Kimberly-Clark has consolidated the advertising account for its North American and European personal care brands into WPP Group agency JWT. JWT, which already handles brands such as Kleenex and Andrex, will also take on brands such as Huggies, DryNites and Kotex, which were previously handled by Ogilvy & Mather.
Costa Coffee, the Whitbread-owned chain, has appointed Karmarama to handle its £2m advertising. The agency won the business following a final contest with Shop, formerly Campbell Doyle Dye.
The Scottish advertising and marketing services industry is forming a lobby group aimed at encouraging Scottish companies to spend more of their marketing budget north of the border. A steering committee to put together ideas for a campaign targeting Scottish companies, the Scottish Executive and the Scottish Parliament is already in place. The steering group […]
Grey Worldwide is establishing a global network for its marketing services agencies in a move that will see Joshua rebranded as Joshua G2.
Healthcare services provider Capio is seeking its first advertising agency as it looks to raise its profile among professionals. The pan-European company, which is based in London and employs 16,000 people, is finalising a shortlist of agencies ahead of a formal pitch that will take place in the next few weeks. Capio is only looking […]
The first year since Gary Leih’s arrival from South Africa as Ogilvy Group UK chairman has ended, but only just, on a triumphant note. The agency celebrated by winning the coveted £50m, pan-European easyJet business (MW last week). The agency
3, the mobile company, will launch the first commissioned sports programming for mobile TV with “Berlin or Bust”, which airs from June 5 over the World Cup. The twice-daily show will be available free for 3 customers.
BT and BSkyB have won the rights to show “near live” Premiership football matches on a pay-per-view basis for the next three seasons. The deal covers matches not included in the live coverage packages won by Sky and Irish broadcaster Setanta last month. The coverage will be available on Sky and BT’s forthcoming Vision TV […]
MediaCom has won the £2m media planning and buying account for toy company Re:creation.
GCap Media has reported a pre-tax loss of £47.9m for the year to March. It has also reported a 40% fall in pre-tax profits to £22.2m.
GCap Media, the UK’s biggest radio group, has consolidated its £10m media planning and buying account into Rocket.
ACP-NatMags, the weekly division of National Magazine Company, is understood to have shortlisted Rocket, ZenithOptimedia, MindShare and incumbent Initiative for its &£5m media planning and buying account.
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has consolidated its estimated 18m media planning arrangements into PHD, Zenith Optimedia and Naked.
Oink!, the UK’s national business newspaper for children, is teaming up with the Financial Times and toy store Hamleys to launch a new initiative to educate children about how shares in companies and stock exchanges work. The Piggybank Fantasy Stock Exchange is based on the idea of fantasy football leagues, and will be played online, […]
Times Newspapers Limited (TNL) has signed a six-figure sponsorship deal with car brand Dodge Caliber – which will become sole sponsor of its featured Baddiel and Skinner World Cup podcasts. The Dodge Caliber will brand the podcasts, which will be launched on June 5 as David Baddiel and Frank Skinner travel to matches. Dodge will […]