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Lots of money to burn

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The sun shone on AIM-listed shares again in August and companies used their strong valuations to raise money for acquisitions. August saw the continuation of clearly established themes that have driven the performance of the UK media sector so far this year: namely, the outperformance of smaller companies versus large and continued high levels of […]

Ex-Teletext marketing boss joins Co-operative travel agent group

Marketing Week

Teletext’s former marketing director, Marc Bell, is leaving the company to join United Co-op Travel Group (UCTG) as one of two general managers for distribution. His appointment is part of a restructure at the travel company. Bell, now the managing director of Teletext’s Web division, will join UCTG in the next couple of weeks. Teletext […]

Ex-Orange team launch student mobile service

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Three former Orange marketers have linked up with Vodafone to launch a no-frills “virtual” mobile phone service exclusively for students. Freddie Shirley, Steven Brabenec and Richard Sanderson will launch Dot next week, backed by jvtv, the company behind national student channel SUBtv. The low-cost service will launch in 90 universities, backed by a substantial campus […]