Uniq Prepared Foods, the chilled foods company, has handed the role of managing director of desserts to Hamish Renton. He was previously commercial director at Uniq, and before that was head of own-brand, health and diet at Tesco.
I-level, the specialist digital advertising agency, has appointed Guardian Unlimited commercial director Adam Freeman as managing director of its spin-off digital consultancy division, Generator.
Nokia has appointed Masterfoods marketer Jenny Williams as global head of advertising as the mobile phone company relocates the majority of its marketing team from Helsinki to the UK. Williams headed the Snickers brand at Masterfoods.
The Financial Times has named Frances Brindle as its marketing director for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and Adrian Clarke as European publisher. Brindle, who joins in January, has held several senior marketing positions, including marketing director for Barclays International Banking.
Innocent Drinks has created a prototype for the 100 per cent compostible bottle, part of its plan to become a completely sustainable company. The ethical drinks company has no timescale for the launch of the new bottle, which is made of corn starch, and in the meantime will continue working to increase the recycled plastic […]
UK marketers are more optimistic about their own company’s prospects than they are for their industries as a whole, according to the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising’s (IPA) latest Bellwether report. The quarterly report shows that just ten per cent of marketers are more optimistic about the prospects of their industries than they were three […]
The drinks industry has slammed plans by the European Commission to use taxes on alcohol to finance responsible drinking campaigns. It is understood that the EC will propose the plan in a forthcoming paper on the most effective policies to reduce alcohol-related harm. Consumer education campaigns funded by taxes on alcohol are likely to be […]
Coca-Cola GB is axing Vanilla Coke and Vanilla Diet Coke following disappointing sales, just two-and-a-half years after its &£5m UK launch. At the time, it was described as Coke’s “biggest launch for 20 years”. The vanilla variants have not sold well according to industry sources. One says the decision to discontinue the lines is “not […]
Suzuki Automobiles is launching its first global television ad campaign for its flagship 4×4 Grand Vitara model. The campaign breaks this week in Australia and New Zealand before being rolled out across Europe and the US. It will break in the UK in January. Nexus/h, Suzuki’s advertising agency for more than ten years, created the […]
Former MG Rover European marketing chief Paul Stroud has joined Harley-Davidson as UK managing director. He takes over from Mike Kennedy, who is moving to the company’s US division. Stroud, who was promoted from UK commercial director to European sales and marketing director at MG Rover at the end of last year, will oversee all […]
Tourism Ireland has appointed head of Great Britain Simon Gregory to one of its most senior marketing positions in Dublin as it prepares for the launch of its new global advertising campaign. Gregory, a former bmi marketing director who only joined the Irish tourist body in April (MW April 7), has been made director of […]
Procter & Gamble (P&G) is preparing to take on rival Reckitt Benckiser’s Cillit Bang range, with the launch of a new “tough cleaning” range called Flash Ultimate.
RHM, the owner of Hovis and Mr Kipling, has made a raft of marketing appointments at group and brand level in an effort to boost innovation and growth. The Culinary Brands division, which includes names such as Sharwood’s, Bisto and Robertsons, has appointed former Dairy Crest head of marketing for butters and spreads Paul Davis […]
Mixer brand Schweppes will undergo a major relaunch next year, with new packaging that will see the bottle caps double up as a measure for spirits. The changes to the range, which includes ginger ale, tonic water and bitter lemon, will be made next year by Coca-Cola GB, which bought the British arm of Schweppes […]