New Group Newspapers promotes David Roddick

Is 2004, to extend a well-worn metaphor, the year of the bathmat? Certainly, there are already encouraging signs of recovery. Aegis, for one, has signalled optimism with a new year message proclaiming an upswing in advertising revenue. As owner of Carat, Europe’s largest media buying shop, this prediction has to be treated with some respect; […]

The charity sector is increasingly coming under fire for its prospecting techniques – as documented in John Stones’ Cynical tactics or a necessary evil? (MW December 4, 2003). It is true that it sometimes feels as if you can hardly walk down the road in any large town or city without being accosted by a […]

Interpublic has sold the four racetracks that formerly comprised its loss-making Octagon Motorsports division to MotorSport Vision, in a deal thought to be worth up to £70m. Interpublic blamed the tracks – Brands Hatch, Oulton Park, Cadwell Park and Snetterton – for recent financial difficulties.