The NHS hopes to apply communications lessons from the COVID-19 vaccine rollout to other treatments, NHS England comms chief James Lyons has told PRWeek’s Crisis Communications conference as he gave the lowdown on the vaccine comms strategy.
Golin and Virgo Health to fund ‘inspirational’ trips to help staff get ‘back outside’
Sister IPG agencies Golin and Virgo Health are giving nominated employees time off for an expenses-paid trip to do something that ‘inspires their curiosity’, if they then share that inspiration with colleagues and clients.
M&C Saatchi expects ‘small’ H1 profit, confirms $9m government loan
Like-for-like revenue at Huntsworth’s comms agencies fell 5.1% in 2018 – and declined by 7.6% at Grayling, although that agency became more profitable in both the UK and the US.
GCI Health London has hired Kim Walker, formerly of healthcare PR agency Liberation Unlimited and of Johnson & Johnson’s diabetes medical devices company Lifescan EMEA, as its deputy MD.
Avenir Global buys London creative healthcare agency Cherry
Huntsworth has stopped working with around 5% of clients in its Communications arm – which includes Grayling, Red and Citigate – as it exits “unprofitable” accounts, CEO Paul Taaffe has told PRWeek.
Huntsworth PR revenue falls as Grayling ‘eliminates’ unprofitable client contracts
Huntsworth has reported a 5.4% fall in like-for-like revenue at its PR agencies in the first half of 2018, led largely by declines at Grayling after the “elimination of unprofitable client contracts.”
Huntsworth buys U.S. health shop Giant Creative Strategy for $72m
Huntsworth has continued its expansion by taking a majority stake in U.S. independent healthcare marketing agency Giant Creative Strategy for an initial sum of $72.2m.
