PR Week (UK) articles from June 2005

PR Week (UK) archives from June 2005

Amnesty targets 'new generation'.(Amnesty International appoints The Fish Can Sing for human rights campaign)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2005... Amnesty International has called in agency support for a major global marketing campaign based around John Lennon protest songs as it bids to engage a 'new generation' in the human-rights cause. The charity has appointed The Fish Can Sing...

Hansard report calls for Parliamentary comms unit.(Hansard Society)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2005... Parliament should set up a PR department to revive Britons' interest in the political process, according to an influential report published last week. 'Unnecessary' broadcasting restrictions should be removed and visits to Parliament...

Hachette Filipacchi in review after Monk exit.(Ian Monk & Associates )(Brief Article)
June 3, 2005... Consumer magazine publisher Hachette Filipacchi UK (HF) is in talks with agencies to handle corporate PR and crisis management after Ian Monk & Associates resigned the account to work for rival Emap. The move comes as HF - the company...

Ex-MG Rover chief in talks with JCB.(Daniel Ward intervied for public relations manager post)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2005... MG Rover comms director Daniel Ward is in the frame for the top comms post at Europe's biggest construction equipment firm JCB. It is understood that Ward has been interviewed for the post of worldwide comms manager. He left the...

Youth Sports Trust in push to attract sponsors.(Emma Quantrill appointed as public relations head)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2005... The Youth Sports Trust has appointed former Gavin Anderson consultant Emma Quantrill to be its first head of PR as it emphasises sport's role in tackling childhood obesity. The charity is a partner of Sainsbury's Active Kids voucher...

Umbro enlists Exposure for casualwear range.(Umbro International Ltd.)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2005... Sportswear firm Umbro has brought in Exposure as it bids to revitalise interest among fashion journalists in its ongoing global expansion into casualwear. The marcoms specialist was hired following a competitive pitch and is handling...

Borkowski lands Norwich Union job.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2005... Norwich Union is poised to hire Borkowski PR for a newly created brief to promote its motor, home and travel insurance products. The UK's largest life insurer is looking to generate sponsorship opportunities, events publicity and...

BSkyB 'effectiveness' review threatens PR team.(Public Relations)(British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2005... BSkyB's comms department is braced for a round of job losses as part of the satellite broadcaster's cost-cutting review. Head of corporate press office Robert Fraser insisted no decision had been made on where the axe would fall but...

Shell puts Ferrari F1 job up for grabs.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2005... Oil giant Shell is reviewing the PR and corporate hospitality brief for its sponsorship of the Ferrari Formula One team. For the past three years Shell has used Prism for PR and Signature Sponsorships for hospitality on the account, but it...

Amey in bid to bolster local ties.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2005... Public sector contractor Amey has dropped seven-year incumbent Cardew Group and hired Edelman to position it as a community-friendly business. The agency will promote Amey's management of school, hospital, transport and local government...

PartyGaming snaps up Reynolds for IPO.(Initial Public Offerings)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2005... PartyGaming has poached casino operator Rank Group's director of investor relations, Peter Reynolds, ahead of its predicted listing as the FTSE 100's first online gambling company. As the owner of Party-Poker, the world's biggest online...

Ordnance Survey in double hire.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2005... Ordnance Survey (OS) has drafted in Harrison Cowley and Kinross & Render to boost its consumer and business profile. The agencies have been awarded three-year contracts for individual projects. 'Our objective is to identify new...

News Brief: Allan turns down chief offer.(Portland Public Relations)(Tim Allan)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2005... WHITEHALL: Portland PR's Tim Allan turned down the offer to become Downing Street's comms chief last Friday. Allan decided to remain at Portland after Number 10 officials determined the previous evening that he would be required to sell his...

News Brief: Freud chairman agrees deal.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2005... MEDIA: Freud Communications chairman Matthew Freud has agreed a deal to take control of trade title Press Gazette with former Daily Mirror editor Piers Morgan.

News Brief: Heineken appoints Ketchum.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2005... CONSUMER: Heineken has confirmed the appointment of Ketchum to manage global PR for its Uefa Champions League sponsorship, as trailed in PRWeek (22 April).

