STOP PRESS: PI’s Boyd defects to Consolidated

Consolidated Communications’ new public affairs division has poached James Boyd from Politics International, four months after the operation was set up by former Politics International consultant, Edward Vaizey (PR Week, 5 June). Boyd, 33, joins Consolidated as deputy director, reporting to Vaizey. A trained tax and trusts lawyer, Boyd worked at Ludgate public affairs for two years, leaving as associate director, before joining Politics International.