Business News - August 2009

    • Thursday, 27 August 2009

      Bell Pottinger Public Affairs launches the Dispatch Box

      Bell Pottinger Public Affairs is pleased to announce the launch of its own blog - The Dispatch Box - at www.bp-pa.blogspot.com.The Dispatch Box will feature contributions from the senior management team on political and commmunications issues of the day and will allow readers to comment and take part in ongoing...

    • Thursday, 27 August 2009

      New hire and promotion at Bell Pottinger Public Affairs

      Bell Pottinger Public Affairs has hired Liz Lynch as a Consultant.  Liz formerly worked at the House of Lords as a researcher for the Shadow Minister for Children Schools and Families, Baroness Verma.  During her time as part of the shadow education team Liz wrote speeches, conducted research and advised...

    • Wednesday, 26 August 2009

      PTARMIGAN BELL POTTINGER LANDS ALIBABA.COM’S UK PR LAUNCH

      Following a three way competitive pitch, Ptarmigan Bell Pottinger, the Leeds-based arm of the UK’s number one communications consultancy, the Bell Pottinger Group, has been selected to manage an integrated national and regional PR launch for the world’s biggest online B2B marketplace, Alibaba.com.The campaign, which kicks off this month, blends...

    • Monday, 24 August 2009

      AIFA to work with Bell Pottinger Public Affairs

      The Association of Independent Financial Advisers (AIFA) has appointed Bell Pottinger Public Affairs to provide public affairs support, and to increase the organisation’s profile amongst key stakeholders in advance of this year’s crucial pre-election party conferences.BPPA Chairman Peter Bingle said:“We are delighted that AIFA has chosen to work with BPPA...

    • Friday, 21 August 2009

      National Grid re-appoints Bell Pottinger Public Affairs

      National Grid, the largest utility company in the UK, has re-appointed Bell Pottinger Public Affairs to provide comprehensive public affairs counsel.The decision follows a rigorous selection process.  Bell Pottinger Public Affairs was engaged by National Grid in July 2006 on a two-year contract.  The contract was extended for one year...

    • Thursday, 20 August 2009

      Bell Pottinger North builds client base

      The world’s largest brick manufacturer, Wienerberger, has appointed Bell Pottinger North to implement and manage a national PR campaign. The Consultancy will be working closely with Wienerberger’s marketing team to deliver ongoing reputation management, proactive media relations, crisis communications and a targeted thought-leadership programme.The appointment builds on the success of...

    • Wednesday, 19 August 2009

      De Facto’s help critical to Sphere Medical’s success

      Consultancy’s medical device sector knowledge tips the balanceDe Facto Communications, part of the Bell Pottinger Group, has been appointed by Sphere Medical to raise awareness of its real time blood chemistry monitoring technology among medical device manufacturers and anaesthetists working in critical care.Sphere Medical’s patented technology has the scope to...

    • Wednesday, 19 August 2009

      Sage hands search business to VCCP Search

      Sage (UK) Limited, has handed its paid and natural search accounts to VCCP Search without a pitch. Sage provides business software and services to more than 780,000 businesses in the UK, and in 2008 the company embarked on a major repositioning campaign, partnering with ITV1 to bring back the Krypton Factor...

    • Tuesday, 18 August 2009

      VCCP create integrated campaign for O2 Money launch

      On 20th August O2 is launching a multi million pound integrated campaign for their first personal finance products – the Cash Manager and Load & Go cards.  The O2 Money cards, launched in partnership with NatWest, are two completely fee free pre-paid Visa cards, which will help people better manage...

    • Monday, 17 August 2009

      npower appoints VCCP as new creative agency

      npower today announced that it has appointed VCCP as its new integrated creative agency. VCCP will be responsible for all print, online and broadcast material, which also includes the current successful energy efficiency campaign starring Aardman Animation’s Wallace and Gromit, which has doubled sales for npower hometeam.Kevin Peake director of marketing...

    • Sunday, 16 August 2009

      Bell Pottinger North Gets Health & Safety First

      Bell Pottinger has won a contract with the Health & Safety Laboratory (HSL) to deliver a comprehensive campaign of PR and communications support over the next 12-24 months. This makes it four in a row for Bell Pottinger North which continues to expand its client portfolio with this major new...

    • Friday, 14 August 2009

      Texaco fuels future Crystal Palace stars with Campaign by VCCP

      Young Crystal Palace football Stars have been given a boost as the 2009/10 season begins as the Texaco brand’s Star Rewards Crystal Palace Group Loyalty Scheme launches to benefit the Club’s youth development program with the help of VCCP.All Eagles supporters are being invited to take part in the scheme...

    • Thursday, 13 August 2009

      Southern Railway appoint VCCP for integrated brand re-launch

      VCCP is delighted to announce their appointment to the Southern Railway business, following a 4 way pitch process, handled by the AAR.They have been tasked with developing an over-arching creative idea that will re-launch the brand and support a number of campaigns over the coming year.The work will span TV,...

    • Wednesday, 12 August 2009

      Aunt Bessie’s get creative with VCCP

      Family run frozen food company Aunt Bessie’s Limited and their licensed partner on the frozen potatoes portfolio, Heinz, have appointed VCCP as their joint creative agency to work across the brand portfolio.VCCP’s first project will be for the new Aunt Bessie’s advertising campaign, scheduled to launch in Autumn 2009. Creative...

    • Monday, 10 August 2009

      Bell Pottinger appointed by Anagenesis for roll out of real Green Energy Solutions

      Bell Pottinger Group has been engaged by Anagenesis Trees Corporation to assist with a variety of communication services, including stakeholder engagement, media relations and branding and corporate communications. Bell Pottinger and Anagenesis will first embark upon a comprehensive planning and preparation phase, in order to lay the foundations for a successful...

    • Friday, 07 August 2009

      VCCP Health Appointed by Merck

      VCCP Health has been appointed by Merck Sharp and Dohme (MSD), the third largest pharmaceutical company in the world, to work on a number of projects to run across Europe.There are several digital assignments involving some of their leading brands, Singulair (Asthma), Fosavance (Osteoporosis) and Arcoxia (Arthritis) to run in...

    • Thursday, 06 August 2009

      VCCP Blue – taking Bennetts viral

      VCCP Blue has helped enhance Bennetts Bike Insurance’s online presence by delivering a fun and entertaining viral called “Oh B******S!!!”.  The viral includes a number of clips of ‘motorcycling gone wrong’ all of which are destined to end in disaster.  To highlight this the video has been set to the...

    • Wednesday, 05 August 2009

      Pure Media Retain Upper Deck

      Pure Media has retained the Upper Deck account following a re-pitch conducted by the client to ensure they had the right strategy and media partner for the new direction of Upper Deck’s business.The core of Upper Deck’s business is Trading Card Games, with products in the portfolio such as Dinosaur...

    • Monday, 03 August 2009

      Justine Lukas joins Opinion Leader as Associate Director

      Justine Lukas joins Opinion Leader on 3rd August 2009 as an Associate Director.Justine has over eleven years experience in research and consultancy, covering both qualitative and quantitative methodologies, with particular expertise in qualitative interviewing and ethnographic methodologies among both consumer and hard-to-reach audiences.Justine joins Opinion Leader after a year in...