News Brief: What If uses Seventy Seven.(Innovations company, Seventy Seven PR, MRPA Kinman Communications )(Brief Article)
June 3, 2005... MEDIA RELATIONS: Innovations company What If is using Seventy Seven PR to promote it to the media. The company 'uses creativity to help its clients crack business problems'. [EA MERGER: Two of Ireland's top PR firms, MRPA Consultants and...

News Brief: PagetBaker handles PR.(Public Relations)(Absolut Icebar )(Brief Article)
June 3, 2005... CONSUMER: PagetBaker PR is handling UK and international PR for the Absolut Icebar in London's West End. The bar is made from Nordic ice. A press opening and launch party is planned for early September.

News Brief: Threepipe hired.(Threepipe Communications)(xG Technology)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2005... TECHNOLOGY: Threepipe Communications has been hired to manage UK and European PR by US firm xG Technology. Threepipe will target the IT analyst community and business and telecoms media.

News Brief: Mantra hired.(Test Agency )(Brief Article)
June 3, 2005... B2B: Psychometric test publisher The Test Agency has hired Mantra for a media relations campaign targeting CEOs, HR and management press. Mantra is advising on the launch of new products as well as the firm's marketing and media relations.

Hotwire promotes PSP accessories.(Logic3 appoints Hotwire Public Relations for PlayStation Portable marketing)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2005... Video game accessory company Logic3 has hired Hotwire PR to publicise its PlayStation Portable (PSP) add-ons. The campaign will coincide with Sony's launch of the PSP in the UK, France, Germany, Spain and North America on 1 September. ...

Gay TV channel in 'mainstream' bid.(Faze TV apoints Gillan Media Ltd. for its launch)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2005... The UK's first entertainment and lifestyle channel aimed exclusively at gay men has drafted in Gillan Media for its launch. Faze TV goes live on Sky Digital in September, covering news, travel, fashion, politics and sport. It has also...

British Land, Virgin Mobile and C&W surge up chart.(Cable & Wireless's)(Financial Times and the London Stock Exchange)
June 3, 2005... FTSE 100 real-estate giant British Land jumped into third place in this week's Reputation Monitor after CEO Stephen Hester stamped his authority with an pounds 811m bid for Pillar Property. The move, coupled with a 17 per cent rise in...

Angel Trains lures ATOC's Vincent.(Jane Vincent)(Association of Train Operating Companies)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2005... Rail leasing company Angel Trains - owner of Virgin's pendolino tilting carriages - has appointed Association of Train Operating Companies media relations manager Jane Vincent as head of comms. Vincent replaces Jane Adley, who is joining...

Andrews called in as CiB chairman.(Nick Andrews)(Communicators in Business)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2005... Chandler Goodling director Nick Andrews has been made chairman of internal comms trade body Communicators in Business (CiB). He takes over from BT editor-in-chief Ken Runicles. Andrews has responsibility for overseeing strategy, promoting...

Brave wins BabySitter.(Dream Technology)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2005... Dream Technology, maker of innovative babycare products under the brand Robopax, has brought in Brave PR to launch the BabySitter. The agency will promote the product - a platform that gently rocks a crying baby to sleep - to parents of...

Estate agent bids for 'honest' status.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2005... Estate agent Choices is on the hunt for a PR agency to boost sales and position itself as a provider of responsible property investment. The South-East-based firm set up a property investment advisory service four years ago, and counsels...

Lexus seeks green image to boost sales in Europe.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2005... Toyota's luxury car subsidiary Lexus has launched a PR offensive to position itself as a green alternative. The company has hired Promodus - the direct marketing and PR outfit set up earlier this year by former Brodeur Worldwide UK CEO...

Chameleon woos ex-Lexis man Hehir.(Chameleon PR)(Stuart Hehir)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2005... Former Lexis PR creative director Stuart Hehir has re-emerged as consumer head at tech and B2B specialist Chameleon PR. Hehir has joined in a newly created role as Chameleon bids to win consumer clients. The agency has also hired...

