EasyMobile chief executive Frank Rasmussen, who launched the brand in the UK earlier this year, has left the company. His departure comes just weeks after that of chief marketing officer Sandy Munro (MW October 13).
Del Monte has appointed former Heinz general manager Leigh Edwards as commercial director ahead of an aggressive push to reinvigorate the brand. The juice and fruit giant has also recently appointed a UK head of marketing, David Wilkinson, who will report to Edwards. Though pure fruit juice sales are dominated by own-label products, which account […]
British Airways commercial director Martin George has resigned from the board of VisitBritain, citing the pressure of his new role as an executive board member at the airline. George, who has been on the board of the UK’s main tourist body since November 2003 when he was appointed for a three-year term, has quit after […]
The Department for Transport’s (DfT) £20m advertising business is expected to come up for review early next year, a move that could make or entirely break its relationship with Whitehall’s central marketing services coordinating body, the COI.
The Californian Prune Board is understood to be looking for an agency for its six-figure advertising account. Mustoes, the last agency of record, won the account in 2003 but resigned it shortly after.
Coca-Cola has appointed AKQA to its £3m global digital business following a pitch believed to include Avenue A/ Razorfish, Digitas’s Modem Media, IMC2, OgilvyOne and R/GA.
Signet, the jewellery retailer, is seeking an agency to handle advertising for its H Samuel chain. The review is being handled by the AAR, and comes just 18 months after McCann Erickson won the business.
Thomas Cook has drawn up a shortlist of sales promotion agencies after conducting an informal pitch. The travel company wants to develop initiatives, including brand partnerships.
DDB London will handle the pan-European advertising for Unilever-owned Lipton Ice Tea after it was moved out of JWT. The two agencies previously shared the account, although JWT handled it in the UK.
Clemmow Hornby Inge has been dropped from the £10m Waitrose roster after the supermarket consolidated its advertising into start- up agency HOW.
The Post Office has shortlisted Lowe, Saatchi & Saatchi and incumbent Publicis to pitch for its £15m advertising account.
Furniture retailer Harveys is launching a television campaign as it unveils a revamp of its 169 UK stores. The ads have been created by Proximity London, which picked up the business after Abbott Mead Vickers.BBDO folded sister agency Minerva earlier this year. The TV spots, which will run from tomorrow (Thursday) until Monday, will promote […]
The Cyprus Tourist Organisation (CTO) is looking for a media planning and buying agency to handle one of its biggest campaigns, worth &£11m, next year. The tourism body is asking for tenders from agencies with a presence across Europe and in the Middle East. According to the tender document, the 2006 media spend will be […]
Research in Motion, which makes the BlackBerry, is understood to have cut the shortlist for its media account to two agencies – Carat and Manning Gottlieb OMD.
Pepsi is understood to be investing £4m in a reality television show ahead of next year’s World Cup.