Aegis shareholders have rebuffed the group’s largest shareholder, Vincent Bolloré, a fourth consecutive time over his request for board representation. At the media company’s annual general meeting (AGM) today, 95% of non-Groupe Bolloré shareholders opposed its proposals for two representatives to the Aegis board.
Birmingham City football club has unveiled asset management company F&C as its sponsor following the team’s promotion to the Premier League. F&C replaces budget airline Flybe, which recently pulled the plug on its four-year association with the football club.
The following question is not meant unkindly; on the contrary, it is a compliment. Which major agency chief executive shortlist in the last year has not had Tim Lindsay attached to it? Virtually all of them. Whether by hearsay, or on firmer, more evidential grounds, his name has popped up at DDB (first time round), […]
The World Federation of Advertisers (WFA) has today welcomed the decision of European governments to adopt the Audiovisual Media Services Directive to replace the existing Television Without Frontiers. The WFA says the new rules will modernise European Union broadcasting laws, particularly concerning technological developments in advertising. The new directive, which is expected to come into […]
Media group SMG has predicted its television airtime revenues to fall by 7% in the first half to June but says its Virgin Radio business will outperform the market. The television and radio broadcaster says revenues have grown by 8% on its Virgin Radio business. Pearl & Dean has seen strong revenue growth of 7%, […]
UK media group Aegis says it is on track for a further year of outperforming the industry. It says that it “continues to see a healthy outlook” for the advertising and market research markets. Organic revenue growth at Aegis Media, the group’s media planning and buying arm, was at 8.4% for the first quarter of […]
Charity Care International has appointed online marketing agency Harvest Digital to develop its first comprehensive digital strategy. The charity aims to recruit more monthly donors via the Net to support Care International’s charity work. The appointment sees Harvest add another charity to its portfolio of clients. It also handles digital campaigns and strategy for Breakthrough […]
Publicis UK chairman Tim Lindsay has quit the agency to join TBWA. Omnicom-owned TBWA has confirmed his appointment as chief executive to replace Paul Bainsfair who left in March. Lindsay will leave Publicis without a UK chairman, chief executive or managing director. Earlier this month Lindsay was forced to issue a statement to clarify changes […]
Accantia Health & Beauty has appointed Alex Pike to the new role of marketing director. Pike’s appointment follows the company’s sell-off of its Lillets brand to a management buy-out team earlier this year.
Lastminute.com has appointed Shai Eilon as its new group head of customer relationship management (CRM). He replaces Lopo Champalimaud who has taken the role of managing director of the European lifestyle division. Eilon will be responsible for overseeing the company’s CRM programme and will report to recently-appointed chief marketing officer Simon Thompson. He joins from […]
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has referred BSkyB’s acquisition of a 17.9% stake in ITV to the Competition Commission. Its decision follows submissions made last month from the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) and media regulator Ofcom. The OFT said Sky’s acquisition meant that ITV was no longer fully independent, while Ofcom believes […]
Each week in association with retail and marketing consultancy Pragma, MarketingWeek.co.uk looks at a high-profile UK brand, assessing its performance against a range of criteria and offering suggestions to improve its overall score. Marks for each section are given out of five stars.
Channel 4 will be forced to issue an on-air apology over the alleged racist bullying in Celebrity Big Brother after media regulator Ofcom ruled it contravened its broadcasting code. Ofcom concluded that Channel 4 breached the broadcasting code after making “serious editorial misjudgements” that were “compounded by a serious failure of its compliance process” in […]
A poor performance by the Evening Standard has undermined positive results from owner Associated Newspapers. Its national newspapers saw a 2% increase in advertising revenue to £231m for the six months to April 1. Associated revealed a 5% increase in revenue excluding the Evening Standard as parent company Daily Mail & General Trust reported a […]
Watford Football Club has appointed Mike Reilly as head of marketing. He joins the club from Manchester United where he was acting head of venue marketing. Reilly, who has taken over the role, has already been briefed to find a sponsor for the club’s coaching academy. The club offers young footballers academic schooling as well […]