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Is it still okay for tabloids to destroy public heroes?

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People don’t want to see their heroes destroyed. I’m not sure they ever really did, says STEVE SAMPSON

PR: Obituary

Pagoda chairman Ian Coldwell dies, aged 60

Ian Coldwell, chairman of Pagoda PR, has died at the age of 60 after a long battle with illness. A keen sailor, Mr Coldwell had been at the helm ofRead More

Photography tie-up

SNS Group seals global partnership with Getty Images

An SNS Group shot of singer Justin Timberlake at St Andrews Scottish photographic service SNS Group is expanding overseas after sealing a deal with one of the world’s biggest agencies.Read More

Expansion in Scotland

London agency heads north with System2 acquisition

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London PR agency Quatro has opened its first base in Scotland by Scottish agency System2. Co-founder and director of Inverness-based System2, Peter Kane (pictured), joins the board of Quatro asRead More

Media briefs

Hutcheon fears for print ahead of move to Daily Record

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Herald: documentary exposed problems One of Scotland’s senior journalists signed off from the Herald & Times newspaper group at the weekend with a column fearing for the future of printRead More

Media briefs

Spence to head up Beattie’s Scottish operations

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Joanne Spence, Rachel Gladwin and Laurna Woods Beattie, the London-based integrated communications agency, has announced that Joanne Spence will become managing director in Scotland, serving its offices in Uddingston nearRead More

Media round-up

Beattie blasts council planners as Frame adds to team

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Dismayed by decision: Gordon Beattie Gordon Beattie, chairman of the eponymous communications agency, has accused South Lanarkshire Council of being anti-business after its planning committee turned down his company’s expansionRead More

PR and creative

Wire wins three-way pitch for DC Thomson Media account

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The Courier is a DC Thomson title Communications agency Wire has won the creative account for DC Thomson Media in a three-way pitch. The Glasgow-based firm will now deliver creative, paidRead More

Broadcaster grows

STV shake-up ‘vindicated’ says Pitts after uplift in profits

Simon Pitts: exciting growth STV chief executive Simon Pitts said the shake-up and repositioning of the broadcaster had been rewarded with strong first half figures in a tough commercial televisionRead More

PR companies combine

Beattie Communications merges with Belfast agency SERIOUS

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Beattie’s Scotland director Joanne Spence, David McAvery, founder of SERIOUS, and CEO of Beattie Laurna Woods Beattie, the communications agency, is to merge with SERIOUS, the Belfast-based PR company. LaurnaRead More