PR Week (UK) articles from January 2004

PR Week (UK) archives from January 2004

Hilton is to slash agency spending.(Brief Article)
January 9, 2004... Leisure giant Hilton Group is to overhaul its PR agency relationships for its hotels division in a move set to result in cutbacks for the 27 PR agencies the company uses across the globe. Hilton director of corporate affairs Alex Pagett...

BBC upgrades news PR job as Hutton report looms.(Brief Article)
January 9, 2004... BBC News is beefing up its top PR role as it prepares for a further wave of criticism with the imminent release of the Hutton Inquiry report. The broadcaster is looking to fill a newly created head of comms role for the news operation. A...

C&W appoints Smith as Cottam is ousted.(Cable and Wireless)(Brief Article)
January 9, 2004... Cable & Wireless, the FTSE-100 telecoms company, has axed its two most senior PROs and poached Dixons Group comms chief Lesley Smith to head up the firm's restructured comms division. Under the planned restructuring, C&W director of...

RAC hires Lovell as first corporate comms boss.(Brief Article)
January 9, 2004... The RAC has made former T-Mobile PR chief Neil Lovell its first director of corporate communications. Lovell has been hired in a restructure of the RAC's in-house comms team, with a brief to promote all the company's services. PR for...

Industry mourns loss of Kaposi from brain tumour.(Powergen)(Brief Article)
January 9, 2004... Friends and former colleagues of ex-Powergen corporate affairs director Esther Kaposi have paid tribute to her contribution to PR. Kaposi died shortly before Christmas at the age of 44 after a long battle with a brain tumour. Former...

Ketchum chair Drobis to retire.(David Drobis)
January 9, 2004... NEW YORK: Ketchum chairman and senior partner David Drobis is to retire at the end of this month. Having joined the global PR agency as an account executive, Drobis rose through the ranks during a 36-year stint to become CEO, a post he...

NEWS BRIEF: Mills joins Rexam.(group communications director appointed)(Brief Article)
January 9, 2004... APPOINTMENT: Kingfisher director of corporate affairs Andrew Mills is to join consumer packaging firm Rexam as group communications director at the end of February. Mills, who leaves after eight years at the retail giant, replaces Per...

NEWS BRIEF: Motorola retains Firefly.(Firefly Communications)(Brief Article)
January 9, 2004... TECH: Motorola has retained Firefly Communications for UK PR advice, following a competitive pitch (PRWeek, 10 October 2003). Firefly, which already held the business, understood to be worth around pounds 300,000 a year, fought off Edelman in a...

NEWS BRIEF: Edengene to appoint PR agency.(Brief Article)
January 9, 2004... PITCH: UK-based business consultancy Edengene is seeking to appoint its first retained PR agency. Edengene head of communications Mike Yuille said the firm was looking for a London-based agency with strong business media contacts to raise its...

NEWS BRIEF: Darren Thomas resigns.(Cake managing director)
January 9, 2004... AGENCY RESIGNATION: Cake managing director Darren Thomas has resigned, as first revealed on prweek.com (15 December 2003). Thomas, who joined Cake from Frucor Beverages two years ago, is not thought to have a specific job to go to.

NEWS BRIEF: Rowland appoints CEO.(Rowland Communications)(Brief Article)
January 9, 2004... NEW YORK: Former Manning Selvage & Lee London chief Ann Moravick has been appointed president and CEO at sister Publicis agency Rowland Communications. She replaces Mark Weiss.

NEWS BRIEF: Media Consulta opens office.(Brief Article)
January 9, 2004... OFFICE LAUNCH: Berlin-based PR and advertising agency Media Consulta has opened an office in London. The agency plans to have ten staff in place by the end of 2004.

Roche to step up its lobbying work.(Brief Article)
January 9, 2004... Swiss-based pharma firm Roche has hired AstraZeneca government and industry affairs manager Hilary Rutherford as its head of public affairs. She replaces Fiona Kerrel-Vaughan who left at the end of last year and is emigrating to Australia....

Townsend gears up for media task at Old Trafford.(Manchester United hires communications director)(Brief Article)
January 9, 2004... Former government sports media and PR adviser Philip Townsend is preparing for a heavy workload in the media relations side of his new role as Manchester United's communications director. He will replace Paddy Harverson, who is to fill the...

Centrica PA boss lands top British Gas position.(Brief Article)
January 9, 2004... British Gas has recruited parent company Centrica's director of public affairs Patrick Law to beef up the company's stakeholder relations work. Law, who joined this week, will take the newly created role of director of corporate affairs...