Oxygen takes on Tunisia account.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2005... The Tunisian Tourist Board is using Oxygen PR to increase awareness of the variety of holidays available to British travellers in the north African country. The board wants to step up Tunisia's profile as a golfing, spa and activity...

Public Sector: St Helens in drive for sexual health.(St Helens Council)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2005... St Helens Council, one of the UK's worst-hit areas for sexually transmitted diseases, is promoting sexual health among teenagers. The campaign, being run in conjunction with St Helens Primary Care Trust, launches later this month and is...

Public Sector: Ombudsman nets Aylett to head comms function.(Office of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2005... The Office of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman has hired former Department of Health head of news Philip Aylett as its director of strategy and comms. The move follows last month's departure of Sarah Sleet to charity the Coeliac...

Public Sector: Electoral Commission to stage pitch for NI brief.(Northern Ireland)(Electoral Fraud Act 2001)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2005... The Electoral Commission is on the hunt for an agency to help tackle voter apathy and to explain the electoral system in Northern Ireland. The Electoral Fraud Act 2001 changed the voting system in the province, making it necessary for...

Public Sector: EST lobbies MSPs over appliances.(Energy Savings Trust)(Managed Service Provider)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2005... The Energy Savings Trust (EST) is calling on the Scottish Executive to ban energy-inefficient appliances. The initiative, called 'Agenda for Change Scotland', asks the executive to provide tax breaks for people and businesses adopting...

Public Sector: NE London fights kids' tooth decay.(North East )(Brief Article)
June 3, 2005... The North East London NHS Strategic Health Authority is urging parents to register their children with an NHS dentist in a bid to tackle untreated dental decay in the region. More than half of children in boroughs such as Tower Hamlets and...

Public Sector: OFT in activity for competition law.(Office of Fair Trading )(Brief Article)
June 3, 2005... The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is targeting the construction and healthcare industries in the first stage of its campaign to promote competition laws to both small and medium-sized enterprises. The two sectors have been identified as a...

Public Sector: Ward departs Home Office for Defra post.(Appointed Jean Ward)
June 3, 2005... The Department for Food, Environment and Rural Affairs (Defra) has hired Home Office deputy head of news Jean Ward to head its press office. Charged with a 25-strong media team, Ward arrives after two years as deputy head of news at the...

Public Sector: Essex forum bids to boost business.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2005... Development body Essex Prosperity Forum is urging local entrepreneurs to do business in the area. The forum of local councils and businesses, such as BAA Stansted, is to manage 'Essex in Boom', a six-month campaign highlighting success...

Public Sector: London Assembly in energy focus.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2005... The London Assembly is asking the Government, local councils and the energy industry to help promote recyclable energy systems as part of a wider bid to cut the capital's carbon emissions. The assembly, part of the Greater London Authority,...

Public Sector Brief: Camden and Islington concert.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2005... CAMDEN: Camden and Islington Primary Care Trust last week staged a concert to raise awareness of mental health problems experienced by young men and the help available in the borough. Camden has the highest rate of suicide among young men in...

Public Sector Brief: 'Get out there' campaign.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2005... VISITLONDON: Promotional body VisitLondon is urging Londoners to explore their own city in a new campaign called 'Get out there'. Tactics include a 28-page guide to events, inserts in the national press, face-to-face marketing at major railway...

Public Sector Brief: Standards Board investigates.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2005... LIVERPOOL: The Standards Board for Local Government is investigating the fall-out between Liverpool City Council leader Mike Storey and chief executive Sir David Henshaw following the suspension of its comms chief, Matt Finnegan (PRWeek, 15...

Public Sector Brief: Barnet Council hunts for officers.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2005... BARNET: Barnet London Borough Council is on the hunt for comms officers to join its team. One post services the Safer Communities Partnership and reports to the senior communications officer. The other comms officer post will cover a general...

Public Sector Brief: Southwark Council staff hunt.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2005... SOUTHWARK: Southwark London Borough Council is on the hunt for three staff to join its comms function. The Environment and Leisure Department wants a communications manager to replace Rebecca Trowbridge; the Culture Department is looking for a...

