22 Dec 2000
LONDON (Brand Republic) - The government’s Home Office has almost doubled its advertising spend in 2000 compared with last year.
In answer to a written question in the House of Commons yesterday, home secretary Jack Straw said that Home Office adspend was 11.08m so far this year. Last year, it was 5.65m ...
22 Dec 2000
LONDON (Brand Republic) - Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Rail Group has failed in its bid to take over the east coast mainline between London and Edinburgh.
The Shadow Strategic Rail Authority awarded the rail franchise to the line’s current operator, Great North Eastern Railway. Virgin Rail, which ...
21 Dec 2000
LONDON (Brand Republic) - Scottish Radio Holdings has confirmed that it is in talks with a potential buyer, widely believed to include Scottish Media Group.
Shares in Scottish Radio Holdings, which owns Radio Clyde and newspapers in Scotland and Northern Ireland, jumped 6.6% to 1,710p yesterday ...
21 Dec 2000
LONDON (Brand Republic) - Sir Richard Branson is to delay his decision on legal action against the National Lottery Commission, after losing his fight to run the National Lottery.
Sir Richard yesterday left the UK for the Caribbean island of Necker to spend Christmas with his family, and will delay his ...
21 Dec 2000
| by MARK KLEINMAN
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20 Dec 2000
| by Claire Billings
LONDON (Brand Republic) – Drinks giant Diageo, in collaboration with French company Pernod Ricard ...
challenge facing the new owners over the ownership of the Captain Morgan rum brand.
Destileria Serralles, the Puerto Rican makers of the rum, claims it has the rights to buy the brand. If the distiller wins the case ...
20 Dec 2000
| by Claire Billings
LONDON (Brand Republic) – Camelot, the incumbent organiser of the National Lottery, has scooped the contract to run the UK Lottery for the next seven years following a 4-1 vote by the Lottery Commission, citing a greater risk involved in appointing a new operator.
The Commission said it believed Camelot ...
19 Dec 2000
LONDON (Brand Republic) – Sweden’s national telecoms carrier Telia is to appeal the Swedish government’s decision not to award the company a third-generation mobile licence.
Telia’s share price plunged 17% to 49 Swedish Krona ( 3.43) yesterday after the news that Telia was to become the first ...
19 Dec 2000
LONDON (Brand Republic) - The National Lottery Commission is due to announce its decision on who will run the National Lottery at 4pm today.
The decision is expected to cause more controversy, as many believe it is poised to choose Camelot over Sir Richard Branson’s The People’s Lottery. If this happens ...
18 Dec 2000
LONDON (Brand Republic) – The 130bn merger between drugs giants Glaxo Wellcome and SmithKline Beecham has been approved by US anti-trust regulator, the Federal Trade Commission.
The company, to be called GlaxoSmithKline or GSK, only has to face formal approval by the UK High Court on Wednesday ...