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Eurostar turns to former BBC man.
March 3, 2006... Eurostar has opted to replace one former BBC journalist with another to fill its comms director role.
Simon Montague, the corporation's transport correspondent for seven years, will leave his consultant post at Fishburn Hedges in April. He...
Vodafone to use word of mouth for 'secret' gigs.
March 3, 2006... Vodafone is planning a handful of 'secret location' gigs and a live music awards ceremony in a PR-driven buzz campaign.
Shine Communications won a three-way pitch for the account (PRWeek, 13 January), on which Vodafone is spending 25 per...
Tesco's financial arm fears knock-on effect.(Tesco Personal Finance Ltd. fears damage of business)(Brief Article)
March 3, 2006... Tesco Personal Finance has admitted that media criticism of its grocery parent could damage its business.
TPF media relations manager Stuart Neill told PRWeek that recent hostile coverage of Tesco - which launched TPF with Royal Bank of...
Max Clifford: is lying justified?
March 3, 2006... Max Clifford this week threw down the gauntlet to PRWeek readers to debate his style of PR.
'Come and have a go at me - in person - and let's establish just how far removed I am from the real professionals working in the industry,' he...
'Under-performance' spurs Scottish Widows review.
March 3, 2006... Scottish Widows is reviewing corporate and consumer PR to counter perceived under-performance by some of its products.
Incumbent agency Lansons Communications is defending its pounds 150,000 brief against Mainland PR, Media Relations...
FA hires PR chief to forge non-football media links.
March 3, 2006... The Football Association has brought in Ruth Wicks - a former marketing adviser to the Scottish Executive and marketing head for the Millennium Dome - to the new role of head of PR.
The appointment comes as the FA reveals that it is using...
Trimedia bids for extra Euro clout.(Trimedia Communications AG promotes Bodo Kirf, Alfred Autischer, and Johnny Kegels)(Brief Article)
March 3, 2006... Trimedia Communications has given Germany CEO Bodo Kirf the new role of International V-P with a brief to win more multi-national clients.
Kirf will promote the agency's pan-European offering in a bid to compete effectively with global...
Royal Mint in rethink ahead of commercial reform.
March 3, 2006... The Royal Mint is reviewing its PR ahead of plans to turn the 1,100-year-old currency maker into a commercial operation.
The state-owned mint - which has retained Good Relations for 13 years - will enjoy greater freedom to react to the...
Drapers boss to join fashion shop.
March 3, 2006... Eric Musgrave, editorial director of fashion industry bible Drapers, is leaving to join fashion and travel agency Identity PR as a director and partner.
Musgrave has overseen Drapers' output for six years. He has worked at a range of...
Outside to handle Claudia Schiffer.(The Outside Organisation contracted)(Brief Article)
March 3, 2006... German supermodel Claudia Schiffer has turned to The Outside Organisation to ramp up her international profile.
The 35-year-old has previously used Freud Communications, but has appointed Outside after a five-way pitch - orchestrated,...
Alzheimer's Soc hunts PR chief amid NICE row.
March 3, 2006... The Alzheimer's Society - at the helm of a ferocious campaign to keep dementia drugs free of charge - is on the hunt for a comms director after Joe Crosbie's departure.
The recruitment search comes as dementia sufferers and their carers...
Dell comms director Wilson retires.
March 3, 2006... Roger Wilson, the respected EMEA communications director at Dell, is set to retire.
The world's biggest PC maker would not comment on its search for a successor but it is believed to have appointed recruitment firm Spencer Stuart to fill...
News Brief: Black & White acquired.
March 3, 2006... AGENCY: Cardiff-based Freshwater UK has acquired tech agency Black & White Communications. Rachel Owen, who founded the Hampshire-based agency in 1998, remains MD.
News Brief: Cow wins pitch.
March 3, 2006... CONSUMER: Cow PR has won the pitch to promote Gumtree, the eBay-owned classifieds site for London (PRWeek, 27 Jan). Agencies including Switch Communications and incumbent Seventy Seven PR pitched.
News Brief: Grasshopper promotes.
March 3, 2006... CONSUMER: Portuguese cork group Apcor is using London agency Grasshopper to promote its fight against screw-top wine closures. Chelsea FC manager Jose Mourinho is fronting the campaign.
News Brief: Siren to promote.
