The Union has been appointed to handle the launch of Project Scotland, a joint venture developed by the Scottish Executive and private and voluntary sectors to get young people involved in the community.
BT Group has appointed finance director Ian Livingston chief executive of its retail division. Livingston replaces Pierre Danon, who is leaving BT early next year to join IT services group Cap Gemini.
The National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham is seeking a marketing and development director. The role involves responsibility for setting strategy and developing the identity of the venue.
Egmont Magazines is to launch The Incredibles Magazine as a brand extension of the Disney/ Pixar blockbuster animated film The Incredibles. The monthly 32-page magazine will appear on January 12 and is aimed at six- to 10-year-old boys.
Mortimer Whittaker O’Sullivan has created a New Year women’s press advertising campaign for crispbread brand Ryvita. It will have the strapline ‘Get healthier with five minutes of crunches everyday’ and aims to encourage consumers choose it as a healthy option.
Capital Radio network sales manager Marc Beeney is to join IPC tx, the television listings division of IPC including TV Times and What’s On TV, as advertising director.
Orange has bought all the advertising space on MSN UK, including MSN Hotmail and MSN Messenger, to promote its pay as you go services in the run-up to Christmas.
Pravda, the Manchester-based agency, has won the £1.2m account for Express Shopping Channel. The channel is a joint venture between Richard Desmond’s Northern & Shell company and home-shopping giant N Brown.
The British Red Cross is looking for an advertising agency for a large project next year. The appointment is being overseen by director of communications Phil Talbot and handled by the AAR. A decision is expected early next year. The brief is to develop a marketing strategy, above-the-line advertising and media-neutral planning for the undisclosed […]
TalkTalk is to sponsor Channel 4’s Celebrity Big Brother, which starts on January 6. The deal follows TalkTalk’s sponsorship of Big Brother 5 and will also see Carphone Warehouse’s landline company sponsor the first Big Brother Panto, which launches next week on E4.
Alberto Culver is launching a five-strong range of hair styling products aimed at women, called Air Style, under its VO5 brand. The range, to be launched next spring, will be supported with a print campaign.
British Airways has appointed UK and Ireland head of sales and marketing David Noyes as director of its UK airports. A replacement for Noyes is being sought internally.
The unnamed “FA insider” who is quoted in the standout box in your Cover Story (MW last week) tells us more about what Brian Barwick really has to get to grips with at the FA. From experience, having worked with Brian on sponsorship for Euro 2004 on behalf of my client Balmain Menswear, I can […]
ABN AMRO, the Netherlands-based global investment bank, is reviewing its worldwide media account. The company spends about &£1m in the UK. The review will be overseen by ABN AMRO global head of marketing for the wholesale division Kata Herzczog. The account has been held by the London offices of Doremus, part of the Omnicom network, […]
Ofcom’s latest Digital Television Update shows that increasing numbers of UK digital households – currently 55.9 per cent – are buying additional set-top boxes. In particular, a quarter of new Freeview sales are to homes that have already switched to digital.