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Pandemic prompts blood cancer charity to switch to permanent 'digital-first' approach
The pandemic has inspired a fundamental overhaul of communications at blood cancer charity Anthony Nolan and now there's no going back, its comms chief has told PRWeek in an exclusive interview.
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Sanofi poaches pharma comms veteran from rival
Fiona Olivier has left AbbVie, where she was the pharma giant's head of global patient relations and international public affairs, to be global head of public affairs and communications for Sanofi's general medicines division.
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Hanover Health bolsters leadership team as fee income rises
Two associate directors, specialising in comms and public affairs, have been appointed by Hanover Health after fee income climbed by almost one-fifth.
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Internal comms during COVID: Pandemic spurs change at Church in Wales
This article is one of six case studies for PRWeek's new Internal Comms 2021 series, and is taken from the magazine's recent Strategic Internal Communications conference. It's part of The Knowledge, PRWeek's premium content offer.
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Internal comms during COVID: Highways England embraces emotion
This article is one of six case studies for PRWeek's new Internal Comms 2021 series, and is taken from the magazine's recent Strategic Internal Communications conference. It's part of The Knowledge, PRWeek's premium content offer.
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Internal comms during COVID: BT benefits from 'back to basics'
This article is one of six case studies for PRWeek's new Internal Comms 2021 series, and is taken from the magazine's recent Strategic Internal Communications conference. It's part of The Knowledge, PRWeek's premium content offer.
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Internal comms during COVID: User generated content changes the game at Kellogg's
This article is one of six case studies for PRWeek's new Internal Comms 2021 series, and is taken from the magazine's recent Strategic Internal Communications conference. It's part of The Knowledge, PRWeek's premium content offer.
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Internal comms during COVID: How pandemic brought PMI leadership closer to staff
This article is one of six case studies for PRWeek's new Internal Comms 2021 series, and is taken from the magazine's recent Strategic Internal Communications conference. It's part of The Knowledge, PRWeek's premium content offer.
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Internal comms during COVID: How pandemic transformed Coca-Cola’s approach
This article is one of six case studies for PRWeek's new Internal Comms 2021 series, and is taken from the magazine's recent Strategic Internal Communications conference. It's part of The Knowledge, PRWeek's premium content offer.
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Scientists criticise AstraZeneca's vaccine comms
The quality of AstraZeneca’s messaging is detracting from the positive facts about the pharma company's COVID-19 vaccine, according to scientists.
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RNLI appoints new PR agency
The PHA Group has been appointed to the comms framework of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) following a competitive pitch process, the agency announced today.
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Rees-Mogg unrepentant following attack on political journalist
Jacob Rees-Mogg, leader of the House of Commons, has been rebuked over a personal attack on Arj Singh, deputy political editor at HuffPost UK, in which he accused the journalist of being a “knave or a fool”.
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HM Treasury comms budget soars during pandemic
HM Treasury’s comms budget is at its highest in five years, and has increased by more than a quarter over the past year, it has emerged.
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Boxers come out fighting with COVID-19 vaccine campaign
England Boxing is orchestrating a #WinWithTheJab campaign to promote uptake of the coronavirus vaccine, particularly among members of ethnic minority communities.
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Exclusive: Lee Cain dropped by talent agency after signing with rival
Boris Johnson’s former director of communications, Lee Cain, was dropped by a leading talent management firm this morning, hours after it emerged he had also signed up with a rival agency.
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Exclusive: Former No. 10 comms chief Cain launches agency and celebrity speaker career
Lee Cain, the Prime Minister’s former director of comms who resigned amid a reported rift with Boris Johnson’s fiancée, Carrie Symonds, is setting up a PR agency and reinventing himself as a celebrity speaker receiving up to £15,000 for a single event, PRWeek can reveal.
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Local authority channels Sunak's media playbook with live council tax Q&A
Swindon Borough Council’s comms team has gone on the front foot to explain why this year’s council tax bills have gone up, choosing a live Q&A with a local news outlet as a vehicle to break the news to local residents, in an echo of the Chancellor's Budget media strategy.
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Mind+Matter hires life sciences specialist to lead cryogenics account
Katy Etchells has been appointed associate director, pharma and life sciences, by Mind+Matter, and will lead the agency's work for the agency's new client, Cryoport.
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Ex-ABPI CEO joins Brevia Consulting’s health division as chair
Public affairs and PR agency Brevia Consulting has appointed Mike Thompson, former chief executive of the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI), as chairman of its health arm.
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Today programme producer takes BBC public affairs role
Jason Keen has left his job as a producer on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme to become a senior public affairs adviser at the corporation.
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