Voluntary Sector: Ann Conroy pulls in celeb support.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2005... Neurological charity The Ann Conroy Trust is set to embark on its first national PR campaign this month. The trust, which provides advice and support to sufferers of rare brain conditions Arnold-Chiari Malformation (ACM) and Syringomyelia,...

Voluntary Sector: RCN in Wales nabs Arts Council's Davies for lobbying.(Royal College of Nursing)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2005... The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) in Wales has poached Arts Council of Wales head of comms Iestyn Davies to be its first head of marcoms. The role was created to enable the organisation to place more emphasis on lobbying the Welsh...

Voluntary Sector: Down's charity uses child to confront 'scary' image.(Down's Syndrome Association)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2005... The Down's Syndrome Association is using a ten-year-old child to front its annual awareness campaign to dispel myths that sufferers are 'scary'. The charity will emphasise the 'innocence' of Zoe Mace, whose sister Jodie had Down's syndrome...

Voluntary Sector: Society in media link for runaways.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2005... The Children's Society has teamed up with Premier Media Group to promote its Safe and Sound campaign for child runaways. Premier Media Group, which broadcasts Premier Christian Radio, will give the campaign editorial coverage and free...

Voluntary Sector: Leonard Cheshire publishes fundraising survey.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2005... Disability charity Leonard Cheshire is highlighting public desire to see celebrities suffer for a good cause, in an attempt to encourage fundraising. The organisation will publish a survey showing that more than a fifth of people would...

Public Affairs: LGIU campaigns to lift standing of local councillors.(Local Government Information Unit)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2005... The Local Government Information Unit (LGIU) has hired Connect Public Affairs to raise the profile of elected councillors and urge Westminster to make standing for public office more attractive. 'We are campaigning to remove the barriers...

Public Affairs: F-H opens shops for political style.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2005... Fleishman-Hillard has unveiled a global network of public affairs shops ready to carry out political-style campaigns for corporate clients. Branded Vox Global Man- date, the service pulls together consultants from F-H in London and from...

Public Affairs: ITN hires Holland ahead of new contract renewal.(Independent Television Network Inc)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2005... ITN has appointed former Intercontinental Hotels PR chief Kathryn Holland to boost its profile in Westminster and Whitehall as it prepares for challenges to its news contracts with ITV and Channel 4. Holland joins ITN on 20 June and will...

Public Affairs: Leisure body calls for relief on taxes.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2005... Britain's top leisure attractions are lobbying the Government to ease their tax burden and tackle the country's 'compensation culture'. Trade body the British Association of Leisure Parks, Piers and Attractions (BALPPA) has appointed...

City & Corporate: Gowers to speak at CIPR dinner.(CIPR Corporate and Financial group )(Brief Article)
June 3, 2005... Financial Times editor Andrew Gowers is to speak at this year's CIPR Corporate and Financial group annual dinner. Gowers, who has edited the FT since 2001, is to speak on 'the future of financial and business media' after the dinner, which...

City & Corporate: Ex-Dresdner man takes Cubitt role.(Appointed Peter Nicklewicz as Associate Director)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2005... Cubitt Consulting has hired former Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein associate Peter Nicklewicz. Nicklewicz, who joins Cubitt's investor relations team as associate director, has worked as an investment banker for the past seven years. ...

City & Corporate: Tight regulatory climate leads to disclosure boom.
June 3, 2005... Quoted companies have dramatically increased their volume of regulatory announcements as investors and regulators call for more corporate transparency. The London Stock Exchange's Regulatory News Service (RNS), which handled over 93 per...

City & Corporate: Finsbury wins Inmarsat stock listing business.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2005... Satellite operating firm Inmarsat has drafted in Finsbury ahead of a full listing on the London Stock Exchange which could value the company at as much as pounds 1.9bn. Inmarsat vice-president of IR and corporate communications Chris...

City & Corporate: Capital to handle Foster's wine work.(Capital MS&L)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2005... Australian brewer Foster's is using Capital MS&L in Europe after becoming the world's second-biggest winemaker last week. Capital is co-ordinating a team of Publicis Groupe companies promoting Foster's acquisition of Southcorp, the...