March 3, 2006... TRAVEL: Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines has drafted in its first UK PR agency. Siren PR will promote the travel firm across the UK and Ireland.
News Brief: Frank PR appoints.
March 3, 2006... AGENCY: Frank PR has lured Manning Selvage & Lee account director Claire DaBreo to an associate director role. It has also promoted Frankie Burstin to joint MD and Miranda Mitchell to planning and insights director.
News Brief: Shine appointed.
March 3, 2006... CONSUMER: Dairy Farmers of Britain has taken on Shine Communications ahead of the launch of its Farmers' Best range of cheddars.
News Brief: Taylor Herring appointed.
March 3, 2006... CONSUMER: Nestle has brought in Taylor Herring for the UK launch of PowerBar, a market-leading sports nutrition brand in the US and on the Continent.
News Brief: Banc consolidation.
March 3, 2006... AGENCY: Banc Communications will become Lloyd Northover in a three-way consolidation of Media Square agencies. It is to join brand and design consultancy Lloyd Northover and brand consultancy Marketplace.
News Brief: LCR responsible.
March 3, 2006... CLARIFICATION: London & Continental Railways is responsible for developing St Pancras International station, not King's Cross as captioned (24 February). LCR retains The London Communications Agency as its sole PR consultancy.
Jersey plans fresh tourist campaign.
March 3, 2006... Jersey Tourism has dropped eight-year incumbent Lingo PR and taken on McCluskey International.
The switch comes ahead of a fresh campaign called 'spring into summer'.
It will promote the island's history, hotels and restaurants.
...
Wheeler is 'roving' director for Firefly.(Firefly Communications Ltd. appoints Adrian Wheeler)(Brief Article)
March 3, 2006... Ex-GCI Europe chairman Adrian Wheeler has joined Firefly Communications as a non-executive director.
Wheeler, who left GCI in December after 15 years, will take a 'roving role' across Firefly's business.
He will participate in...
Lastminute appoints quartet for 'extra-travel' offer.(Elena Antoniou, Louise Prior, Jane Sinclair, and Hannah Shanks appointed)(Brief Article)
March 3, 2006... Lastminute.com has bolstered its in-house comms team with four new recruits.
It wants to highlight its 'extra-travel' offerings such as theatre tickets, 'spa days' and gifts.
Former Woolworths PR manager Elena Antoniou has joined as...
Network Rail in CSR drive to deter kids from tracks.
March 3, 2006... Network Rail has called in August.One Communications in an ambitious attempt to reduce railway vandalism and accidental death.
A pounds 200,000 CSR campaign entitled 'No Messin' will aim to attract young people to ten events across the UK...
BPC&F assigned major fraud case.
March 3, 2006... Company turnaround specialist DB Consultants has drafted in Bell Pottinger Corporate & Financial for one of the UK's largest corporate fraud investigations.
BPC&F will provide litigation support and financial media relations for the firm's...
Anti-piracy group shows journalists the 'front line'.
March 3, 2006... The body set up to tackle DVD piracy is taking journalists on raids in a bid to generate coverage of the scale of the problem.
The Industry Trust for IP Awareness is using Leeds agency JDA PR to handle media relations for its latest...
Bite nabs Firefly director Wilson.(Bite Communications appoints Firefly Communications' Robin Wilson )(Brief Article)
March 3, 2006... Bite Communications has poached Firefly Communications associate director Robin Wilson to fill its head of consumer role.
Wilson, who spent seven years at Firefly, joined Bite on 1 March, reporting to MD David Hargreaves. The latter moved...
Barclays comms revamp signals global intentions.(appointing new heads of communications)(Sara Moorehead, Audrey Mpunzwana, and Stephen Whitehead appointed)(Brief Article)
March 3, 2006... Barclays has overhauled its group-wide internal comms as it aspires to widen its international reach in the financial services industry.
The group has set up a new 'cluster' comms structure under recently arrived corporate affairs director...
Costerton takes up H&K CEO post.(Hill and Knowlton UK appoints Sally Costerton)(chief executive officer)(Brief Article)
March 3, 2006... Hill & Knowlton has opted to fill its UK chief executive post internally, by handing the job to head of technology EMEA Sally Costerton.
The decision was announced to staff at H&K's London HQ late on Wednesday, 22 February.
She...
