Abbey marketing director Angus Porter is to leave the high street bank in June.
Abbey marketing director Angus Porter is to leave the high street bank in June. Following the bank’s takeover by Banco Santander Central Hispano, Porter’s role is being absorbed into a new sales and marketing director position to be filled by Graeme Hardie, currently managing director of NatWest Retail Banking.
As “greenshoots” of economic recovery appear, marketers are shifting focus to promotions, events and direct marketing, according to the latest IPA Bellwether report.
Saga cut marketing spend by £4.2m in 2024, pausing investment in some areas of its insurance business in a challenged market.
Despite revenues falling 18% year-over-year in the six months to March, Asos’s CEO insists the retailer is “delivering” against its turnaround plan.
Puma’s leadership team has been waiting for the moment the brand would “invest differently” in marketing, something top marketer Richard Teyssier is confident it is doing with new teams, fewer activations and bigger brand investment.