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AstraZeneca appoints global media relations chief for oncology
Pharma multinational AstraZeneca has hired Chris Calland as global director of media relations for its oncology portfolio, PRWeek has learned.
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Resonant Group buys OPEN Health PR and eyes further sector acquisitions
Resonant Group has acquired OPEN Health’s PR business for an undisclosed sum and renamed it Anthem PR, it announced this morning.
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Dentons Global Advisors hires partners from Edelman, Finsbury and Milltown
Dentons Global Advisors has made a trio of senior hires in the UK and US with the appointment of Ryan Toohey, Humza Vanderman and Yim Wong as partners.
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Marks & Spencer appoints agency for consumer and corporate brief after spring review
High-street retailer Marks & Spencer has awarded Red Consultancy a brief to provide local consumer and regional comms work following a competitive pitch, PRWeek can reveal.
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Golin hires consumer MD along with media and social veterans
Golin has hired Ed Green to be managing director of its consumer division, along with Alex Bell as executive director of media relations and Jo Bromilow as social strategy director.
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Exclusive: Singapore Tourism Board appoints UK PR agency for six-figure brief
The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) has hired Finn Partners as its sole UK PR agency, PRWeek can exclusively reveal.
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Labour Party political comms heavyweight Paddy Hennessy takes agency role
Sadiq Khan’s former comms chief and veteran political journalist Paddy Hennessy is to join London Communications Agency as a senior advisor next month.
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NHS England promotes head of media to deputy comms chief
NHS England and Improvement has promoted its former head of media, James Mole, to the role of deputy director of comms, PRWeek has learned.
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Public affairs agency Interel acquired by Dentons Global Advisors
Dentons Global Advisors has acquired public affairs agency Interel for an undisclosed sum, the firm announced this morning.
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NHSX digital director joins Freuds as it pivots to exploit health-tech revolution
Freuds Health & Behaviour Change Unit has appointed former NHSX digital director Professor Sam Shah as a senior advisor, as the agency moves to exploit a 'seismic shift' in the role technology plays in healthcare.
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Fast-growing agency hires former government minister Margot James
Public affairs agency Taso Advisory has followed rapid revenue growth by marking its second year in business with the announcement of a raft of senior hires – including former digital minister Margot James.
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Exclusive: BCW London unites corporate and public affairs practices
BCW has merged its London corporate and public affairs practices and named Nick Williams group managing director of the new division along with a raft of senior promotions, PRWeek can exclusively reveal.
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Higginson Strategy launches built environment practice with founding clients
Higginson Strategy has created a built environment division and hired a PR specialist to lead it.
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Will people pivot from ‘diktat to discretion’ on 'Freedom Day' with the Government’s message on masks?
In a televised address watched by more than 45 million people on Monday evening, Boris Johnson set out steps to reopen England from lockdown, which included abolishing legal requirements on wearing masks and social distancing along with a seismic shift in the Government’s central health message on COVID-19 from “universal diktat to personal responsibility”.
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Exclusive: Corporate comms salary growth falls and women bear the brunt of cuts
Corporate comms salary growth fell during 2020, and agency staff were nearly twice as likely as those in-house to have taken a pay cut. Women in the sector have borne the financial brunt, according to an authoritative study shown exclusively to PRWeek.
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Exclusive: Woodhouse swaps government departments to be DCMS comms chief
Craig Woodhouse, the director of comms at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), is to leave next month for a new role in government, PRWeek has learned.
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Luther Pendragon distances itself from former partner at centre of Hancock affair
Luther Pendragon has sought to distance itself from Gina Coladangelo – a shareholder and former partner at the agency – in the wake of the furore surrounding her affair with Matt Hancock, who resigned as Health Secretary at the weekend.
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Whitehouse appoints Brussels veteran to lead EU affairs
Whitehouse Communications has appointed Dr Andy Tarrant as its director of EU affairs.
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Labour interim comms chief is Blair-era political comms heavyweight
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has appointed Matthew Doyle, a political comms heavyweight who served former Prime Minister Tony Blair, as the party’s interim director of comms.
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Pharma firm picks Buchanan to drive investment into psychedelic medicine
Financial comms agency Buchanan has been appointed by BetterLife Pharma - the developer of a non-hallucinogenic psychedelic that could treat serious depressive disorders - to increase the company’s visibility and drive investment, following its partnership with a specialist venture capitalist fund.
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