Public Sector: Places for People readies rebrand.(Places for People Group appoints Duncan Stroud )(Brief Article)
March 3, 2006... Places for People - a regeneration body supported by the Housing Association - has appointed Duncan Stroud as interim head of marketing and communications ahead of a rebranding exercise.
Covering maternity leave for Miriam Morris, Stroud...
Public Sector: Edge Hill College changes status.(Edge Hill College of Higher Education contracts Euro RSCG Biss Lancaster )(Brief Article)
March 3, 2006... Lancashire-based Edge Hill College of Higher Education has brought in Euro RSCG Biss Lancaster as its first PR agency.
The college near Liverpool has 12,000 students and currently awards degrees via other universities. But by adopting...
Public Sector: Marketing Leeds under fire for use of 'outside' agency.(contract with Northern Lights )(Brief Article)
March 3, 2006... The Leeds PR community has reacted with dismay at Marketing Leeds' hire of an agency from outside the city.
Marketing Leeds has briefed Harrogate-based Northern Lights following a statutory review of its comms (PRWeek, 2 February).
...
Public Sector: Defra bolsters comms as avian flu nears UK shores.
March 3, 2006... The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has brought in a new head of strategic communications as it prepares for a potential epidemic of avian flu.
Department for Transport head of transport publicity Jo Rushton took up...
Public Sector: ODPM highlights council services.(United Kingdom's Office of the Deputy Prime Minister runs a campaign)(Brief Article)
March 3, 2006... The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) is to run a campaign urging the public to access council services online.
Blue Rubicon won the pounds 200,000 account after a three-way pitch against Harrison Cowley and Band & Brown.
The...
Public Sector: DCA targets voter apathy with music CD and video.
March 3, 2006... A CD and promotional video is at the heart of a campaign urging young Londoners to register to vote in May's local elections.
The Department of Constitutional Affairs is spearheading the '1824 collective' campaign - so called as it targets...
Public Sector: Chester to highlight 'pampering' image.
March 3, 2006... Visit Chester & Cheshire is to roll out an integrated PR and advertising campaign this month, encouraging affluent women aged over 35 to visit the region for a spot of indulgence.
Retained national agency Weber Shandwick is targeting glossy...
Public Sector: Govt licensing drive aims to curb 'dodgy' landlords.(mandatory licences for landlords leasing properties)(Brief Article)
March 3, 2006... The Government is embarking on a campaign to ensure landlords leasing properties to multiple occupants apply for new mandatory licences, or face a pounds 20,000 fine.
The campaign, 'No property licence. No rent', kicks off on Monday. The...
Public Sector: South Oxon debuts tourism campaign.
March 3, 2006... South Oxfordshire District Council has briefed Henley-based French Jones to handle its first tourism campaign.
The two-year drive will target a local, regional and global audience, focusing on the region's four main towns,...
Public Sector: 'New localism' has taken political root.
March 3, 2006... Five years ago this week, I accepted an offer from a local government think-tank to run its new comms unit. With links to some of the UK policy community's more radical thinkers and a reputation for saying the unsayable in the more Jurassic...
Voluntary Sector: Redhead wins CRY youth campaign.(Cardiac Risk in the Young, contract)(Brief Article)
March 3, 2006... Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) has drafted in an agency to handle a media campaign around sudden death syndrome.
Redhead PR will position CRY as the leading opinion former and promoter of diagnosis and treatment in the field.
The...
Voluntary Sector: YMCA to end 'muddying' link with Village People.(Young Men's Christian Associations of England appoints Sarah Brown and Mo Atchia )(Brief Article)
March 3, 2006... The YMCA has revamped its comms team as it tries to distance itself from the iconic 1970s song by the Village People.
YMCA England has appointed NSPCC senior media officer Sarah Brown as head of external comms and Arthritis Care media...
Voluntary Sector: RNID tasks Sante with UK 'bus tour'.(Royal National Institute for Deaf signs Sante Communications for a campaign)(Brief Article)
March 3, 2006... The Royal National Institute for Deaf and Hard of Hearing People (RNID) has brought in agency support for a nationwide campaign.
Sante Communications will promote a bus fitted with hearing-test equipment for a six-week tour of the UK,...
Voluntary Sector: Breast Cancer Campaign lauded for Herceptin case.
March 3, 2006... Breast Cancer Campaign was named Best In-house Team at last week's inaugural awards of Fifth Estate, the CIPR's not-for-profit arm.
