TVR, the embattled sports car maker owned by Russian oligarch Nikolai Smolensky, has parted company with its marketing chief Ian Law. It is not known whether Law, who was appointed director of marketing and press at the company following the departure of Phil James last year (MW September 8), has a job to go to. […]
Siemens, Germany’s biggest company, is to axe thousands more jobs as it seeks to save a further &£166m at its business services division over the next nine months.
Virgin Mobile has announced plans to open own-branded high street stores.
The Transport and General Workers Union has been forced to withdraw a radio ad asking car buyers to boycott Peugeot over the closure of the Ryton plant in Coventry. The ad, part of a &£1m campaign run by the union, breached radio advertising guidelines.
Kraft Foods has acquired United Biscuit’s southern European division for £575m.
Masterfoods is planning to boost its advertising spend by 25% to £99m, according to its annual review of the confectionery market.
The Post Office is understood to be in talks with Cable & Wireless about buying the Bulldog brand ahead of the launch of a broadband service.
BBC Children in Need has appointed Emma Bradley, former European marketing director for Tourism Australia, as its chief marketer.
The National Magazine Company has appointed Burger King North-West Europe marketer Simon Foster as its new marketing director.
GCap Media has appointed Sky Networked Media commercial director Will Harding as group strategy and development director, reporting to chief executive Ralph Bernard.He will be responsible for developing strategy, new media and non-traditional revenue streams.
Yahoo Search Marketing’s vice-president for sales and marketing, Martin Child, is leaving the company at the end of the month. It is not clear if he has a job to go to. The news comes after the departure of Mark Chippendale, Yahoo! Europe’s regional vice-president of media sales.
SABMiller has appointed Nick Fell, the former Cadbury Schweppes president of global commercial strategy, as group marketing director. He replaces Mark Sherrington, who resigned last year without a job to go to.
Boots has appointed former KFC marketing director Claire Harrison Church as category marketing director. She will replace Andrew Harrison, who has been covering the role on a interim basis, next month. Harrison Church left KFC in October without a job to go to (MW October 20).
BT head of brand Suzi Williams is understood to be in line for the top marketing role in the telecoms giant’s new-look group marketing and brand team. Sources say Williams will be promoted as part of the restructure that will see group marketing and brand director Tim Evans moved to a more strategic planning role […]
Sportswear brand Fila UK’s marketing chief Sheelpa Patel has left the country to take up a marketing role at Fila in the US. It is understood that further announcements affecting marketing at Fila UK are expected, although the company declined to comment any further. Patel was appointed to the UK role in 2004 when the […]