Omnicom, owner of DDB Needham Worldwide, TBWA International and BBDO Worldwide, has finally agreed on a successor to president Bruce Crawford. Crawford’s departure will be a drawn-out process and sources within the company suggest he could be retained as chairman, which would be a new position. According to insiders John Wren, currently chairman and chief […]
Tim Hailey has been lured from his position as director of UK marketing at the Scottish Tourist Board to join the Bank of Scotland as director of product development. The newly created job involves overseeing a number of product managers who deal with areas such as savings, loans and mortgages. Hailey, who has been with […]
“When I get older, losing my hair, many years from now… will you still need me, will you still feed me…?” Those who listened to The Beatles’ “When I’m Sixty-Four” track 30 years ago, and expected to draw a state pension by the year 2000, are in for a disappointment – the Government’s answer will […]
Despite denials from Access and a resounding “no comment” from the more involved parties, there is no longer any doubt that the four UK clearing banks are in talks in New York to sell the brand to Mastercard for more than 100m. Lloyds, Midland and NatWest all own a 30 per cent stake in Access. […]
Radio campaigns that win awards for creativity are a reflection of the greater spend advertisers are channelling into airtime on niche stations
The Independent Television Commission last week confirmed plans to review the entire ITC programme sponsorship code, following lobbying by cable and satellite companies as well as terrestrial broadcasters including GMTV. Although the sponsorship code is a subject for on-going debate, a full review had not been anticipated. However, the formal launch in May of a […]
Cider and soft drink producer Merrydown is losing its second marketing chief, only three months after signing a marketing and distribution deal with Whitbread. Merrydown marketing manager Deborah Merrens, who is head of the marketing department, is leaving to join Eurotunnel as a marketing manager. The distribution deal, which begins next week, allows Whitbread to […]
Universal Communications and Motive, the Bartle Bogle Hegarty media dependant, have each been awarded 4m of media buying business. Motive has picked up the media buying and plan ning business for health care insurer Private Patients Plan. It is its first piece of business since it was launched by BBH in June. Optimedia and Zenith […]
English Heritage is understood to have shortlisted Leagas Delaney, J Walter Thompson, Saatchi & Saatchi and GGT for its account. Ronseal is believed to be talking to agencies about its 2m account at HHCL & Partners. No one at the company was available for comment. Oddbins, the off licence chain, is understood to be seeking […]
English Heritage is understood to have shortlisted Leagas Delaney, J Walter Thompson, Saatchi & Saatchi and GGT for its account. Ronseal is believed to be talking to agencies about its 2m account at HHCL & Partners. No one at the company was available for comment. Oddbins, the off licence chain, is understood to be seeking […]
In the second of a series of articles examining the effects of the harsh conditions of the Nineties for agencies and clients alike, Sharon Marshall asks whether agencies are being pushed too far. Saatchi & Saatchi’s proposed use of a porn actress in a pastiche of a pornographic film for a future Castlemaine XXXX ad […]
Many people connected to the Internet do not consider the safety of their data and this fact has been played on successfully by the media in recent months. Headlines such as “Computer experts see hackers gaining an upper hand in fight over security” in a recent edition of the Wall Street Journal, have led many […]
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Atari is believed to have hired Walsh Trott Chick Smith to promote its 64-bit superconsole Jaguar game. But the two parties are still haggling over budgets for what could be a pan-European programme expected to be worth more than 3m. The games company says it will make no announcement until early September when it will […]
EC bureaucrats have smelt something fishy going on in the Icelandic prawn market and ruled that crustacea entering the EC must be issued with their own passports