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- 11:25AM
- News
Moo.com kicks off advertising review
Moo.com is seeking its first advertising agency.
- 11:23AM
- League Tables
New business leagues (10 February 2012)
Team Saatchi and JWT join the creative new-business league this week with their capture of the QualitySolicitors and Royal Caribbean International accounts respectively. Meanwhile, Goodstuff becomes number two in the media league with two wins: Secret Escapes and Intersnack.
- 11:15AM
- News
DDB lands Petplan account after pitch
DDB UK has picked up the advertising account for the pet insurance provider Petplan after a competitive pitch handled by AAR.
- 11:10AM
- News
MediaVest retains £4m Tetley media
MediaVest has retained the £4 million media planning and buying account for Tetley tea after a competitive pitch.
- 11:05AM
- News
The Red Brick Road wins £8m Suzuki account
Suzuki has appointed The Red Brick Road to its £8 million creative business after a review of its creative and media arrangements.
- 11:00AM
- News
Leo Burnett promotes Hedger to UK group MD
Leo Burnett Group has promoted its chief strategy officer, Giles Hedger, to the position of UK group managing director.
- 11:00AM
- News
VCCP named most 'in-demand' shop
VCCP and Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe/Y&R were the most in-demand agencies from clients holding reviews in 2011.
- 10:55AM
- News
Electrolux reviews £25m ad business
Electrolux, the household appliance manufacturer, is reviewing its £25 million pan-European ad account.
- 10:50AM
- News
FSCS calls pitch for comms planning
The Financial Services Compensation Scheme is looking for an agency to handle its communications planning account.
- 10:45AM
- News
Channel 4 admits February deals will not be delivered
Channel 4 has taken the unusual step of admitting to agencies and advertisers that it will fail to deliver on its February deals.
- 10:40AM
- News
Brown-Forman seeks shop for global vodka ad briefs
Brown-Forman is on the hunt for an agency to handle the global advertising business for its Maximus and Finlandia vodka brands.
- 10:25AM
- News
Channel 4 makes promotions in sales restructure
Channel 4 has promoted its controller of sponsorship, Rob Ramsay, to the role of partnership leader and its deputy head of trading, Steve Alexander, to trading leader, as it moves towards completing its sales restructure.
- 10:00AM
- News
Admedia's managing director Adam Mills departs
Adam Mills, the managing director of the outdoor company Admedia, has left his job to pursue other interests.
- 10:00AM
- News
Domino's Pizza calls digital and direct marketing review
Domino's Pizza has kicked off a review of its digital and direct marketing account. The UK's largest pizza delivery company has approached agencies directly ahead of a contest for the business.
- 10:00AM
- News
Krow wins pan-European Le Creuset account
Le Creuset, the French cookware brand, has appointed Krow to handle its pan-European advertising account.
- 10:00AM
- News
Costa Bingo seeks agency for £1.5m ad account
Costa Bingo, the online gambling site, has approached ad agencies with a brief to handle its £1.5 million account.
- 09:10AM
- News
Publicis reports 7.3% revenue growth for 2011
Publicis Groupe has beaten expectations by reporting year-on-year revenue growth of 7.3% to £4.8bn in 2011.
- 08:00AM
- News
Flybe calls £5m creative review
Flybe, the budget airline, has approached ad agencies regarding its £5 million advertising account, as it looks to bolster its share of a competitive market.
- 08:00AM
- News
Ernst & Young kicks off global media review
Ernst & Young, one of the big four accountancy companies, has approached media agencies ahead of a pitch for its global media planning and buying requirements.
- 08:00AM
- News
Everything Everywhere calls direct roster review
Everything Everywhere, the umbrella brand for Orange and T-Mobile, is putting its below-the-line creative roster on notice.
- 08:00AM
- News
News International picks WPP to handle £28 million ad account
The ties between Rupert Murdoch's News International and Sir Martin Sorrell's WPP are set to strengthen following NI's decision to award its £28 million advertising business to the holding company.
- 08:00AM
- News
TBWA lands £100 million global Aquafresh account
GlaxoSmithKline has appointed TBWA Worldwide to handle its estimated £100 million Aquafresh global advertising account.
- 08:00AM
- Analysis
How can magazines mix digital and commerce?
