Holmes Report
21 May 2013
MasterCard is to become the official payment card of the French Open, as part of a five-year sponsorship deal with the French Tennis Federation.
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Arun Sudhaman
20 May 2013
MHP Communications has been charged with providing global communications support for the multi-billion dollar Riyadh Metro project.
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Arun Sudhaman
20 May 2013
PR thinking is set to dominate the marketing landscape, according to a major new survey of marcomms students in four European countries.
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Holmes Report
19 May 2013
The winners—Edelman, Hotwire, Shine and Hering Schuppener—will receive their trophies at our annual SABRE Awards dinner in Barcelona on May 30.
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Holmes Report
19 May 2013
José Antonio Llorente is the founding partner and chairman of Llorente & Cuenca, the largest public relations firm headquartered in Spain.
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Holmes Report
19 May 2013
Sixtine Bouygues recognized for work as director of corporate communication for the Directorate General Communication at the European Commission.
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Arun Sudhaman
19 May 2013
Forty years after launching Action Global in Cyprus, Tony Christodoulou now oversees a network of 400 staff across 31 owned offices.
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Holmes Report
19 May 2013
Edelman has appointed Paul Gittins as group managing director of the firm UK’s health and bioscience practice.
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Holmes Report
19 May 2013
New people at College Hill, Social@Ogilvy and Skout; new accounts at Curzon PR, Boom!
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Arun Sudhaman
17 May 2013
The EU is to spend as much as €5m on PR firms to support the extension of its 'Gateway' business programme into Southeast Asia.
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The Holmes Report
17 May 2013
Hotwire PR has opened a San Francisco office as it expands its presence in the US.
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Arun Sudhaman
16 May 2013
Ikea UK is continuing its search for broader PR support after tapping Hope & Glory to handle press office duties.
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Holmes Report
16 May 2013
Weber Shandwick has hired former StrawberryFrog MD Melinda Eskell to lead digital integration in Europe.
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Arun Sudhaman
16 May 2013
Chinese tech brand Huawei has brought in new PR support to help it build a more compelling offer to UK consumers.
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Holmes Report
15 May 2013
Herbert Heitmann is to depart Shell to join Bayer, after three years as the oil giant's global comms head.
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Holmes Report
15 May 2013
Cohn & Wolfe's global expansion continues with the acquisition of a minority stake in Middle East agency BPG PR.
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Arun Sudhaman
15 May 2013
French pharma company Sanofi has named former GE veteran Frank Farnel to a senior public affairs role.
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Aarti Shah
14 May 2013
Google’s Motorola Mobility has hired Adrienne Hayes for its top communications post reporting into the company’s CEO.
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Arun Sudhaman
14 May 2013
12 months after assigning global PR duties to Porter Novelli, LG Mobile has returned the assignment to previous incumbent Burson-Marsteller.
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Arun Sudhaman
14 May 2013
Microsoft is reviewing its UK B2B PR assignment, while subsidiary Skype is also on the hunt for a new PR firm.
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Arun Sudhaman
14 May 2013
Hasbro has selected Bite Communications to handle UK consumer PR duties following a competitive review that featured four firms.
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Arun Sudhaman
13 May 2013
The UK’s National Lottery is seeking a PR firm to help reaffirm its importance and contribution to British society.
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Arun Sudhaman
13 May 2013
Porter Novelli has restored the EMEA CEO role, handing additional duties to senior executives Sally Ward and Luc Missine.
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Aarti Shah
13 May 2013
The APCO and Text 100 alliance for BlackBerry breaks new ground and bends longstanding rules on how agencies go to bat for pitches.
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Holmes Report
12 May 2013
Three SABRE winning campaigns—ranging from a massive experiential effort for Microsoft Xbox to a recruitment “game”—will feature at ThinkTank Live.
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Holmes Report
12 May 2013
The strategic communications division of FTI Consulting saw revenues increase by 1 percent in the first quarter of 2013, to $45.5 million.
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Holmes Report
12 May 2013
New people at MSL Group, College Group, Waggener Edstron, Four; new accounts at Broadgate Mainland, Teamspirit.
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Arun Sudhaman
10 May 2013
Melissa Waggener Zorkin discusses Waggener Edstrom's acquisition plans, and explains what she still enjoys most about the PR business.
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Holmes Report
09 May 2013
German technology giant SAP is to merge its marketing and comms functions, and has hired Victoria Clarke to lead corporate affairs.
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Arun Sudhaman
08 May 2013
A number of PR agencies are contending for LG Electronics' global PR business, one year after the company extended its contract with WPP's LG-One unit.
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Holmes Report
07 May 2013
Sixtine Bouygues, director for strategy and corporate communication at the European Commission, will speak at ThinkTank Live in Barcelona.
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Holmes Report
07 May 2013
Oskar Yasar has departed communications recruited consultancy VMA International.
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Arun Sudhaman
06 May 2013
Can the new Porter Novelli CEO's honesty and dynamism revive the agency's fortunes?
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Arun Sudhaman
06 May 2013
Edelman has entered Africa by acquiring longtime South African affiliate Baird's Renaissance.
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Arun Sudhaman
06 May 2013
Nokia has shifted global PR duties to Cohn & Wolfe, the Holmes Report can reveal.
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Holmes Report
05 May 2013
European aerospace giant EADS has restructured its corporate communications department to increase its focus on international growth markets.
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Holmes Report
05 May 2013
New people at APCO, TVC, Lufthansa, Porter Novelli, Credit Suisse, Powerscourt, Sermelo, WaggEd; new business at Racepoint, Liberty, Clareville, Curzon.
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Paul Holmes
03 May 2013
To put it mildly, a public relations agency designed to meet the major challenges of the 20th century is unlikely to succeed in the 21st.
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Arun Sudhaman
02 May 2013
Lord Chadlington has told the Echo Chamber podcast that Huntsworth's deal with Chinese firm BlueFocus will aim to transform Grayling's global presence.
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Arun Sudhaman
02 May 2013
Ruder Finn has named new healthcare leadership in the UK and brought in Stephen Davies to lead its digital health efforts.
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Arun Sudhaman
01 May 2013
UK software player Sage has handed its global corporate comms assignment to Bite Communications.
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Aarti Shah
01 May 2013
Edelman has hired Joe Paluska to fill its lead global tech role, left open by Pete Pedersen's departure.
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Holmes Report
30 Apr 2013
Burson-Marsteller has appointed Maria Sennels as CEO of its Danish operations.
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Arun Sudhaman
30 Apr 2013
Hill + Knowlton Strategies Asia-Pacific leadership overhaul continues with the appointment of a new CEO in Australia.
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Arun Sudhaman
29 Apr 2013
BlackBerry is concluding its global PR review by consolidating the $10m account with a joint agency team comprised of APCO and Text 100.
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Paul Holmes
29 Apr 2013
Fleishman-Hillard is rebranding itself, dropping the hyphen to become FleishmanHillard and adopting new tagline, “The Power of True.”
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Arun Sudhaman
29 Apr 2013
Lee Brooke is departing his global role at Nokia to lead communications for PayPal EMEA.
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Arun Sudhaman
28 Apr 2013
Is the Chinese firm's investment in the UK PR group a seminal moment for the PR industry?
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Holmes Report
28 Apr 2013
New accounts for LVTPR, Kindred, and College Group; new members for IPREX and PRGN; a new service from Nigeria's Quadrant.
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Arun Sudhaman
26 Apr 2013
UK fashion retailer Bonmarche calls in Grayling for crisis support after hundreds die in Bangladesh factory collapse.
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