The Beggars Group have announced a management structure rejig which will see Simon Halliday, who has been running Warp US for the last five years, joining the Beggars fold to head up the indie group's 4AD, Too Pure and Beggars Banquet labels, or '4 Pure Beggars' as I like to think of them. He will be supported by Rich Walker who will be Head Of Communications for the division.
Meanwhile, at the other big bit of the Beggars Group, XL Recordings, have launched their own dedicated PR department headed up by Jon Wilkinson, who formed a JV PR agency with XL earlier this year. He will be joined by Michael Cleary and Richard Onslow who previously worked in PR roles elsewhere in the Group.
Commenting on the changes, Beggars Group Chairman Martin Mills told reporters: "Constant evolution is crucial these days, and it's great to be re-inventing ourselves again, just at the time when our last move has been recognised as being so successful".