Month: July 2004

Their specialist subject

Marketing Week

Front-line field staff are often employed by an agency, rather than the brand they are promoting. But they still need some proper brand-value training, says Steve Hemsley

Rise of iTV is one for all to watch

Marketing Week

Yes, it is a remarkable achievement to have persuaded so many big advertisers to invest in interactive television (Torin Douglas, MW last week), but it shouldn’t be too surprising. Surely investment in research is the most appropriate way to develop this fledgling platform and to realise its true potential as a medium. The main benefit […]

Money matters, but not agencies

Marketing Week

There are moments in life when it’s brought home to you with blinding clarity exactly where you stand in the food chain. For everyone involved in financial services communications, there was just such a moment recently. The Financial Services Authority, with much grinding of gears and clanking of machinery, is belatedly cranking up a significant […]

Financial marketing to come under the spotlight

Marketing Week

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is establishing a consultative group to tighten up on marketing standards and the treatment of consumers in the financial services industry. The decision follows publication of a report by the regulator this week entitled Treating Customers Fairly – Progress and Next Steps, which says more needs to be done to […]

YooMedia to buy Whoosh

Marketing Week

YooMedia, the interactive media group led by former BBC director of TV David Doherty, is buying mobile phone marketing company Whoosh, which will be be integrated with YooMedia’s Trigger TV business.

UB UK acquires Jacobs

Marketing Week

UB UK, the biscuits and snacks manufacturer, has acquired savoury biscuit business Jacobs. The deal is subject to approval from competition authorities in UK and Ireland.