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Cabinet Office data reveals average Civil Service comms salaries for the first time
Communications is in the bottom half of professions in the Civil Service in terms of pay, according to new data released by the Cabinet Office.
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Government comms spending triples as departments prepare for Brexit
The amount spent by the government on campaigns and comms staff has more than tripled over the past financial year due to the demands of Brexit, according to new data from the Cabinet Office.
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Publicis Health creates two top roles in latest promotions round
Publicis Health has promoted two of its senior team-members to new pan-European roles, in a restructure at the top of the organisation.
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'Float to live' says special ops veteran in latest tranche of RNLI prevention campaign
A former commando trained in how to survive in hostile environments is the celebrity influencer fronting a new bid by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) to prevent deaths from drowning.
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Brexit stockpiling fears as EU calls for improved comms around medicine shortages
Government bodies across Europe, including the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency in the UK, are being urged by the EU to improve the way medicines shortages are communicated to prevent stockpiling.
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British Army ramps up information warfare capability to meet 21st-century threats
The British Army is reconfiguring its forces to better enable it to fight in what is an escalating information war.
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Exclusive: Met Police hires Daily Mail executive news editor to lead media work
Chris Greenwood, executive news editor at the Daily Mail, is to join the Metropolitan Police as head of media later this year, PRWeek can reveal.
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Former NHS comms chief sets up as freelance consultant
Chloe Watson has stepped down from her role as head of comms and engagement at North London Partners in Health and Care, which includes 28 NHS and local authority organisations, to go freelance.
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Medical comms group announces UK expansion into bio-sciences heartlands
Pharma and biotech comms agency Prime Global is to expand its UK operations by opening two new offices.
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Highland Marketing poaches ex-NHS comms manager
Experienced comms professional Jon Salmon has left Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust, where he was comms manager, to join health tech specialist Highland Marketing as an account director.
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Reputation of big pharma suffering in the UK, research shows
Less than one-third of UK patient groups rate the reputation of the pharma industry as good or excellent, according to a major report.
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Rule-breaking council mag which 'failed to reach' all residents faces axe
A controversial council magazine, produced in breach of government guidance aimed at protecting local media from unfair competition, is on the brink of closure after councillors narrowly voted in favour of scrapping it.
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The Difference Collective wins media relations brief for Heart UK
Cholesterol charity Heart UK has appointed virtual healthcare PR agency The Difference Collective to overhaul the way it works with the media.
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Case study: Digital content helps ADHD testing firm capture new business
Qbtech, which has developed tests to help doctors diagnose cases of attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), has seen its business surge as a result of a digital content campaign that started in February this year.
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Healthcare comms chief chooses her house number for new agency name
Jessica Pacey, former practice director at Four Health Communications, has set up her own agency, 67health.
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Health regulator in public consultation to revamp patient engagement
The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is to overhaul the way it engages with patients and the wider public, with a consultation taking place over the next three months.
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University of Warwick bars comms pros from role in complaints process after 'rape chat' scandal
Concerns over a conflict of interest in the case have resulted in the University deciding that comms professionals will no longer be allowed to act as investigators into complaints involving staff or students.
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London council appoints director of strategy and comms
Paul Bates, who has 20 years of experience in comms, has been named director of strategy and communications at Lambeth Council.
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Tesco Bank media relations head moves to Student Loans Company
Adam Treslove, former head of media relations and public affairs at Tesco Bank, has been appointed head of corporate affairs for the Student Loans Company (SLC).
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MHP survey prompts public demand for government to ban health misinformation
Fears over the harms caused by fake health news have prompted the majority of Britons to demand the government step in and introduce laws to prevent health misinformation spreading on social media, according to new research.
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