- DLKW Lowe is looking to build its OPEN shopper marketing business in the UK with the appointment of the Saatchi & Saatchi X managing director, Anthony Hopper, and strategy director, Simon Goodall.
- DLKW Lowe has poached Dye Holloway Murray's Frances Leach and Chris Bowsher to further boost its creative department.
- A consortium of the nation's largest brewers is looking for an advertising agency to help improve the image of beer.
- The former Publicis London chief executive Neil Simpson and executive creative director Tom Ewart have joined forces with Neil Hourston, Grey's former chief strategy officer, to launch an agency.
- Gocompare.com, the price-comparison site famous for its opera-singing brand mascot, has called a review of its £28 million advertising account.
- Saga Group, the UK's leading provider of services for over 50s, has appointed VCCP to handle its £32 million integrated advertising account.
- Philips, the electronics giant, has appointed Ogilvy & Mather as the lead creative agency on its £300 million global advertising account.
- The British chocolatier Hotel Chocolat is looking for an agency to help develop its digital marketing activity.
- London Business School is looking for an agency to add to its advertising roster.
- The Cabinet Office is looking for an agency to handle an advertising campaign to help promote small and medium-sized businesses.
- Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group is looking for an agency to handle advertising for a new water venture that it plans to launch next year.
- Comet, the electrical retailer that was acquired last month by a private equity company, has called a review of its £17 million advertising account as it looks at new ways to revive its business fortunes.
- Beiersdorf has appointed CMW to handle digital and social media activity for its Elastoplast brand.
- Virgin Media has appointed Bartle Bogle Hegarty to handle its £36 million advertising account.
- Yorkshire Water has called a review of its £2 million creative and media accounts.
- Yoomoo, the fat-free frozen yoghurt brand, has appointed Devilfish to handle its £2 million advertising account.
- Spotify is looking to boost its brand with the appointment of its first advertising agency.
- Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe/Y&R has moved quickly to fill its vacant executive creative director post with the appointment of Toby Talbot, the group executive creative director of DDB New Zealand and regional creative director for DDB Asia-Pacific.
- Kraft Foods is in talks with its roster agencies regarding the digital advertising duties for its Toblerone brand.
- Molson Coors, the brewer, is holding a review of the below-the-line arrangements for its Coors Light brand.
