We got into the Christmas spirit at Otterburn Tower Hotel last week in a big way, starting with a couple of bracing hours out on the range, clay pigeon shooting. Some unlikely stars emerged, including sharp shooter Vicky Neill who carried the girls’ team to victory (despite accusations of cheating from the sour grapes boys’ [...]

Admiral News, Comment, North East, PR | christmas party

Newcastle, Manchester and London-based Admiral is set for a successful start to 2011 after securing a number of new business wins within the financial consultancy sector. First of the wins is the Leoni Sceti Group, a corporate financial advisory and private equity boutique targeting SMEs in the North of England. The Admiral team will consult [...]

Admiral News, Comment, Enterprise, Marketing, North East, North West, PR, Uncategorized | Deloitte, Leoni Sceti Group, Manchester

Clearly Vince Cable’s comments about ‘declaring war’ on Murdoch undermined his independence and credibility in deciding whether Murdoch can buy the remaining 61% of BSkyB. As many have said it is like a judge declaring they are declaring war on the defendant at the start of a trial. Hence he had to have this power [...]

Public Affairs | Public affairs, Rupert Murdoch, Vince Cable

Admiral PR has recruited two new members of staff after recent new business wins in line with its ambitious plans to grow the business. Vicky Neill, 24, joins Admiral as a senior account executive and comes with over two years’ PR experience in the North East and Northern Ireland. Having previously worked with Hewlett Packard, [...]

Admiral News, Comment, Enterprise, Marketing, North East, PR | expansion, Manchester, North East, Northern Ireland, PR, recruitment

Admiral PR has appointed Oliver Chesher as its Head of Office, to lead its recently established operation in Manchester. He joins Admiral from GyroHSR where he was a PR director handling UK and international business-to-business accounts, most notably for education and publishing giant Pearson. He has more than ten years’ specialist agency experience with clients [...]

Admiral News, Education, Enterprise, Marketing, North West, PR, Technology | Appointment, Education, Manchester, North West, PR

Quick thought on weather; masochists that we are in the UK I have to say that the wall-to-wall coverage in today’s press beating up BAA for not keeping two runway Heathrow open (single runway Gatwick no longer owned by BAA was closed too for much of the last two days as well!) is excessive. We [...]

Admiral News, Comment, Transport, Travel | baa, Christmas, heathrow, snow