The charity, whose director of comms and marketing is Sangeeta Haindl, was recognised for its involvement...
Voluntary Sector: ProjectScotland nabs P&G man.(Procter & Gamble's Derek Scobie appointed)(Brief Article)
March 3, 2006... A promoter of volunteering in Scotland is looking to benefit from 'private sector attitude' as it secures a new marketing director.
Derek Scobie has joined ProjectScotland from Procter & Gamble, where he spent seven years as healthcare...
Voluntary Sector: Record breaker?(Brief Article)
March 3, 2006... No Smoking Day, the charity behind the annual event of the same name, is aiming to take advantage of last month's Commons vote on smoke-free public places. A media pack will target radio stations with a mock record sleeve, including a CD with...
Public Affairs: Ex-Labour general secretary launches PSB London.(WPP Group PLC establishes Penn, Schoen and Berland Associates and Labor Party's Matt Carter appointed)(Brief Article)
March 3, 2006... WPP has opened a London office of opinion researcher Penn, Schoen and Berland Associates (PSB) and enlisted the Labour Party's former general secretary Matt Carter as its MD.
Carter, who left the party in December, is joined by Joel Levy -...
Public Affairs: GJW Wales under tax investigation.(United Kingdomd's Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs investigations)(Brief Article)
March 3, 2006... CARDIFF: One of the biggest names on the Welsh lobbying circuit is under investigation by HM Revenue & Customs, having failed to complete accounts or tax returns with Companies House for the past three years.
GJW Wales bought itself out...
Public Affairs: Jowell aide Sharp to quit for top O2 lobbying role.(Tessa Jowell's adviser Roger Sharp joins O2 Ltd.)(Brief Article)
March 3, 2006... Roger Sharp, special adviser to embattled Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell, is to quit this spring to become group director of public affairs at O2, PRWeek can reveal.
Sharp is not expected to join the mobile phone firm until after the May...
Public Affairs: APCO bolsters its Middle-East team.
March 3, 2006... APCO has nabbed Tom Allison from Hill & Knowlton to strengthen its business in the Middle East as director of strategic comms.
APCO UK MD Simon Miller said Allison's brief was to 'help integrate the relationship' with the company's...
Public Affairs: Saga bids to see off anti-discrimination age law.(plans to launch a public affairs consultancy )(Brief Article)
March 3, 2006... Saga is to bring in a public affairs consultancy to help it stave off legislation that could bar discrimination in the provision of goods and services on the grounds of age.
The group's services, which encompass holidays, finance and...
Healthcare: At a Glance - Roche hepatitis drug thrust onto front line.
March 3, 2006... Is this NICE's new guidelines on hepatitis B?
Indeed. The NHS in England and Wales is now recommended to use Roche's Pegasys (peginterferon alfa-2a) for the initial treatment of adults with chronic hepatitis B (CHB). The disease can cause...
Healthcare: Cosmetic surgery group brings in Tangerine.
March 3, 2006... Britain's biggest cosmetic surgery is revamping its PR arrangements to make its brand stand out in a fast-growing and increasingly competitive market.
Manchester-based Transform Medical Group has brought in local PR firm Tangerine PR to...
Healthcare: Athena bags Servier's anti-depressant brief.
March 3, 2006... Servier Laboratories this week confirmed the UK agency support behind its new anti-depressant, Valdoxan. Athena Medical PR has secured a contract to steer the brand to market next year.
The drug is the French firm's first foray into the UK...
Healthcare: Red Door secures MabThera UK job.
March 3, 2006... Roche has turned to Red Door Communications to promote its anti-cancer product MabThera across all its indications in the UK.
The move comes ahead of an important year for MabThera, with Roche seeking to extend its use. A NICE Single...
Healthcare: Resolute seduces Red Apple founder Carey.(Resolute Communications appoints Tracey Carey)(Brief Article)
March 3, 2006... Resolute Communications has appointed Tracey Carey - managing director of healthcare boutique Red Apple PR - to an associate director role as it bolsters its management team.
Carey will join on 7 March and will work for clients including...
Healthcare: Asthma sufferers to gain from anti-mite campaign.
March 3, 2006... A Yorkshire company behind a novel treatment for asthma sufferers is gearing up for a major campaign targeting consumers, health professionals and politicians.
Alpine Environments is using Harrogate-based Ram PR to promote its patented...