Bic plans PR for gel-based pen.(Brief Article)
January 9, 2004... Bic, the pen manufacturer, is gearing up for a publicity onslaught to mark the launch of its gel-based pen in the UK. Bic UK is poised to choose between retained PR agency Endacott RJB or Mercier Grey to manage the consumer launch of The...

Cohen departs Bell Pottinger after 13-year stint.(Brief Article)
January 9, 2004... Bell Pottinger Consultants director Shimon Cohen has quit after 13 years with the group to launch his own PR agency. In setting up The PR Office, which launched this week, Cohen has taken with him another Bell Pottinger employee, consultant...

Virgin.net drops Frank for Mantra.(Brief Article)
January 9, 2004... Virgin.net, the UK's fifth-largest internet service provider, has dropped Frank PR as the company prepares for a new consumer and business-to-business PR drive. Mantra PR will start work on the account next week. It involves targeting...

B-M beats three to win Visa International brief.(Burson Marsteller)
January 9, 2004... Visa International has hired Burson-Marsteller to handle its corporate reputation and sponsorships globally, only months before the Olympics, which it is sponsoring. Incumbent agency GCI did not repitch. The choice came down to four...

PUBLIC SECTOR NEWS: College creates a marcoms team.(Strathclyde University marketing and communications division)(Brief Article)
January 9, 2004... Strathclyde University has created a new marketing and communications division in an attempt to forge its own brand in the increasingly competitive market of higher education. The university's external affairs, international graduate...

PUBLIC SECTOR NEWS: Ex-news editor lands Surrey job.(Surrey County Council appointment)(Brief Article)
January 9, 2004... Surrey County Council has poached the news editor of the region's biggest newspaper as part of a reorganisation of its communications. Matt Burrows, formerly with the 40,185 circulation Surrey Advertiser, has taken on the role of corporate...

PUBLIC SECTOR NEWS: East Riding embarks on search for comms chief.(communications)(Brief Article)
January 9, 2004... East Riding of Yorkshire County Council is to launch a hunt for a head of communications, four months after the dismissal of the previous postholder. The council is being advised on the recruitment procedure by Robin Treacher, a director...

PUBLIC SECTOR NEWS: Oldham moves to restore its image.(Brief Article)
January 9, 2004... Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council has appointed Susan Wildman as its first ever head of corporate communications. Wildman joins the local authority from the Greater Manchester Probation Service, where she was head of PR and...

PUBLIC SECTOR NEWS: Small business scheme sets off.(Working with Business project funded by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister )(Brief Article)
January 9, 2004... A campaign begins this month to promote a local authority-led project aimed at making councils more effective in helping small- and medium-sized businesses. The project, Working with Business, is funded by the Office of the Deputy Prime...

PUBLIC SECTOR NEWS: Glasgow puts pounds 1.5m behind PR makeover.(Brief Article)
January 9, 2004... Glasgow's tourism board is set to launch a pounds 1.5m image makeover for the city - the biggest investment in PR and advertising by the city since it won the 1990 European City of Culture mantle. Greater Glasgow & Clyde Valley Tourist...

PUBLIC SECTOR NEWS: Teacher training agency pitches.(Teacher Training Agency hunting for an agency to handle PR work)(Brief Article)
January 9, 2004... The Teacher Training Agency (TTA) is on the hunt for an agency to handle a raft of recruitment PR work. The search comes as the agency carries out a review of the contract currently held by Financial Dynamics. The new brief will cover...

PUBLIC SECTOR BRIEF: NAEIAC commissions Arnold.(National Association of Educational Inspectors, Advisers and Consultants commissions Arnold Group)(Brief Article)
January 9, 2004... EDUCATION: The National Association of Educational Inspectors, Advisers and Consultants (NAEIAC) has commissioned trade union PR specialist the Arnold Group to audit its communications. NAEIAC general secretary John Chowcat said: 'Our union...

PUBLIC SECTOR BRIEF: 'Your London. Your Election'.(elections for the mayor of London)(Brief Article)
January 9, 2004... EVENT: The 10 June elections for the mayor of London, the London Assembly and the European Parliament are to be publicised at an event called 'Your London. Your Election' on 15 January. The free event will provide information on the elections...

PUBLIC SECTOR BRIEF: Courses at Warwick University.(leadership course)
January 9, 2004... LEADERSHIP COURSE: The first of four residential courses for the Local Government Communications Leaders Development Programme (PRWeek, 28 November 2003) will take place from 14 to 16 January at Warwick University.

