversee a team of six. Johns worked at Homebase for two-and-a-half years and was previously media relations head at Sainsbury’s. Homebase is actively seeking to replace him.