Business News - April 2007

    • Tuesday, 01 May 2007

      LONDON 2012 APPOINTS OPINION LEADER

      The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games today announces the appointment of Opinion Leader as its retained market research company. Following a competitive pitch, Opinion Leader has been appointed with immediate effect.In a joint appointment with the Olympic Delivery Authority, Opinion Leader has been tasked with...

    • Monday, 30 April 2007

      ALEX WOOLFALL HEADS ISSUES & CRISIS PRACTICE AT BELL POTTINGER GROUP

      The Bell Pottinger Group has recruited Alex Woolfall as its new Head of Issues & Crisis Management. With 20 years experience of in-house and consultancy roles, Alex brings a wealth of issues and crisis expertise to Bell Pottinger, where he will report to David Wilson, Chairman of Bell Pottinger Public...

    • Monday, 23 April 2007

      SFW hires top creative team as the company expands

      Stephens Francis Whitson has hired one of the industry’s leading creative teams, Simon Panton and Terence Bly, as part of its ongoing expansion campaign and to work on some of the agency’s new accounts including Levi Strauss & Co. Europe and Morley Fund Management. In addition, and in line with...

    • Friday, 13 April 2007

      02 launches £4m brand campaign

      The new O2 brand campaign launches on Monday 16th April on TV and in cinema. The execution, created by Vallance Carruthers Coleman Priest, VCCP, is in line with the previous O2 style but introduces a new warmer and more natural environment to the familiar O2 blue world. It delivers directly...

    • Tuesday, 10 April 2007

      Templeton Foundation Hires Bell Pottinger Business & Brand

      The John Templeton Foundation, one of the world’s largest charitable foundations, has appointed Bell Pottinger Business & Brand to provide PR support in Europe.The Philadelphia-based Foundation, famous for its annual £800,000 Templeton Prize, is looking to Bell Pottinger to highlight the 2007 winner and its major research interests.During 2007, the...

    • Tuesday, 03 April 2007

      Bell Pottinger North climbs high with VLM Airlines

      VLM Airlines has appointed Bell Pottinger North, part of Britain’s top ranking public relations group, to handle its media relations activity across the North West.With offices in both Manchester and Liverpool, Bell Pottinger North is ideally placed to provide public relations support to the airline, which operates flights to Manchester,...