Mobiles and tablets are offering publishers and advertisers alike the opportunity to create innovative content, with partnerships expected to rise in prominence
- 08:00AM
- Analysis
Things we like
This week we're getting romanced by Twitter's brand pages and a Valentine's offer from Riley's pool club but we're out of love with Channel 4's Big Fat Gypsy Weddings.
- 08:00AM
- Opinion
Russell Davies: Cheap screens are encouraging lazy advertising from all
There aren't many things that guarantee disruption.
- 08:00AM
- Analysis
Andrew Miller backs Guardian's content to win
Guardian Media Group's chief executive wants to extract value from its newspapers' recent editorial successes.
- 08:00AM
- Analysis
Is media fairer to women?
Are women now more likely to get on in the industry, asks Alasdair Reid.
- 08:00AM
- Opinion
Jeremy Lee: New generation has consigned media as we know it to history
I can't say that I'd ever heard of Anna Watkins before last week but, as the Forum on this page makes clear, the new managing director of Initiative is part of a wider trend that has seen more women rise to the top of media agencies (media owners have traditionally been a little bit more female-friendly).
- 08:00AM
- News
Pitch Update
Have you ever been told you couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery? If so, you will be heartened to hear that the brewers themselves might even struggle in that area.
- 08:00AM
- Opinion
Ian Darby: The future looks bright for ad entrepreneurs
The presence of Leagas Delaney in the story alongside this column is reassuring. It shows that an agency can survive creating Campaign's "Turkey of the Year" (2010's Giovanni Rana pasta calamity) to impress 100 per cent of the clients it presented to in 2011. It also demonstrates that a long-established independent player is more than capable of holding its own in the market.
- 08:00AM
- Features
Turkey of the Week - Saniflo
Ian Darby is struggling to believe that the new Saniflo commercial isn't a joke:
- 08:00AM
- Features
Pick of the Week - Saatchi & Saatchi, T-Mobile
Anne Cassidy is amused by T-Mobile's latest ad from Saatchi & Saatchi:
- 08:00AM
- Features
The envy of adland
Male adlanders will be encouraged by the news that Scarlett Johansson has fallen for one of their kind.
- 08:00AM
- Features
A close shave for Sid
Karmarama's Sid McGrath has had a tough time of it recently.
- 08:00AM
- Features
- 08:00AM
- Features
Prest bristles with rage
It was amusing to see The Sunday Times Style Magazine jumping on our random "beards in advertising" bandwagon with a feature called "How to get a head in advertising".
- 08:00AM
- Features
'Allo 'Allo 'Allo
The more observant readers of last week's Campaign might have noticed that VCCP has hired two proud Frenchmen as creative directors.
- 08:00AM
- Features
My Desk: Steve Henry
This is my favourite room in the flat because, unlike the rest of my life, it's not hopelessly over-cluttered.
- 08:00AM
- Opinion
- 08:00AM
- Opinion
On The Campaign Couch ... with JB
Q. My advertising has just been named as some of the most irritating of last year. Sales of my brand were up 4 per cent though. Should I be bothered about the survey?
- 08:00AM
- Opinion
Paul Shearer: For ideas built on insight, advertisers still need agencies
The number of production companies doing direct-to-client advertising work is on the rise.
- 08:00AM
- Analysis
All about...Facebook's IPO
Does its advertising prospects justify the float's price, asks Alasdair Reid.
- 08:00AM
- Analysis
Why we're loving ... Grant Orchard, senior animation director, Studio AKA
Why - Orchard has created a short film called A Morning Stroll that is loosely inspired by a real event in Paul Auster's book True Tales Of American Life.
- 08:00AM
- Analysis
Punter Appeal - VCCP
Cute animals gained VCCP good scores for some of its spots, but others fared less well.
- 08:00AM
- Analysis
Can Morris turn an awards underdog into a contender?
Creative Circle's president, Ed Morris, is a man on a mission: to re-establish its legitimacy and champion British creative talent.
- 08:00AM
- Analysis
Generation Y can answer the high street's woes
Brands, landlords and the Government should look to young people for the future of the high street, Robert Senior writes.
- 08:00AM
- Analysis
Soft Bowl 2012
The Super Bowl may be a celebration of all things macho - but this year's event, in the commercial breaks at least, was an altogether more cuddly affair. Tham Khai Meng reviews the big-money ads.
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