Soho agencies are kept in the dark
Much was made of the chaos inflicted on shoppers and retailers by last week's power cuts across London's Soho, but PR agencies in the area have only just recovered sufficiently to tell Diary of their woes.
The Red Consultancy sent staff home or to clients, and CEO Mike Morgan
was hot under the collar.
'We weren't told they were going to turn off the power, even though they
knew,' he claims. 'EDF promised the website would be the source for
ADVERTISEMENT
anything.'
Launch Group was also unimpressed. 'The lights went out, as did landline
phones, and mobiles struggled to get a signal,' wails recently arrived
director of corporate and business Paul Maguire, whose team was
mid-rehearsal for a 'major pitch'. Rainier PR, meanwhile, dispatched
staff to wireless hotspots, got everyone checking in via instant
messenger and used VoIP to keep phonelines open.
Diary presumed such techniques were for office gossip.
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