Business News - February 2008

    • Friday, 22 February 2008

      Bmt Appointed By News International

      Del Monte says ‘Yes’ to Fit SquadDel Monte, the prepared fruit producers, has teamed up with The Sun as sponsors of the newspaper’s 2008 ‘Fit Squad’ campaign, which aims to get us all fit and healthy by eating and exercising properly.The sponsorship package and all associated marketing activity has been...

    • Tuesday, 19 February 2008

      Catalyst Healthcare appoints Bell Pottinger North

      Construction work involves new-build and refurbishment of four existing hospitals on the Manchester Royal Infirmary site, including the provision of a new children’s hospital, destined to be one of the biggest in Europe, and the maintenance of 145,000 square metres of existing hospital estate.Catalyst Healthcare director, Michael Davis, commented: “This...

    • Tuesday, 19 February 2008

      Fast Track Appointed By British Basketball

      Fast Track, nominated as Agency of the Year in the upcoming Sports Industry Awards, won a competitive pitch based around their proven track record for delivery of world-class events and innovative PR plus a strong commercial proposition.With both the GB men’s and women’s teams achieving promotion into EuroBasket A, British...

    • Tuesday, 19 February 2008

      Bell Pottinger North to deliver five-star campaign for Your Space

      Bell Pottinger North, which has its Liverpool operation based in Your Space’s Il Palazzo building, is tasked with building awareness of the company’s offices across the UK.The consultancy is also supporting Your Space with public consultation on a new development in the Midlands and it will further develop the AIM-listed...

    • Monday, 18 February 2008

      Broadvision stages come back with Harvard PR

      BroadVision was founded in 1993. The company floated in 1996, and now has over one thousand customers globally in 25 offices – customers including Citibank, Fiat, ING Bank, Renault, Sony, Vodafone and Xerox. The company has annual revenues of $50 million and is seen by many as one of the...

    • Thursday, 14 February 2008

      ASDA Retail Development appoints Bell Pottinger Public Affairs

      ASDA has appointed Bell Pottinger Public Affairs (BPPA) to support its expansion plans for London and the Thames Gateway. BPPA’s remit is to advise on all aspects of ASDA’s expansion plans, including a full political engagement strategy and support for individual planning applications and store openings. BPPA is already retained...

    • Thursday, 14 February 2008

      BPPA Appoints Emma Waterfall to Head Planning Unit

      BPPA has appointed Emma Waterfall as a Director with the specific remit to develop and grow the consultancy's successful planning business. A BPPA Planning Unit will be formally launched later this year. BPPA Chairman Peter Bingle commented: "Over the last two years planning work has become one of our major growth streams....

    • Wednesday, 13 February 2008

      Leading Law Firm Charles Russell LLP Appoints Fast Track

      Charles Russell LLP, one of the top 50 legal practices in the UK, has appointed Fast Track as its sports PR agency. The agency will initially work to raise the profile of Charles Russell and its sports law services within the marine industry. Charles Russell has offices throughout the UK...

    • Tuesday, 12 February 2008

      Royal Free Hospital Appoints Good Relations to Promote its Liver Transplant Unit

      The Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust has appointed Good Relations, part of the Bell Pottinger Group, with a brief to promote its Liver Transplant Unit. The Unit is celebrating a number of milestones in 2008 including its twentieth anniversary and 1000th patient.Good Relations will support the in-house communications team by...

    • Monday, 11 February 2008

      De Facto to promote ultra-fast cancer research software for Applied Cytometry

      De Facto will reposition Applied Cytometry as an independent, high performance software developer. To do this, it is developing an integrated PR campaign, including: media relations, search engine optimisation and online marketing. The agency will initially raise awareness of Applied Cytometry’s re-branding from ACS and its re-launched website. De Facto...

    • Friday, 08 February 2008

      VCCP creates Neighbours campaign for Five

      A huge national and regional press campaign will be heavily supported by T-sides on buses and glossy magazines ads which will announce the date of the channel switch. The campaign has a simple remit; it is a purely navigational task, alerting the loyal viewers that the programme is switching channel....

    • Tuesday, 05 February 2008

      inEvidence binary win with HP Software

      The specialist advocacy team has been appointed to develop and manage the customer reference programmes for both HP Software UK and HP Software EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa), continuing a 17 year relationship with the technology giant.inEvidence already manages customer reference programmes for HP’s Technology Solutions Group, Imaging and...