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Mayor of London appoints comms chief
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, who won a second term in office at the weekend, has promoted Sarah Brown to become his director of comms.
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Which PR and comms professionals were successful in the 2021 elections?
Across England thousands of councillors, 35 police and crime commissioners and 13 mayors were elected at the weekend, with contests also being fought in the Scottish and Welsh Parliaments.
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ZPB appoints NHS executives to strengthen advisory board
Healthcare agency ZPB Associates has appointed three NHS executives as senior advisors, including the health service’s former COO, Sir Neil McKay.
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Emotive appointed by specialist pharma firm for arthritis campaign
Emotive’s PR and Advocacy team has been appointed by Medac Pharma to deliver an arthritis education and awareness campaign.
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Engine MHP+Mischief boosts health team with hires from Sanofi and Government
Engine MHP+Mischief has hired Sanofi’s former head of corporate comms, Louise Farmer, and the Department for Health and Social Care’s (DHSC) chief press officer, Jaber Mohamed.
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David Lammy tops Labour poll as party’s best spokesperson
David Lammy, MP for Tottenham, is the Parliamentary Labour Party’s best communicator and should play a bigger role as a spokesman, a survey has found.
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Exclusive: Alex Aiken to leave GCS this autumn after surviving PM’s cull last year
Alex Aiken, executive director of the Government Communication Service (GCS), will leave in the autumn amid claims by senior government comms sources that he 'survived being pushed out' by Boris Johnson last autumn during a wider cull of Civil Service staff. This included the exit of the Prime Minister's most senior adviser, Dominic Cummings, and his director of comms, Lee Cain.
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Hanbury Strategy hiring spree woos partners from politics and agencies after strong growth
Hanbury Strategy has announced a series of promotions and hires – including Iain Carter, a former political director for the Conservative Party – as the agency said it was on track to double its annual revenue.
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Staffordshire’s combined police and fire comms team appoints head of news
Catherine Foster has been appointed head of news for the combined comms team at Staffordshire Police and Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service.
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NHS England and Improvement picks new comms chief
James Lyons has been appointed as the new director of comms for NHS England and Improvement (NHS E&I).
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Porter Novelli names global healthcare practice leads
Porter Novelli has promoted Lisa O’Sullivan in the UK to health growth lead and Maura Bergen in the US to health sector lead in its global healthcare comms practice.
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PRWeek Top 150: Healthcare agencies battle pandemic disruption to deliver client needs
Ashfield Health – which includes Mind+Matter, Galliard and Incisive Health – shot to the top of this year’s healthcare rankings with nearly 10 per cent growth, putting clear blue water between itself and second-placed Weber Shandwick.
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New national public health body appoints agency to bring its purpose to life
Evergreen PR has been appointed by public sector organisation the Personalised Care Institute (PCI) on a project basis following a competitive pitch.
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Promotions within Edelman UK health team as Read takes the lead
Edelman UK has awarded promotions to members of its senior healthcare team, with Eleanor Read to lead the practice as managing director and Angela Mahaney to become group client director, while Ashlea Reece takes the role of head of operations.
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Exclusive: Swedish defence giant Saab awards major public affairs and corporate comms account
Swedish defence and security-technology company Saab AB has appointed Cicero/AMO and its Havas stablemate Maitland to deliver a wide-ranging integrated brief, spanning public affairs and corporate comms.
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PRWeek Top 150: Pandemic triggers client demand for public affairs while agility is rewarded
The acquisition of Cavendish and a strong performance overall propelled BECG from third place last year into pole position in the PRWeek Top 150 public affairs agency ranking.
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PRWeek Top 150: Bumpy year as pandemic places spotlight on public sector
Four Communications continued its dominance and retained poll position, opening an even wider lead against its nearest rivals in PRWeek's public sector rankings.
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Downing Street appoints comms chief amid friction over televised briefings
Jack Doyle has been promoted to be the new No. 10 director of comms, Downing Street has confirmed, leaving the future of the Government’s strategy on daily televised press briefings in doubt.
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Met Police comms chief announces departure as hunt for successor begins
James Helm, director of comms at the Metropolitan Police, has announced that he will depart in the summer after more than three years in the job.
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Lexington Health announces new leadership amid ‘record-breaking’ year
Lexington has promoted Ed McRandal to head of health, while Will Culliford has been promoted to be his deputy and lead its health-tech offer.
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