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Bayer's reputational issues continue as 'watch list' scandal deepens
The number of people targeted by FleishmanHillard on behalf of Bayer-owned Monsanto to promote controversial weedkiller Roundup is far higher than previously thought, it has emerged.
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Patient advocacy the focus for promoted MHP health team director
MHP has promoted Jonathon Sheppard to director, as part of a series of changes to strengthen its health offering.
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Senior Cabinet Office staffer takes charge of GREAT campaign
Claire Pimm, deputy director for campaigns, insight and evaluation at the Prime Minister's Office and Cabinet Office, has been appointed interim director of the 'GREAT Britain' campaign.
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MI5 turns to CIPR for help in preventing terror attacks
Using comms as a weapon against the threat of a terrorist attack is at the heart of new guidance developed by Britain's Security Service and the CIPR.
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Local authority campaign urges people to name and shame fly-tippers
Luton residents are being asked to turn detective to reduce illegally dumped waste blighting the town's streets, in a 'Wall of Shame' campaign run by the council.
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Outgoing NHS comms director demands more support for staff
Antony Tiernan, director of communications for improvement and development at NHS England and NHS Improvement, says more help is needed for comms professionals working in the NHS.
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Health experts criticise tobacco-industry-funded foundation over PR spend
The Foundation for a Smoke-Free World, funded by Philip Morris International (PMI), is under fire by experts for spending significantly more on communications than research.
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Agency demonstrates healthcare credentials to win disabled children's charity account
Newlife - the Charity for Disabled Children has appointed The PHA Group as its first retained PR agency, starting work on the account this month.
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'Not So Simple' cancer campaign focuses on the impact of treatment
Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust has launched a campaign highlighting the trauma experienced by people told they have abnormal cells after a cervical cancer test, to raise awareness of the need for greater support.
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Exclusive: Private health app appoints third PR agency in three years
Push Doctor, an app that allows people to pay to see doctors via a video call, has appointed healthcare comms specialist ZPB Associates as its retained PR agency, PRWeek can reveal.
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Warwick University's head of press accused of putting victim 'on trial' during rape-chat scandal
In a BBC documentary, Peter Dunn, director of press and media relations at the University of Warwick, is alleged to have added to the distress of female students who complained about rape threats by subjecting them to an "accusatory" and intimidating interrogation.
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Water safety campaign saves lives
The traumatic experiences of people who almost drowned are being used in a bid by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) to help others avoid suffering the same experience, in a campaign that has prevented 11 people from drowning.
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Council's 'courageous' decision on Panorama documentary puts adult social care on the political agenda
Somerset County Council's decision to open its doors to the BBC's flagship current affairs programme was a "leap of faith" that has paid off, according to Mark Ford, the council's comms manager.
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Case study: Government campaign to promote Jordan reached 10 million and generated leads
In a new 'beyond aid' approach to campaigns, the Department for International Development (DfID) embedded comms into policy to support a major international conference hosted by Prime Minister Theresa May and King Abdullah II of Jordan.
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Case study: Local authority makes a media splash after reducing childhood obesity
Leeds became headline news at the start of this month, with a series of headlines across print, online and broadcast media on the fact that the city had become the first in Britain to reduce its childhood obesity rate.
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Shakespeare writes the script for cancer campaign aimed at men
The words of the Bard are being combined with emotive real-life stories of men with prostate cancer in a drive to raise the profile of a disease that kills one man every 45 minutes.
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OPEN Health adds to senior management team with former GSK operative
Richard Buchanan Brown, a medicinal chemistry graduate who worked in pharma before pursuing a career in health comms, has been appointed associate director at the OPEN Health group's patient and brand comms agency.
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Luxury brand agency to promote clinical trials for cancer treatment
Issa PR, a boutique agency known for its work for the likes of Absolut Vodka and Def Jam Records, has been appointed by Hamlet Pharma to promote the first major clinical trials for a new cancer treatment.
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Senior government comms operative speaks out on bullying and nepotism
The nature of the small and specialised comms community makes it a potential breeding ground for the abuse of staff, according to a senior government communicator who claims to have suffered and witnessed unacceptable behaviour.
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Case study: Commuting etiquette campaign reaches millions of Londoners
Doing the right thing is the theme of an approach to promoting compassion among people travelling on public transport, by asking commuters to offer their seat to those who may need it more than them.
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