City & Corporate: Air France moves brief into M Communcations.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2005... Europe's biggest airline Air France-KLM has drafted in M Communications, ending a seven-year relationship with Gavin Anderson. M won the brief from GA following a three-way pitch, which also involved Cubitt Consulting. M consultants...

City & Corporate: D'Ancona walks from Aquila.(M: Communications has appointed Patrick D'Ancona as Senior Consultant)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2005... Aquila Financial co-founder Patrick d'Ancona has quit to join the financial PR agency that recently made an unsolicited bid his the company. He joins financial PR firm M: Communications in two weeks as a senior consultant. D'Ancona,...

City & Corporate: Capital Spreads hires Edelman.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2005... Spread betting company Capital Spreads has hired Edelman for its corporate and financial brief four months after splitting from College Hill Associates. Capital Spreads MD Simon Denham said the firm dropped College Hill earlier this year...

City & Corporate: City PR is too like a sausage factory.(Public relations)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2005... A few days ago I gave a lunchtime speech to around 100 PR executives from City firms and financial agencies. We assembled at 12.45pm for sandwiches and fizzy water (with wine for the daring) then got down to business at 1pm. The food, my talk,...

Healthcare: GPs back Alzheimer's drug in face of negative reports.(general practitioners)
June 3, 2005... Pfizer and Eisai's Alzheimer's treatment Aricept looks to have retained the support of GPs despite its potential axe from the NHS, according to PRWeek's latest Brand Watch chart. Almost three quarters (141) of 201 GPs polled had read, seen...

Healthcare: Garratt exits Avenue for MS&L job.(Appointed Jennifer Garratt as Director)(Manning Selvage & Lee )(Brief Article)
June 3, 2005... Manning Selvage & Lee has recruited Avenue HKM director Jennifer Garratt to take the role of UK healthcare group director. The appointment of Garratt, who joins this week and reports to head of healthcare Sally Bradford, follows a...

Healthcare: CCA extends work for Equasym XL.(Chandler Chicco Agency )(Brief Article)
June 3, 2005... UCB Pharma is using Chandler Chicco Agency for UK medical education work around its attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) product Equasym XL. The contract cements the agency's grip on the brand, which it helped to launch last...

Healthcare: At a Glance - Roche cancer drug data.
June 3, 2005... Is this a new cancer drug? It's a discovery about an existing drug. Trial results now suggest that Roche's oncology product Herceptin doubles the chances of survival for women in the initial stages of breast cancer - a finding described as...

Media Relations: Bugaboo readies summer launches.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2005... Luxury pushchair maker Bugaboo is preparing a media push ahead of product launches this summer. The Dutch company is the creator of the Bugaboo Frog pushchair, which sits in the luxury end of the 'stroller' market with a price tag...

Media Relations: Manchester in late-night shopping 'experiment'.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2005... Residents of Greater Manchester are the target of a media assault as the city centre pioneers late-night shopping six days a week over a large section of its main retail area. The new post-6pm retail hours mean shoppers will be able to...

Media Relations: Vodka brand ups the luxury stakes.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2005... Grey Goose Vodka is aiming to boost its presence in the competitive 'ultra-premium' luxury spirits market. The drink, served in upmarket venues at premium prices, has taken on Purple PR to target broadsheet newspapers and glossies in a bid...

Media Relations: Contact Book Update.(Times Educational Supplement)
June 3, 2005... PRESS Vince Heaney, columnist on the Lex section of the Financial Times, has been made deputy head of the column. He joined the paper in 2000 as UK stock market editor after working in banking. Heaney will work with head of Lex, Dan...

Media Analysis: The right cue is critical to coverage.
June 3, 2005... As The Sunday Telegraph ushers in a new theatre critic, Donna Werbner goes behind the scenes to explore the tricks and techniques that PROs deploy to curry reviewers' favour and bag stage productions coverage. In the National Theatre's...

News Analysis: Engineers tackle 'grubby' image.(Society of Operations Engineers)
June 3, 2005... It is no secret that the engineering sectors are going through a skills slump. Adam Hill investigates the tough challenge of selling science to the masses. Dirty, manual, intellectually undemanding and boring - as adjectives go, these four...

