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Coast Communications wins FOI communications tender
Stockholm 9 March 2012 – Swedish Defence Research Agency, FOI, has selected Coast Communications as one of its communications agencies. Assignments under the contract means that Coast Communications could, among other things, serve as an advisor in strategic communications issues.
Coast Communications has previously for several years provided periodical communications support to such government agencies as the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV), NUTEK (the predecessor of the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth) and the Swedish National Agency for Higher Education.
“Coast Communications employs efficient models which enables the execution of controlled and reliable communications support”, says Karl G Rickhamre, MD Coast Communications. “In recent years, our principal clients have included global research corporations with significant contracts in the public sector”.
Coast Communications has in the past carried out neither regular nor temporary assignments for the FOI, and has not provided advice or otherwise participated in the communications and reporting surrounding the FOI in recent days.
In its tender, FOI has signaled that the agency will need to implement a number of strategic communications undertakings in the forthcoming years.
For more information
Karl G Rickhamre, MD Coast Communications; + 46 402 98 85, + 46 709 549 109
Camilla Englund, P.A., Coast Communications; +46 402 98 84, +46 739 987 159
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Topics
- Mass media
Categories
- public affairs
- Swedish Defence Research Agency
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- communications
- crisis communications
- public relations
- pr
- foi
- coast
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Coast Communications was founded in 2001 and has its own operations in Stockholm and Copenhagen with affiliates in Oslo and Helsinki. The agency focuses on strategic communications, public relations, public affairs, crisis communications and investor relations. Coast Communications was voted “Best Agency” in Sweden by its clients in the country’s leading trade magazine, Resume, year 2008 and nominated to public affairs award Columbi Egg together with Bates in Copenhagen for its CSR work for Mercedes-Benz Commercial Vehicle year 2009. Since May 2006 Coast is a proud member of PRGN, the global network for independent agencies by invitation only celebrating its 20th anniversary.
