COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT
Regional Press Officers and procedure

The Communications Department, in conjunction with the Regional
Organisers, has put in place a dedicated Regional Press Officer
in each Region of the country. All media enquiries that come
through the new system at HQ that need to be dealt with at local
or regional level will now be filtered down to the Regional
Press Officers.

The Regional Press Officer is responsible for all public
relations and media interaction in each Region. No official
(except the RO), at whatever level, can speak to any media
outlets, no matter how small or localised, without first gaining
authorisation from the Regional Press Officer. Likewise, all
press releases have to be authorised by the Regional Press
Officer.

Below is a list of all duly appointed Regional Press Officers:

London: Carlos Cortiglia (londonpress@bnp.org.uk – 07973 387 158)
South East: Tim Rait (southeastpress@bnp.org.uk – 07968 970 023)
Wales: John Walker (walespress@bnp.org.uk – 07543 819 281)
South West: Mick Simpkins (southwestpress@bnp.org.uk – 07792 270 780)
North West: Derek Adams (northwestpress@bnp.org.uk – 07513 470 349)
North East: Mark Walker (northeastpress@bnp.org.uk – 07957 777 521)
West Mids: James Whittall (westmidspress@bnp.org.uk – 07913 055 566)
East Mids: John Ryde (eastmidspress@bnp.org.uk – 07913 055 566)
Scotland: David Smith (scotlandpress@bnp.org.uk – 07779 134 657)

Yorkshire and Eastern Regional Press Officers to be announced.

The Communications Department will shortly be holding a weekend
media skills training seminar, open to all Regional Press
Officers and ROs.

As soon as we get details of the seminars etc we will of course let you know.

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