28 agencies appointed to BBC’s design roster

British American Tobacco has posted a 25 per cent drop in pre-tax profits in the first half of 2003, after the group took a &£279m charge for restructuring its businesses in the UK and Canada. Last month, BAT said it would close its Darlington factory with the loss of 490 jobs.

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 […]

Tryton Foods has appointed Soul to the £1.5m account for frozen food brand Aunt Bessie’s. It is not known which agencies Soul pitched against to win the account.