CCL AND MILESTONE TO MERGE OPERATIONS
By Adnews Staff
CCL Corporate Communications Limited and Milestone Communications are merging their operations in Newfoundland and Labrador effective January 31, 2001. CCL is a public relations and advertising agency in Atlantic Canada. Its Newfoundland office opened in March of this year, providing public relations and government relations counsel. Milestone, a public relations company founded in 1996, is based in St. John's. The merged agency will operate under the banner CCL Milestone. According to Steve Parker, president of CCL, when CCL opened its Newfoundland office in March it expected to expand through acquisitions. Caron Hawco, one of Milestone's three principals, will become vice president of public affairs for CCL Milestone. Milestone's remaining principals, Geoff Meeker and Mark Smith, will become vice president of integrated services and vice president of creative, respectively. CCL is part of The CCL Group.