25 May 2012
| by Daniel Farey-Jones
at the agency. ( Campaign )
Marketing
Thomas Cook has appointed a new group chief executive, ending its search for a permanent replacement for Manny Fontenla-Novoa. Harriet Green , currently chief executive ...
chief marketing officer Jenny Ashmore , who leaves without a job to go to after only seven months ...
24 May 2012
| by Katherine Levy
Maxus is the incumbent on the offline media planning and buying business, while a roster of digital agencies including Harvest look after online planning and buying.
It is understood ...
media business into one agency.
Experian has drawn up a shortlist to pitch for the business and Maxus ...
24 May 2012
| by Anne Cassidy
Zurich, the insurance company, is conducting a global review of its estimated £100 million...captured the global media account after a 2009 pitch for the business against the Publicis-owned Zed Media ...
. In 2009, it launched a DM campaign, also by Publicis, highlighting its motor and home insurance offering, which featured a letter that was blank apart from a message at the foot of the page that read: "Actually ...
23 May 2012
| by Helen Edwards, PPA Business columnist of the year
Some years ago, I worked at a mid-sized agency that had a very good record in pitches. It had ...
with the spoils.
So when a big airline account narrowed its list down to just these two, my old agency threw ...
, sparkling strategic thinking, a brilliant brand video, all polished and rehearsed to make an unforgettable ...
23 May 2012
| by Matt Cartmell
Santander UK is understood to have a pitch process under way for its public affairs account....and Bradford Bingley, is set to appoint lobbying help after holding talks with a number of high profile agencies.
PRWeek understands that a pitch process was initially launched in late 2010, but this was put ...
, under a voluntary agreement with the Financial Services Authority.
In January, Santander handed a ...
22 May 2012
Paul Whitehouse plays a goth in the latest Aviva ad by AMV BBDO
22 May 2012
| by Daniel Farey-Jones
Apple has extended its lead at the top of Millward Brown's annual ranking of the top 100 most...The eight UK brands in last year's BrandZ top 100 lost 10% of their collective brand value ...
at the top.
Google dropped 3% to $107.9bn and lost second place to IBM, which benefitted from a 15% boost ...
in fifth with a value of $76.7bn.
Vodafone, the most valuable UK brand, held on to 12th place despite a ...
21 May 2012
| by John Owens
Litchfield, agency MD for nearly a quarter of a century, has been replaced in the role by Jo Lloyd ...
and Andrew has been running it from the start, so we discussed it as a board and it felt like the right time ...
, but in terms of running it on a day-to-day level I will take on that responsibility. In the new MD role I ...
18 May 2012
| by Gemma Charles
) to find the key online locations of the audience.
The identified locations are validated against a ...
analysis is conducted. For this research, 25 locations form for the basis of analysis a typical project will feature between 100-500 locations depending on the client. 3. User generated content and location ...
18 May 2012
| by John Owens
Murray, who was came from RBS into the newly created role in November , is thought to have left the agency yesterday. It is not believed he currently has a new role lined up. At the time of his appointment, PRWeek reported that Murray would oversee a team of 25 working across clients including Visa ...