PUBLIC SECTOR BRIEF: Competition to find best DJ.(Government Office South West's drug awareness programme)(Brief Article)
January 9, 2004... DRUGS: The Government Office South West's drugs action team is promoting a competition to find the best club DJ in the Bristol area. Advertising and PR consultancy Churton Inge Associates has been recruited to handle the job, which will raise...

PUBLIC SECTOR BRIEF: Amicus and Students launch campaign.(white collar union Amicus and the National Union of Students launch campaign)(Brief Article)
January 9, 2004... UNIONS: White collar union Amicus and the National Union of Students have launched a campaign to pressure UK banks and insurance companies to extend CSR practices to offshore operations in India. The campaign will send former EastEnders actor...

PUBLIC SECTOR BRIEF: Agencies to manage fp6uk.ost.gov.uk.(The Government's Office of Science and Technology has chosen three agencies to manage website)
January 9, 2004... BUSINESS: The Government's Office of Science and Technology has chosen three agencies to manage the website fp6uk.ost.gov.uk. Communications consultancy theglasgowsgroup, information services specialist j4b plc and business strategy expert Pera...

PUBLIC SECTOR BRIEF: Dept for Education and Skills launches campaign.(Brief Article)
January 9, 2004... EDUCATION: The Department for Education and Skills is launching a PR campaign to promote a newly created award scheme for those working in further education colleges as well as employment and community-based learning. In promoting the Star...

VOLUNTARY SECTOR NEWS: Scouts poach Oxfam's Palmer to run marcoms.(appointment at the Scout Association )(Brief Article)
January 9, 2004... The Scout Association has poached Oxfam's director of corporate marketing John Palmer to run its revamped comms division. Palmer, who has been with Oxfam for 14 years, starts work at the association on 26 January and will take charge of a...

VOLUNTARY SECTOR NEWS: Shelter aims to broaden agenda.(Brief Article)
January 9, 2004... Homelessness charity Shelter is planning a two-year campaign to highlight the organisation's work for families and children. The charity has hired Hooper Galton to help hammer out the details of the PR drive, which will start in April. ...

VOLUNTARY SECTOR NEWS: John Grooms highlights need for disabled homes.(Brief Article)
January 9, 2004... National disability charity and housing association John Grooms is stepping up its campaigning to make more social housing suitable for the physically disabled. The move follows the charity's success in persuading the Greater London...

VOLUNTARY SECTOR NEWS: BHF steps up anti-smoking drive.(British Heart Foundation )(Brief Article)
January 9, 2004... The British Heart Foundation (BHF) has pledged 'aggressive' PR work to support its government-backed publicity blitz to cut smoking. The charity is aiming to raise awareness of the damage cigarettes cause to arteries via its 'Give Up...

VOLUNTARY SECTOR NEWS: Children's charity creates PRO role.(creates a senior press officer post )(Brief Article)
January 9, 2004... NCH, the children's charity, has created a senior press officer post as it embarks on a series of fresh initiatives to support vulnerable children. It has hired Jennifer Walters to the role, with a brief that covers policy and campaigning....

VOLUNTARY SECTOR NEWS: No Smoking Day.(Brief Article)
January 9, 2004... The charity No Smoking Day has enlisted the support of Boots, Asda and the Armed Forces for the 21st No Smoking Day, which takes place on 10 March. This year's campaign will target the 72 per cent of the UK's 13 million smokers who want to quit...

PUBLIC AFFAIRS NEWS: ASPA chair slams proposed lobbyists registration.(Association for Scottish Public Affairs)(Brief Article)
January 9, 2004... EDINBURGH: The new convenor of the Association for Scottish Public Affairs (ASPA), Stuart Crawford, has warned the Scottish Parliament over the planned registration of lobbyists. The Stuart Crawford Associates founder said the major...

PUBLIC AFFAIRS NEWS: Civil Service Bill targets advisers.(Brief Article)
January 9, 2004... Lobbyists who communicate to government advisers and officials face a fresh learning curve this week as a select committee published its draft Civil Service Bill. The Public Administration Select Committee (PASC) has drawn up a bill...

PUBLIC AFFAIRS NEWS: GPC hires healthcare chief from rival agency APCO.(Brief Article)
January 9, 2004... APCO UK associate manager Claire Ashbridge-Thomlinson has joined rival lobbying outfit GPC International as head of its UK healthcare practice. Ashbridge-Thomlinson started as associate director this week. She said her aims included...