Healthcare: Medicis ups ante in wrinkle wars.
March 3, 2006... NEW YORK: Medicis is planning a 'more aggressive' PR drive for its wrinkle corrector Restylane, an injected dermal filler often used in combination with Botox.
New York-based Lippe Taylor has secured the US account for the brand - known as...
Healthcare: Godfrey returns to H&K for EMEA role.
March 3, 2006... Hill & Knowlton has appointed Dr Martin Godfrey to the role of healthcare client services director across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
He becomes number two to Nick May, head of healthcare EMEA.
Godfrey's arrival at London's...
Healthcare: Awareness Campaign Close-up - Women to scream for endometriosis.
March 3, 2006...
Organisation: National Endometriosis Society
Campaign: Endometriosis Awareness Week
PR team: David Leck Associates
Date: 6-12 March 2006
This novel PR tactic, planned for the morning of 6 March, will be followed by the delivery to...
City & Corporate: Reporters take the off-the-record bait.
March 3, 2006... One of the more spectacular PR own goals I can recall was in a confidential internal briefing, circulated within the London Stock Exchange at the time of its first merger attempt with Deutsche Boerse five years ago.
I fondly kept my copy...
City & Corporate: GA turns to Compagnon for European IR.(Bernard Compagnon to join Gavin Anderson)(Brief Article)
March 3, 2006... Former Cubitt Consulting co-head of IR Bernard Compagnon is set to join Gavin Anderson.
Compagnon, who resigned from Cubitt last year (PRWeek, 6 January) is expected to join GA in the next three months, though he is not yet thought to have...
City & Corporate: Dubai exchange asks FD to lure foreign traders.
March 3, 2006... The Dubai Mercantile Exchange has called in Financial Dynamics to prepare an international comms offensive for its upcoming launch.
The joint venture between the New York Mercantile Exchange and the government-owned Dubai Holding launches...
City & Corporate: T Rowe puts Penrose on pensions brief.
March 3, 2006... Investment house T Rowe Price is targeting the European and UK pension fund sector and has brought in Penrose Financial to provide comms support.
The move ends Gavin Anderson's five-year tenure, only a month after T Rowe international PR...
Media Relations: What The Papers Say - WPP tempered by 'Benattigate'.(WPP Group PLC profit expectations)(Brief Article)
March 3, 2006... WPP's Martin Sorrell went to market last Friday with a forecast-busting set of financial results. 'Ad giant WPP sees profits surge' (bbc.co.uk, 24 February).
The 36 per cent rise in profits beat City expectations and led to an increase in...
Media Relations: Contact Book Update.
March 3, 2006... PRESS
Peter Pearse has been made weekend news editor of the Financial Times. Previously editor of the FT's international company news pages, he will now run the main news desk on Sundays, co-ordinating breaking news and deciding the front...
Media Relations: 2 Minutes with... Hanna Cowan, editor, Super Super.(Brief Article)(Interview)
March 3, 2006... Super Super launched last month, run by ex-members of the Sleazenation editorial team. How is it different?
Our creative directors are the former editor and fashion editor of Sleazenation, but Super Super isn't quite as ironic. We cover a...
Media Analysis: Hone your pitch to entrepreneurs.
March 3, 2006... As a new set of wannabe young business moguls try to get on the right side of Alan Sugar in the latest series of The Apprentice, Alex Black discovers what the real entrepreneurs read and how PROs should approach them.
TV shows such as The...
News Analysis: H&K prepares for a change of style.(Hill and Knowlton UK appoints Sally Costerton)
March 3, 2006... Hill & Knowlton has replaced stalwart UK CEO Marie Louise Windeler with the younger Sally Costerton. Tom Williams assesses the challenges she will face.
Hill & Knowlton moved speedily last week to settle the question of who would take over...
News Analysis: Tread carefully in the blogosphere.(public relations, using weblogs)
March 3, 2006... With the power of bloggers seemingly on the rise, Hannah Marriott asks whether companies should avoid online debates or embrace these new opinion formers, and examines the challenge faced by traditional PROs.
Technology evangelists would...
Profile: Robust defender - Simon Greenberg, head of communications, Chelsea FC.(Chelsea Football Club)
March 3, 2006... It is the day after Chelsea FC's controversial defeat at home to Barcelona in the Champions League and Simon Greenberg has just arrived back from seeing Jose Mourinho. 'The manager's not happy,' he says, with a tight smile.
