Category: Advertising & PR

PR INDUSTRY REMAINS RESILIENT IN RECESSION

Guernsey News, 4 December 2009 – LOCAL communications professionals will be heartened by the results of national research which shows that the PR industry is remaining resilient in the face of the recession.
A report, undertaken in partnership with ComRes, surveyed some 2,000 Chartered Institute of Public Relations members and examines their views of the recession [...]

Direct Input strengthens its Guernsey Team

Guernsey News, 25 November 2009 – One of the Channel Island’s largest PR and Marketing Agencies, Direct Input, is delighted to announce the appointment of Chris Bougourd as an Account Manager to its Guernsey operation. He will be joining Marco Ciotti who is Direct Input’s PR Manager in Guernsey.
Chris comes to Direct Input with over [...]

Orchard axes tree to reflect growth

Isle News, 26 October 2009 – A BOLD new look for Orchard was the focus of attention at a gathering of media and business people this week.
Street buskers greeted party-goers heading for The Gallery, Mansell Street, to join staff from the company, which specialises in PR, event management and media training, for the launch of [...]

Communicators learn how to blog and tweet

Isle News, 22 October 2009 – SOCIAL media expert Andy Gibson enlightened 20 Channel Islands communications professionals at seminars organised in Guernsey and Jersey by the CI group of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations.
Mr Gibson is a social entrepreneur, campaigner and consultant specialising in the social uses of technology. He is the author of [...]

Impact Assessment a must for tobacco display ban proposals

Isle News, 14 October 2009 – Guernsey’s Health Department is being urged to assess the impact on small local shops, before pushing ahead with a ban on displaying tobacco.  
The Channel Island Tobacco Importers and Manufacturers’ Association (CITIMA), which  includes tobacco manufacturing companies and local importers, has written to Health Minister Deputy Hunter Adam urging him [...]

NEW SURVEY CONCLUDES SHOP TOBACCO DISPLAYS DO NOT INFLUENCE YOUNG PEOPLE TO TAKE UP SMOKING

Isle News, 29 September 2009 – An independent local retailer has conducted a survey to find out about the influence cigarette displays in shops have on teenage customers.
Phillip Morgan, proprietor of the Paper Box and the Candy Shop, in St Peter Port, says that he undertook the survey to see if it confirmed his view [...]

LOCAL PR GROUP REPRESENTED AT A GLOBAL LEVEL

Isle News, 24 September 2009 – THE Channel Islands group of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations has been represented at two international conferences.
Chair Jason MacKenzie was invited by the CIPR in London to represent the CIPR, which is the industry’s representative body, at the 2009 Congreso Internacional de Relaciones Publicas in Mexico, which was [...]

PR Fellowships are a first for the Channel Islands

Isle News, 9 September 2009 – TWO stalwarts of the local PR profession are the first Channel Islanders to be made Fellows of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations.
Mike Sunier, founder of Crystal PR in Jersey, and Steve Falla, founder of Orchard PR in Guernsey, are two of only 300 Fellows within the 9,500-strong membership [...]

The Partnership Agency Sponsors Proms on the Pier

Isle News, 28 August 2009 – Leading full-service Advertising & Marketing group, The Partnership Agency has offered a substantial donation to the organisers of the ever popular, Last Night of the Proms event on Albert Pier in Guernsey on Saturday 12th September 2009.
Guernsey’s ‘Proms on the Pier’, as it is affectionately known locally is now [...]

NEW COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR FOR IMAGE GROUP

Isle News, 18 August 2009 – Image Group has appointed a new Group Commercial Director to drive the business forwards across the Channel Islands.
Based in Guernsey, Mr Paul Carter will be responsible for business development across both the Jersey and Guernsey offices.
Born and educated in the UK, Mr Carter has now moved to the Island [...]