PUBLIC AFFAIRS NEWS: Your Energy push for 'green' power.(Brief Article)
January 9, 2004... Your Energy, one of the UK's largest wind energy companies, has launched a lobbying campaign to make sure that the Government sticks to its commitment to renewable energy. The company has hired Quintus Public Affairs to work on the new...

CITY & CORPORATE NEWS: French debt issuer hires PR agency for makeover.(Agence France Tresor)(Brief Article)
January 9, 2004... FRANCE: Agence France Tresor (AFT), the sovereign debt issuer of the French government, is increasing its PR efforts to make French government debt more attractive to UK and US investors. The body has appointed Brunswick to handle PR for...

CITY & CORPORATE NEWS: Zurich snaps up RSA's financial comms chief.(Zurich Financial Services)(Brief Article)
January 9, 2004... SWITZERLAND: Zurich Financial Services, the Swiss insurance giant, has poached Royal & Sun Alliance (RSA) director of financial communication Malcolm Gilbert to become its group head of investor relations. Gilbert, who has been in charge...

CITY & CORPORATE NEWS: Reputation table has gone weekly.(Brief Article)
January 9, 2004... The key retailing period before and during Christmas helped Tesco continue its impressive standing in the press in December, as it retained top spot in PRWeek's Reputation Monitor. Previously run on a monthly basis, the monitor has now gone...

CITY & CORPORATE NEWS: Allan wins First Choice post.
January 9, 2004... Holiday operator First Choice has appointed Lesley Allan to the new position of director of corporate communications as it seeks to modernise its image on the back of acquisition activity. Allan joins from Hudson Sandler, where she was one...

CITY & CORPORATE NEWS: Beattie MD hired by Bell Pottinger.(Brief Article)
January 9, 2004... Bell Pottinger Financial has hired Beattie Financial managing director Ann-Marie Wilkinson as a director. She will be replaced at Beattie by her former deputy, James Chandler. Bell Pottinger Financial MD Michael Brill said: 'Ann-Marie...

HEALTHCARE NEWS: Shire Health appoints de Gruchy London MD.(Brief Article)
January 9, 2004... Global healthcare giant Shire Health Group has appointed Matt de Gruchy as managing director of Shire Health London. De Gruchy replaces Fiona Hall, who quit the agency to join Weber Shandwick as Europe healthcare managing director six weeks...

MEDIA RELATIONS NEWS: Broadview takes on CNBC reporter.(Brief Article)
January 9, 2004... Broadcast PR specialist Broadview has hired former CNBC Europe presenter and reporter Sean Walsh to bolster its video and broadcast offering in the aerospace and financial sectors. Walsh, who most recently launched and presented the first...

MEDIA RELATIONS NEWS: Travelocity opts for 'aggressive' tactics.(Brief Article)
January 9, 2004... Online travel retailer Travelocity has revamped its media relations strategy as it launches an ad blitz featuring veteran travel journalist Alan Whicker this week. The online holiday booking firm, whose rivals include Expedia, has replaced...

MEDIA RELATIONS NEWS: 2 Minutes With... Robert Peston, City editor, Sunday Telegraph.(Brief Article)(Interview)
January 9, 2004... You reshuffled your team at the Sunday Telegraph late last year. Why? I wanted to do more investigations and have been reorienting the City pages to cover more of the interface between politics and business. We needed another senior...

MEDIA RELATIONS NEWS: RNLI hires five for media offensive.(Royal National Lifeboat Institution)(Brief Article)
January 9, 2004... The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) is boosting its PR team with the creation of five divisional media relations management posts. The new managers will be part of a drive to increase fundraising from pounds 90.4m in 2002 to...

MEDIA RELATIONS NEWS: IPC unveils media plan for launch of lads' title.(Brief Article)
January 9, 2004... IPC has unveiled the media relations strategy behind the launch on 22 January of its weekly men's title, Nuts. Details of the launch have been kept under wraps, but it is believed PR tactics will involve a mix of news announcements,...

MEDIA RELATIONS NEWS: Adecco appoints Muir for global PR.(Brief Article)
January 9, 2004... Adecco Management & Consulting, the recruitment firm, has revamped its global comms to boost its profile as an analyser of trends in recruitment and employment. The firm has hired West LB Panmure PR manager Vanessa Muir as director of...