News Analysis: CEOs hold the key to the boardroom.
June 3, 2005... It is often the CEO who decides whether or not communications is integral to corporate affairs. But as Jane Bainbridge discovers, nurturing that relationship requires a balance of coaxing and confrontation. In an era when the...

Profile: Reputation pilot - Matthew de la Haye, V-P of international comms, Boeing.(Vice President)(Biography)
June 3, 2005... Matthew de la Haye deals with Boeing's recent reputation woes with a hard-nosed efficiency. Three times in our conversation he refers to Boeing's 'ethics issues' before quickly reminding his questioner that those issues are 'now by and large...

Opinion: CSR - even more hated than public relations.(corporate social responsibility)(Column)
June 3, 2005... With the bloodletting currently carrying on at the BBC, the fact that print journalists should side with their broadcast brethren against those 'bureaucrats' that have escaped the axe should probably come as no surprise. The ire against the...

Opinion: EU's institutions wrecked the constitution.
June 3, 2005... Ironically, Tony Blair was only persuaded to hold a referendum on the EU constitution after a sustained campaign by the eurosceptic tabloid press. How these xenophobes must now regret their earlier demands for democracy. Not only did...

Opinion: Leader - Teachers are the key to selling democracy.
June 3, 2005... Late last week, The Hansard Society published a report on parliament's communications with the British public. 'Members Only? Parliament in the Public Eye' aims to address the fact that two thirds of first-time voters did not vote at last...

Opinion: My Best Hire - Robbie MacDuff.(appointed Robbie MacDuff as director of public affairs)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2005... Edelman vice-chairman Europe Michael Burrell on the 'dedicated' Robbie MacDuff. The Scottish Parliament was being set up and I needed someone with a Scottish-sounding name to head our office in Edinburgh. Robbie fitted the bill - the...

Media Relations: Pressure on for Information.(Freedom of Information Act and public relations officers)
June 3, 2005... Five months after the Freedom of Information Act came into force, Richard Carpenter finds the legislation has hardly turned PROs' worlds upside down. But things could change... Towards the end of last year, as the Freedom of Information...

Issues: Beyond its sell-by?(media coverage of obesity)
June 3, 2005... Following a sustained glut of media coverage, obesity is becoming a no-go area for many, finds Suzy Bashford. 'If I read one more press release that starts 'The UK is in the middle of an obesity crisis' and proceeds to quote some spurious...

Corporate hospitality: Somewhere different.
June 3, 2005... It is time to add sparkle to that corporate hospitality event and give clients an experience to remember, says Mary Cowlett. Despite the pressure of hectic work schedules, corporate hospitality remains central to PR folks' efforts to get to...

Campaign: Cancer charity pulls in A-list cast for ad - Healthcare.
June 3, 2005... Campaign: Strength through support Client: Breast Cancer Care PR team: In-house Timescale: March-April 2005 Budget: pounds 145,000 (for media and production of TV ads) Objectives To position BCC as the UK's leading provider of...

Campaign: Colour printer launch snaps up coverage - Consumer.
June 3, 2005... Campaign: The Dell EMEA Colour Rally Client: Dell EMEA PR team: GCI UK, Heron Anstead Media (event management), in-house Timescale: September-December 2004 Budget: pounds 200,000 Objectives To launch Dell's colour printers to...

Campaign: School festival grows via local media interest - Sponsorship.(Shakespeare Schools Festival and Tpr media consultants)
June 3, 2005... Campaign: Shakespeare Schools Festival Client: Shakespeare Schools Festival PR team: Tpr media consultants Timescale: September-April 2004 Budget: Under pounds 10,000 For last October's event and for an adaptation of The Merchant...

Diary: Will Laud be loud in Big Brother house?(Derek Laud)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2005... Tory politicians and lobbyists across Westminster are - it is absolutely fair to say - watching Big Brother with more than a little interest this year. The latest series saw lobbyist and former Thatcher speechwriter Derek Laud stride...