John Hicks
John Hicks is a Marketing, Public Relations & Business Promotions consultant (Headline Promotions, Press & PR) in Basingstoke, England.
John has worked in a variety of sectors but has largely focussed on the leisure & entertainments, manufacturing, voluntary and government sectors.
John has worked in a variety of sectors but has largely focussed on the leisure & entertainments, manufacturing, voluntary and government sectors.
Articles by John Hicks
July 02, 2008
Marine conservation charity, Marine Connection, reports that a further 12 Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins have recently been captured and are waiting in sea pens to be exported to marine parks - with major holiday companies doing little to stop this exploitation.
April 24, 2008
UK veterans have a distuingishing new bade to hear with pride - a special presentation is planned the Fleet Air Arm Museum Yeovilton
April 24, 2008
Internet radio's latest innovation, community radio station Radio Basingstoke dotcom, will bring ex-Basingstoke residents closer to their roots - including actress Liz Hurley and singer Tanita Tikaram
April 24, 2008
Internet community radio gets a boost from the launch of a new generation of internet radio stations
April 07, 2008
The Marco Polo Hotel Dubai wins a new Guinness World Record. But how?
February 17, 2008
Japanese killing of dolphins continue yet the world stands by! Fishermen of Okinawa reach new depths!
November 12, 2007
Doubtless, there are times in our lives when either business isn't going too brilliantly, or we think that the pace of change in our business sector is going so fast that we should look for a change of direction.
Within my public and media relations agency, the rapid advance of new technology doe...
November 02, 2007
Country music radio station is selling ice to Eskimos!
I do like success stories, especially English businesses doing well in this adverse economic climate so the success of internet radio station, CMR Nashville, led by the human equivalent of a cat with nine lives, Lee Williams, is a tale worth ...
June 18, 2007
I voted Labour back in the 1997 General Elections for the first time in my life and it was because I was so impressed with Tony Blair.
He was full of enthusiasm and energy, he had vision and he looked and sounded like a Prime Minister should. Tony Blair was the man of our times.
So how does it...
March 11, 2007
I am no animal activist but, since I have been undertaking some voluntary PR work for a marine conservation charity, I have become conscious of the level of animal cruelty in so-called civilized countries around the globe.
The latest issue I have aware of is that the ice floes off the Canadian co...
February 06, 2007
British citizens in the UK, and expatriates abroad, are being urged to sign an on-line petition, addressed directly to UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, asking that there be no direct flights to occupied Cyprus.
Its’ promoters insist that the supporters of the Turkish occupation regime have deceived ...
December 27, 2006
I recently wrote an article on the PR disasters in the UK in 2006 which prompted me to reflect on how 2006 affected the UK population generally.
Several things occurred to me as key issues: the ongoing saga of the war in Iraq, Muslim terrorists in our midst, water shortages and the unwelcome inva...
November 28, 2006
It’s a small world!
Last week, I was with Andy Kyriacou of the 80’s pop legends, Modern Romance and I told him about an unusual reunion I heard about at one of my favourite holiday haunts – the Fleet Air Arm Museum at Yeovilton, Somerset (UK).
After twenty-six years service within two squadron...
November 28, 2006
On Wednesday 29th November, a Basingstoke (Hampshire, UK) venue is hosting a celebratory party, to which everyone is invited, to celebrate its key role in the recent launch of a new country music radio station across Europe, CMR Nashville Radio at www.cmrnashville.net
The Academy in Worting Road ...
November 19, 2006
I attended a charity fundraising event for BBC Children In Need (“Pudsey Bear” campaign) at The Academy Basingstoke at the weekend and who should come on stage but the legendary Pete Staples.
Pete was guitarist with THE TROGGS whose international hits of the 1960’s, songs such as “Wild Thing” and...
October 19, 2006
Friday Oct 27th will see eight WW2 crew from Blackburn Skua dive bombers reunited at the Fleet Air Arm Museum.
The Blackburn Skua was the first British built dive bomber and the first aircraft to shoot down an enemy aircraft in WW2 (a Dornier flying boat on 25th Sept 1939)
The Blackburn Skua c...
September 24, 2006
A total of thirteen UK organisations are calling for legislation to better protect seals following another slaughter of seals on the UK’s coast.
At the Point of Vastray on the Island of Orkney, four Grey adult seals, all female and pregnant, and one juvenile have been found dead with gunshot inju...
September 10, 2006
The forthcoming San Fernando Valley Wine Festival is expanding its horizons by appointing a UK small business marketing, press and pubic relations consultancy.
Headline Promotions, Press & PR of Basingstoke has been appointed to represent the media interests of the international San Fernando Vall...
September 07, 2006
Lead singer in the current line-up of Modern Romance, and drummer in the original band, Andy Kyriacou asks for your help with his forthcoming book.
So who were they?
When Modern Romance first exploded into the charts in the summer of 1981 with their infectious rhythms and tailored glamour, you...
August 27, 2006
On 5 September, had he lived, the instantly recognisable Freddie Mercury would have been 60 years old.
To mark the occasion, there are two new collections coming out – one of his solo recordings and another of the videos made as a solo artist.
Locally, here in Basingstoke I am working with T...
August 17, 2006
In Britain, the public are again being invited to once again support an annual international protest against the brutal slaughter of dolphins in Taiji, Japan.
At noon on Wednesday 20 September 2006, marine conservationists and concerned individuals will be gathering outside the Japanese Embassy,...
July 07, 2006
Where wil you be on July 29th this year?
I will be going to see the 30-year celebration of the first British-built Concorde (002) completing its test phase and being handed over to the UK’s Fleet Air Arm Museum for safekeeping.
Unlike most of the recently grounded fleet of iconic Concordes, Co...
June 06, 2006
Here is my personal reflection on global warming as it impacts in the UK.
Last month, I wrote about the practical effects of climate change on my household as the drought begins to bite.
Now, the UK House of Lords science and technology committee has been looking at water policy in the UK and, ...
June 03, 2006
Britain’s manufacturers have continued where they left off in the first quarter of 2006, with output increasing in the second quarter and looking better than at any time in the last ten years.
The second quarter 2006 engineering outlook survey, carried out by EEF and RSM Robson Rhodes, suggests th...
May 17, 2006
The UK's prime minister has put nuclear energy firmly back on the agenda to avoid Britain becoming dependent on foreign energy.
Speaking ahead of the publication of a government energy review due out in July, Tony Blair said the issue of a new generation of nuclear power stations was back "with a ...
May 15, 2006
On May 22nd, members of the public have been invited to join a peaceful protest outside of the European Bank's Annual General Meeting in London.
The critically endangered western Pacific gray whales face extinction if the Bank backs oil giant Shell's plans to drill for oil and gas in their feedin...
May 14, 2006
UK manufacturing may be on the ropes but it is not down and out!
They certainly lead the way in developing new techniques and technology, and adapting Japanese methodology, to make their businesses efficient and effective.
For many years, though, improvement activities have been a focus for ...