Communication Group Scotland
The Scottish wing of The Communication Group an English PR firm. It bought Forth Public Relations in 1995.
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Developments
1991
- Countrywide Communications Scotland opened in May last year, followed more recently by the creation of The Communication Group Scotland in Edinburgh. Julie McGarvey, managing director of the Communications Group Scotland, says: 'Scotland is an attractive market and it can only do the Scottish PR scene good to have London agencies looking here.' PR Consultants Scotland, with offices in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen, has proved that business is buoyant. The agency is busier than ever, announcing a 50 per cent hike in pre-tax profits in year to July. It has made Pounds 550,000, from a 31 per cent increase in fee income to Pounds 1.7 million... Established in 1979, PR Consultants became an autonomous part of the Shandwick Group ten years later. By contrast, Dunseath Stephen in Edinburgh has decided against selling out to a national player. Its managing director Robin Dunseath has decided on a policy of remaining one of the country's top independents.[1]
1999
- The Communication Group Scotland has appointed deputy managing director Cameron Grant as managing director following the promotion of former MD Julie McGarvey to chairman. Before joining TCG Scotland more than a year ago, Grant spent 18 months with food and drink consultancy Mulcaster Public Relations as deputy MD.[2]
2001
Mike Boyle has been appointed a director of The Communication Group Scotland in Edinburgh. Mr Boyle has worked with high profile, politically-sensitive businesses and public sector organisations, both in-house and as a consultant. As head of customer and public relations for Eastern Electricity, he managed a wide variety of stakeholder relationships during a period of massive transition in the business. In his previous position with a London-based consultancy, he was accounts director on two major BT accounts. He previously worked with the North of Scotland Water Authority as a press officer based in Dundee.[3]
