There is an old adage that all political careers – no matter how successful or illustrious – end, ultimately, in failure. Take Margaret Thatcher, the UK’s first woman Prime Minister, 3 big election victories, took on the unions and won, but ousted unceremoniously by the men in grey suits fearing for their seats in [...]
Big news this week – the Apple iPad was finally launched, after much speculation and hype we got to see what it could really do… but it seems to me that the majority written about it has been the politics of the name…. for women everywhere the name “iPad” will bring a different thought to [...]
It is very much in vogue to describe (and predict) the current financial predicament with increasingly irritating labels – this despite only a handful of people having the intuition to see the global recession in the first place. There has been much doom and gloom surrounding the latest statistics of 0.1% growth in the [...]
As Managing Director of the London office since 2007, Lucien Vallun is to become regional director of its Central and Eastern Europe region once a suitable replacement is found. His move is part of the company’s intention to move in to ‘double digit’ growth over the next five years. He will work closely with the [...]
Mass speculation surrounds the new product launch by Apple today in San Francisco. Could this be the launch of a new generation of laptops? I’ve been reading several blogs with varied opinions and expectations so really keen to see what Apple come up with. Predicted names for the product are islate and itablet. Not long [...]
Le marché français des produits technologiques a accusé en 2009 une baisse de 4,2%, un chiffre meilleur qu’attendu, mais devrait encore diminuer en 2010, selon le bilan par GfK. Ce marché, qui regroupe l’électronique grand public, la micro-informatique, la photo, les téléphones et les jeux vidéo, a atteint 17,8 Mds€ l’an passé, en recul de [...]
Counting down to the FDA’s social media hearing, see link on In Pharm. By Saphia Haddouche
Tonic goes from strength to strength, with the recent hire of Jane Seaton from Red Door to head up their consumer healthcare team. By Alice Weightman
The HCA conducts an annual benchmarking survey, exploring trends in the provision of communications services to the healthcare industry. The organisation now has five years of data for both communications agencies and pharma industry communications functions. The new summary report looks at how healthcare communications has changed over the last five years, [...]
With a death poll predicted at around 200,000 and 1.5 million homeless after Tuesday’s horrific earthquake in Haiti, a second hit came just eight days after the initial event, causing more damage and demanding extra aid and attention from the world. Measuring 6.1, the aftershock hit west of Port-au-Prince, obliterating what was left still standing. [...]
