David Silver’s observation that good internal communication is a “business-critical area that too many organisations are not getting right” is, unfortunately, spot on for too many organisations in the UK (Survey reveals ‘inadequate’ state of internal marketing, MW July 3). While millions are spent developing and promoting brands, many companies are still under-investing in communicating […]
Clear Channel has reported a rise in profits from £146.8m to £155m for the three months to June. The group says revenues declined at its UK outdoor advertising business.
Ask Jeeves has appointed Clare Munday as head of product development in the UK. She will report to vice-president for marketing and strategy Aylin Savkan.
BT has teamed up with Deutsche Telekom-owned T-Mobile to launch BT Mobile Home Plan, a new price plan which includes free calls from mobiles to home numbers.
The strike by BA staff at Heathrow was an outward sign of the turmoil in which BA has found itself in recent years and an illustration that a company as dependent on customer-facing staff as airlines are can’t afford to alienate those workers.
Us, the creative agency, has been appointed by Flextech Television to produce a campaign to promote its Cruel Holiday series on its teen channel Trouble. The campaign will involve the entire channel being rebranded for a month with a ‘cruel’ theme. The rebrand will include brand idents.
Trailing behind Nike in the footwear market, Reebok has decided to sign up rap stars and bad boys, rather than squeaky-clean role models. By Polly Devaney
GWR Group, the owner of the UK’s biggest national commercial radio station Classic FM, is seeking its first group marketing director. The decision to make the appointment comes after the departure of marketing director of GWR’s local stations, Colin Dudgeon. The new marketer will not directly replace Dudgeon, who has left to join below-the-line agency […]
Wolff Olins, Attik and Lambie Nairn are among the 28 agencies appointed by the BBC to its design roster to work on TV channel branding.
EMAP Performance has appointed Vikki Timmons as head of marketing for television across its seven music channels, which include The Box and Smash Hits!. She joins from the Disney TV Channel, where she was marketing manager for Disney EMEA.
The Business is understood to have struck a tie-up deal with the Mail on Sunday.
Air Miles, which is transforming itself from a loyalty scheme into a broader travel service brand, has taken its £10m advertising and below-the-line business from TBWA/London and handed it to Grey London ahead of its relaunch. The relaunch of Air Miles will take place later this year. The £10m figure represents a doubling of spend […]
JD Wetherspoon has delisted Bacardi white rum from its 630 pubs in the UK, after Bacardi-Martini failed t o agree a reduced price for the rum.
The Daily Mirror has axed M magazine, as parent group Trinity Mirror prepares for the results of a strategic review, to be announced on July 31 by chief executive Sly Bailey.
Hidden in a news story about the Millennium Stadium last week (MW last week) was the following statement from WRU head of marketing Gwyn Thomas: ‘We are also looking at 241 other activities that could be held here, including cricket, windsurfing, rallying, boxing and music.’ The Diary has always had an interest in sport, but […]