NEWS ANALYSIS: RSA puts comms at heart of reform.(Royal and Sun Alliance communications)
January 9, 2004... After a difficult year, troubled insurer Royal & Sun Alliance has strengthened its communications operation in an attempt to restore its reputation with staff and stakeholders. Tom Williams reports on the challenges ahead This month Royal...

PROFILE: Brain goes solo for Edelman - David Brain, president and chief executive, Edelman Europe.(Interview)
January 9, 2004... There isn't much about David Brain that shouts 'European president and CEO'. From his modest 1930s terraced abode in Clapham, south London to his unassuming, easygoing manner, this Essex boy-made-good is cosy company. As we sit down for...

OPINION: My Best Hire.(Edelman )(Brief Article)
January 9, 2004... Karen Bergin, head of corporate affairs at Microsoft UK, on the chameleon-like Jacqui Crane Jacqui came to Microsoft from the agency Profile Corporate Communications (which was later acquired by Grayling). We'd interviewed a great many...

OPINION: View From The Top - Alpha communicator.
January 9, 2004... The charismatic chairwoman of the London 2012 Olympic bid team is in upbeat mood, says Gidon Freeman Barbara Cassani is refusing to have her picture taken. The American chairwoman of London 2012, the vehicle through which the UK capital is...

HEALTHCARE: How to cut drug waste.
January 9, 2004... Half the NHS drugs budget is wasted, as patients fail to take prescribed medicines. The challenge for health PROs is to spell out why this won't do, says Rob Gray Almost half of the medicines prescribed for patients with long-term medical...

CAMPAIGNS: Second Opinion.(of Clayton Graham Communications campaign)(Brief Article)
January 9, 2004... Martin Ballantine is joint MD/creative director of Revolver Communications. He has worked on PR campaigns for a variety of automotive clients, including Daimler Chrysler and the launch of Proton's Lotus-engineered GTI. According to...

DIARY: Well you say you want a resolution..(Brief Article)
January 9, 2004... As befits its name, Diary has duly clocked the time of year and rings in the new-look PRWeek with some of our industry luminaries' New Year resolutions. Those of Luther Pendragon's ebullient founder and partner George Pitcher include...

DIARY: PM goes offline in favour of snail mail.(prime minister)
January 9, 2004... Barely a month after Tony Blair launched The Big Conversation, a consultation exercise aimed at engaging with voters' concerns, it has emerged that the PM has ditched his weekly webcast. Instead of the much-touted webcast, a PR gimmick...

DIARY: Ghosts of Xmas will now haunt Citigate.
January 9, 2004... Clients with an appetite for gut-expanding PR hospitality might do best to avoid Citigate Communications, if the pre-Christmas shenanigans at the agency's Birmingham office are an accurate barometer of its generosity. No PR agency would...

DIARY: TV exposure is no guarantee of biz.
January 9, 2004... Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones, the smooth-talking chief of marcoms agency Commsplus, says budding entrepreneurs have 'inundated' him with ideas, following his appearances on BBC1's recent Innovation Nation show, on which he advised a couple on how...

DIARY: Hit or Miss..
January 9, 2004... Today BBC Radio 4's flagship programme hit the headlines last week when it published the results of a vote among listeners, asked to propose legislation they would like to see passed. Of 26,000 votes, the winning idea (on 37 per cent) was a law...

DIARY: Let's do lunch.(Restaurant Bar and Grill, Manchester, England)(Restaurant Review)
January 9, 2004... The Restaurant Bar and Grill reviewed by Adam Clyne, managing director of Manchester agency The Lab This striking city-centre venue is perfect for the PR professional out to impress. From a serious business lunch to a more relaxed affair,...

Cathay plans PR for Sars recovery.(Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. public relations)(Brief Article)
January 16, 2004... Hong Kong-based air carrier Cathay Pacific is in the closing stages of appointing its first PR agency in the UK for four years as it prepares to overcome the devastating effects of the Sars virus. It has shortlisted three agencies for a...

Lastminute.com picks Gavin Anderson.(public relations U.K.)(Brief Article)
January 16, 2004... Lastminute.com has appointed Gavin Anderson as its retained financial PR adviser in a bid to gear its investor relations to the business's European expansion. Lastminute corporate comms manager Lucy Dare said the company wanted to take...

Edelman survey sees political trust return.(2004 Edelman Trust Study)(Brief Article)
January 16, 2004... Trust in governments and business globally is on the increase, according to a study of over 1,000 opinion leaders to be presented at the World Economic Forum in Davos next week. The 2004 Edelman Trust Study paints a picture of a world of...

