Fish4jobs, the online classified recruitment site owned by Newsquest, Northcliffe, Trinity Mirror and the Guardian Media Group, is the first port of call for UK jobseekers, according to new research. The latest National Online Recruitment Survey (NORAS) has just been published by online recruitment consultancy Enhance Media and ABC Electronic, the online auditing division of […]
Capital Radio Group and GWR Group, the radio operators that are expected to merge this May, have agreed to sell Century 106 in the east Midlands. The decision follows concerns from the Office of Fair Trading about the affect the merger would h
I’d like to clarify points raised in your news piece “CIM searching for director to stem membership loss” (MW February 10). Unfortunately, the article takes a rather simplistic view of the Chartered Institute of Marketing’s membership numbers without providing the proper context, and therefore does not paint an accurate picture. It is important to realise […]
Two leading UK search marketing companies are rebranding in an attempt to move away from the industry’s “techy” image. Website Promotion Services (WSPS) has become The Search Works, while Corporem Global has renamed itself Latitude. The two are following the lead of WPP Group-owned global digital network mOne, which merged its worldwide search operations under […]
O2 is to be the first company to use wearable versions of short-range wireless devices to distribute content to mobile phones. Rugby fans at next Sunday’s Six Nations match in Dublin will be able to get ringtone versions of the English national anthem and the official Irish rugby anthem. English fans arriving at Dublin airport […]
The Guardian is publishing a 68-page guide to the Formula One season next Monday (February 28). The special will be supported by a television and radio campaign created by DDB London.
Lee Jeans has shortlisted Vallance Carruthers Coleman Priest, LG&F, Farm, 180 Amsterdam and incumbent Storåkers McCann for its advertising account.
Diageo has signed a multi-million pound sponsorship deal with McLaren that will see its Johnnie Walker whisky brand become the Formula One team’s headline sponsor, as first reported in Marketing Week (December 16, 2004).
Advertisers could reduce their spend on ITV1 next year by up to £231m if the channel’s poor performance continues for the rest of the year. Forecasts from television buyers suggest that when taking ITV1’s performance as a whole and extrapolating it across the year, it could stand to lose the equivalent of 6.3 per cent […]
Worcestershire Sauce-manufacturer launches campaign in wake of Sudan 1 cancer scare
Cadbury Schweppes has appointed Matt Shattock as president of Europe, Middle East and Africa to replace Andrew Cosslett, who left to join InterContinental Hotels as chief executive late last year (MW December 18, 2004). Shattock, who will take over the role on March 1, joins from the Cadbury’s Americas Confectionery division, where he was president […]
Northern & Shell (N&S) group marketing director Tim Pemberton has left the company after less than six weeks in the job. He is not thought to have a job to go to.
Cadbury Schweppes has appointed Matt Shattock as president of Europe, Middle East and Africa to replace Andrew Cosslett, who left to join InterContinental Hotels as chief executive late last year (MW December 18, 2004). Shattock, who will take over the role on March 1, joins from the Cadbury’s Americas Confectionery division, where he was president […]
Worcestershire Sauce-manufacturer launches campaign in wake of Sudan 1 cancer scare
Advertisers could reduce their spend on ITV1 next year by up to £231m if the channel’s poor performance continues for the rest of the year. Forecasts from television buyers suggest that when taking ITV1’s performance as a whole and extrapolating it across the year, it could stand to lose the equivalent of 6.3 per cent […]