This is clearly...
Opinion: New media confusion and old media gripes.(journalism, public relations and weblogs usage)(Column)
March 3, 2006... Two thirds of the way through PRWeek's PR and the Media conference last week, a voice from the audience pleaded for 'no more mentions of the word podcast'. Admittedly, the word had been mentioned at least 30 times by this point, along with that...
Opinion: Labour must starve story to save Jowell.
March 3, 2006... The Tessa Jowell 'scandal' is what we in the trade call a slow burner.
For months, tales of her husband David Mills' financial dealings with Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi have been confined to a few paragraphs on the inside pages of...
Editorial: Vodafone leads way on branded content.(Editorial)
March 3, 2006... Despite years of evidence to the contrary, PR is still viewed by some clients as a cheaper version of advertising. But occasionally an initiative comes along that demonstrates how PR can be more powerful than advertising, due to its inherent...
Opinion: Letter - Too many graduates lack core skills..(Letter to the Editor)
March 3, 2006... 'If only' was my immediate reaction to Julia Jahansoozi's letter ('Degrees offer more than writing skills,' 17 Feb).
From recent experience of employing graduates, my assessment is that their writing skills are woefully poor and their...
Opinion: Letter - ...and the ability to be useful from day one.(Letter to the Editor)
March 3, 2006... Admirable as it is to turn out potential high-flying graduates who can 'sit alongside' professionals such as 'highly trained lawyers and management consultants', how many recruits start off doing this?
PR firms need recruits from day one...
Opinion: Letter - Guildford has slashed council's mag spend.(Letter to the Editor)
March 3, 2006... I read Alex Aiken's column on publications ('Improve or remove printed materials,' 17 February) with great interest.
Here at Guildford Borough Council we've been busy implementing a strategy to rationalise publications. To help with this...
Opinion: Letter - Brown should look over his shoulder.(Letter to the Editor)
March 3, 2006... Far be it for me to take issue with a seasoned professional such as Charlie Whelan ('Brown cranks up leadership machine,' 17 February).
However, regarding his comment that David Cameron is 'the real enemy' of Gordon Brown: didn't somebody...
Opinion: My Best Hire - Nina Sanders.(Golden Goose's Laura Wood's opinion of Nina Sanders)(Brief Article)
March 3, 2006... Laura Wood, co-founder of Golden Goose PR, on the 'curly sensation' Nina Sanders.
'Nina bounded into the Braben offices for an interview for a work placement from Bournemouth University. Maybe it was the hair or maybe it was that she'd...
Campaign: Entrepreneurs lured to East by cash prize - Corporate.
March 3, 2006...
Campaign: Running the Gauntlet
Client: East of England Development Agency (EEDA)
PR team: In-house, with support from Camargue Communications and Omobono
Timescale: May-November 2005
Budget: pounds 50,000
Inspired by the BBC's...
Campaign: Teletext titillates with tale of dirty weekends - Consumer.(Teletext Holidays contracts Braben Co.)
March 3, 2006...
Campaign: Teletext Holidays
Client: Teletext
PR team: Braben Company
Timescale: October 2004-October 2005
Budget: Undisclosed
In 2004, Braben Company won a 12-month brief to boost Teletext Holidays' profile in mainstream media and...
Campaign: Essex targets drinkers via cash machine alert - Public Sector.
March 3, 2006...
Campaign: Alcohol Misuse Enforcement Campaign
Client: Home Office/Essex Police
PR team: In-house
Timescale: December 2005
Budget: pounds 10,000
Regional police forces were asked to implement the campaign, and Essex decided to look...
Diary: CIPR event attracts cream of industry.(Chartered Institute of Public Relations' conference)(Brief Article)
March 3, 2006... PRWeek was happy to be invited to the Chartered Institute of Public Relations' new offices in St James's Square last week. So much so, we took along former deputy prime minister and chairman of PRWeek publisher Haymarket Michael Heseltine.
...
Diary: Love Honey creates good vibrations.(new sex machine, advertising)(Brief Article)
March 3, 2006... Among the more eyebrow-raising consumer campaigns at the moment is that for the iBuzz - 'the music-activated orgasm machine that can be connected to any iPod, MP3 player or music source'.
The iBuzz is made by China-based Love Labs and is...