Revolver prepares for Stolly PR push.(Stolichnaya retains Revolver Communications for public relations)(Brief Article)
January 16, 2004... Stolichnaya, the iconic Russian vodka brand, is preparing for its biggest PR blitz since distributor First Drink Brands acquired it seven years ago. FDB has hired Revolver Communications to 'Stolly's' pounds 300,000 PR account as it ups...

Downing Street proposes televised lobby briefings.(Phillis Review report on government public relations U.K.)(Brief Article)
January 16, 2004... Downing Street is understood to be preparing to televise its daily lobby briefings as part of a range of changes planned for Government communications. The televising of the briefings, given by the Prime Minister's official spokesman to...

Waterstone's reviews consumer PR account.(public relations U.K.)(Brief Article)
January 16, 2004... Waterstone's is reviewing its PR with four agencies set to battle it out in a pitch for the bookseller's consumer PR business. Weber Shandwick, Cohn & Wolfe, The Braben Company and Camron PR have been approached by Waterstone's, with...

Kuoni appoints first head of PR.(Sarah Bolam, Kuoni Travel Ltd.)(Brief Article)
January 16, 2004... Long-haul tour operator Kuoni Travel has appointed Sarah Bolam as the first holder of a head of PR title. The top PR post at Kuoni has seen controversy in recent years, with the jailing just over a year ago of former PR manager Gino Meriano...

3 UK set to award Lexis PR third-generation remit.(public relations U.K.)(Brief Article)
January 16, 2004... 3 UK is on the verge of appointing Lexis Public Relations as the mobile operator prepares for what is likely to be a make-or-break year for its third-generation network. Elaine Quinn, 3 UK head of consumer PR, confirmed that a decision...

CSR body lobbies for good practice.(Bernard Giraud appointed CSR Europe)(Brief Article)
January 16, 2004... Danone head of CSR Bernard Giraud is to spearhead a new campaign to get European businesses to implement corporate social responsibility in the workplace. Giraud, the French food company's director of sustainable development and social...

Beattie hire aims for consumer lift.(Ann Cunnane appointed Beattie Communications)(Brief Article)
January 16, 2004... Beattie Communications has stepped up its consumer PR effort with the hire of former Cairns & Associates MD Ann Cunnane to lead its ten-strong London consumer PR team. Cunnane left Cairns to go on maternity leave in July. Her replacement...

Motorola puts US PR contract up for pitch.(public relations)
January 16, 2004... CHICAGO: Motorola is reviewing its PR across the US, with some of the world's largest agencies set to pitch to the mobile-phone handset giant within a fortnight. Monica Rohleder, Motorola head of PR for North America, confirmed that a...

Salmon scare.(public relations Scotland)(Brief Article)
January 16, 2004... Scotland's salmon farming industry is planning to boost PR work to 'reassure' consumers following a US study published last week, that suggested farmed fish should not be eaten more than three times a year due to the presence of toxic...

NEWS BRIEF: Award Winner.(Tim Collins has resigned U.S. Army public relations)(Brief Article)
January 16, 2004... Colonel Tim Collins, PRWeek's Communicator of the Year 2003, has resigned from the Army. Collins, who won PRWeek's award for his stirring pre-battle speech in Iraq, is being tipped for a private-sector media or PR career.

NEWS BRIEF: Beard joins Huntsworth.(Eugene Beard appointed)(Brief Article)
January 16, 2004... Former Interpublic Group vice-chairman finance and operations Eugene Beard is to join Huntsworth as a non-executive director next month.

NEWS BRIEF: Weber Shandwick holds on to Shell.
January 16, 2004... Weber Shandwick has held on to its PR account for oil giant Shell's industrial lubricants products. The account, which is run by the Manchester office of WS, was put up for pitch between six agencies towards the end of last year (PRWeek, 21...

NEWS BRIEF: Hoare joins Smithfield.(Reg Hoare; Smithfield Financial)(Brief Article)
January 16, 2004... Reg Hoare has joined Smithfield Financial from a director role at Weber Shandwick Square Mile. Hoare brings with him WSSM clients Afa Systems, Amer Grays and Town Centre Securities, and joins Smithfield as a director responsible for small- to...

NEWS BRIEF: Harrison Cowley hires Cohen.(Daniel Cohen )(Brief Article)
January 16, 2004... Harrison Cowley has hired Daniel Cohen as head of consumer PR. Cohen joined last week from his former role as a director at The Impact Agency.