Business News - April 2010

    • Thursday, 29 April 2010

      Pelham Bell Pottinger Opens in Asia

      Pelham Bell Pottinger, the financial and corporate communications arm of the publicly listed Chime Communications plc and part of the Bell Pottinger Group, has made its first move into Asia. It opened in Singapore at the beginning of April. Singapore will be used initially as a base to service clients not only...

    • Thursday, 29 April 2010

      Facts International Commissioned by ComRes

      Facts International, one of the UK’s foremost market research companies, has been commissioned by ComRes to undertake fieldwork for a series of 16 nationally representative opinion polls in the lead-up to the general election on behalf of ITV News, The Independent, The Independent on Sunday and The Sunday Mirror. The...

    • Wednesday, 28 April 2010

      Senior Hire for Newly Restructured Opinion Leader

      Opinion Leader, part of the Research and Engagement Division of Chime Communications plc, today announced the appointment of Sinéad Jefferies as a director to lead the company’s research and insight business. Jefferies, who is currently head of Business Intelligence at Royal Mail, will join Opinion Leader in the early summer.Crispin...

    • Wednesday, 28 April 2010

      Senior Hire for Newly Restructured Opinion Leader

      Opinion Leader, part of the Research and Engagement Division of Chime Communications Plc, today announced the appointment of Sinéad Jefferies as a director to lead the company’s research and insight business. Jefferies, who is currently head of Business Intelligence at Royal Mail, will join Opinion Leader in the early summer.Crispin...

    • Monday, 26 April 2010

      Beauty and the Boxer for Stuart Higgins Communications

      Stuart Higgins Communications (SHC) is thrilled to announce it has been appointed by Olympic Gold Medallist James DeGale and TV presenter and model, Lisa Butcher. SHC will be working as publicist and agent for both James and Lisa.ENDSFor more information please call Tara Mallet at Stuart Higgins Communications on 0207...

    • Friday, 23 April 2010

      Clydesdale Bank appoints Essentially as exclusive consultant to the new Clydesdale Bank 40

      Essentially, the full-service sports marketing agency, is delighted to announce it has been appointed exclusively by Clydesdale Bank as consultant to help activate the brand’s three-year title sponsorship of the new domestic 40-over competition, the Clydesdale Bank 40.Essentially will manage activation for the brand both in and out of the...

    • Thursday, 22 April 2010

      Totaljobs.com Appoint VCCP

      Totaljobs.com, the Reed Elsevier-owned recruitment website, has hired VCCP to handle its integrated advertising account. VCCP are working with Totaljobs.com to launch a new campaign to drive awareness of the brand from May 2010.Michael Robinson, Marketing Director, Totaljobs.com says: “VCCP demonstrated a creative approach to the Totaljobs.com brand. Their ideas and...

    • Wednesday, 21 April 2010

      Jordans Cereals Sponsors Channel 4’s River Cottage with idents by VCCP

      Jordans Cereals, producer of delicious, wholesome breakfast cereals and cereal bars, has signed up to sponsor Channel 4’s River Cottage. The deal reflects Jordans’ commitment to producing great tasting, high quality, yet sustainably produced food through Conservation Grade™, the nature-friendly farming scheme Bill Jordan helped to pioneer in 1985.The sponsorship...

    • Tuesday, 20 April 2010

      Pelham Bell Pottinger Appointed by European Alliance

      Pelham Bell Pottinger, part of the Bell Pottinger Group, has been appointed by the European Alliance which consists of the four major European luxury associations: Altagamma (Italy), Comite Colbert (France), the Foro del Lujo Espanol (Spain) and Walpole (UK) to assist with promotion of the European luxury industry to a...

    • Friday, 16 April 2010

      PELHAM BELL POTTINGER APPOINTED BY BAKER STEEL

      Pelham Bell Pottinger, part of the Bell Pottinger Group, has been appointed by Baker Steel Capital Managers, the specialist natural resources investment managers, to handle financial PR surrounding and after the flotation of a new investment company, Baker Steel Resources Trust (BSRT). The account will be led by Damian Beeley...

    • Wednesday, 14 April 2010

      Fast Track appoints top Adidas PR man

      Fast Track, the UK’s leading sports marketing consultancy, has hired communications expert Jon Deacon who leaves sportswear brand adidas after a ten year stint at the global super brand, having risen to Head of PR last year covering maternity.Fast Track, who now have offices in London, Abu Dhabi and Madrid,...