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European brewing lobby hires new agency
BRUSSELS: The lobby association for Europe’s brewing industry has brought in fresh agency support as it strives to inform law-makers about the work its members are doing to encourage responsible alcohol-consumption.
CEFIC comms boss Verbist to retire in May
BRUSSELS: The top communicator at CEFIC, the European Chemical Industry Council, is to retire shortly after five years with the organisation.
Moll to replace De Greef as EuropaBio secretary-general
BRUSSELS: The European lobby association for the biotech sector, EuropaBio, has appointed a new secretary-general.
DC-based Conservation International opens office in Brussels
BRUSSELS: Conservation International has appointed its first director for European Union policy as the Washington DC-headquartered NGO sets up an office in Brussels and looks to establish itself as a credible player in European policymaking.
Ex-Brown aide Carter joins Alcatel-Lucent
PARIS: The UK’s former communications minister Stephen Carter is returning to the private sector with a job in France. He was this week appointed to a newly created Paris-based role at French telecoms equipment firm Alcatel-Lucent.
Yet another departure from Hill & Knowlton
BRUSSELS: Hill & Knowlton’s (H&K) Brussels office is operating bereft of yet another senior figure with its MD of public affairs, Carel du Marchie Sarvaas, having left after only six months.
'VIEW FROM BRUSSELS': Policy integration set to increase
The new European institutions and figureheads have now – finally – embarked on what hopefully will turn out to be a new era in EU history.
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EU lobbying law firm A&G bolsters agriculture expertise
BRUSSELS: EU lobbying law firm Alber & Geiger (A&G) has unveiled a brace of senior new recruits as it approaches three years in business.
Former top Commission official joins agency in Brussels
BRUSSELS: Kreab Gavin Anderson has recruited a former senior European Commission official to the position of senior adviser.
