Welcome to another week!
We start with some big news regarding the CIPR Northern Conference which has now been rescheduled for the final time, to Wednesday 31st October. The venue has also changed and the event will now take place at Leeds Metropolitan University.
There has been a number of factors regarding the decision to amend the date, but ultimately it is to accommodate the very special guest speaker we have managed to secure for the event - none other than Max Clifford. Max has been in the business of
public relations protecting and promoting a wide variety of clients for
well over 40 years. He has become as instantly recognisable as many of
the stars he has represented over the years. His views and comments are
sought on a daily basis for the world’s media on a wide range of
subjects and he regularly appears on TV and radio as a guest on current
affairs, news, documentaries and chat shows.
Also during the last 20 years he has
become increasingly involved with many of the major front page stories
in the British media. He now regularly breaks stories and stops stories
in between orchestrating PR campaigns for a multitude of clients from
all over the world and is also patron of two children’s charities and
helps fundraise and supports many others. Often poacher and gamekeeper
at the same time, he has helped save many a famous career from media
damage and destruction. Increasingly during the last decade, he is
approached by members of the public who seek out his help to get justice
and awareness often when all other means have failed.
Maxwell Frank Clifford was born in April
1943 at Kingston Hospital, Surrey. He is the youngest of four children
by his father Frank, an electrical engineer and his mother, Lilian, a
full time housewife. The Clifford siblings were raised in South
Wimbledon, London. When Max left his local secondary modern school at
fifteen years of age, he had nothing but his Honours degree in
street-raking. His first job, in a very old fashioned
local department store, was totally unsuitable for someone with his
temperament and attitude to authority and he soon became bored to
distraction. Not surprisingly it was only a matter of time before he was
sacked.
Max has always been an avid sportsman.
He played football and water polo and boxed in his youth but now prefers
to swim and play tennis. It was through the sport that he was offered a
a job as a junior sports reporter on the Merton and Morden News. Next stop was the EMI records press
office in 1962, where practically his first assignment was to promote an
unknown band from Liverpool called The Beatles. The rest is history…
The Fresh Awards deadline is looming large folks and the 20th July is the date to remember. Entries have been pouring in thick and fast from around the UK so if you want to showcase your creative talents this year, there is still time. Entering is incredibly easy using our online system so check out the site today and get Fresh - before its too late!
Whilst we are on our Fresh theme, don't forget to watch the final installment of the great Fresh films, this one featuring Mrs McSweeney, Mum of Vince, from McCann's in Birmingham. The expressions are priceless!
If you are looking for a great night out this Friday, then make sure you get a ticket or two for a great Ladies Night event being organised by our friends at Unique You
We end the week with a tribute to a special friend of ours who is celebrating the big 50 this weekend. We don't quite know what the beard is all about but she assures me, she'll have a good shave before we hit the town in Manchester to celebrate this weekend!
Happy Birthday Sarah!
Have a great week everyone!
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