01 Dec 2000
| by JOHN FRANK and HOLLY WILLIAMS
programme will redeploy expenditures to more tactical tools such as PR, while the role of TV advertising ...
with the advertising agency, Mother,' said Rutland.
'I'd be very keen to bring on board an agency that complements ...
01 Dec 2000
The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association (GDBA) has appointed a three-strong media relations team. Chris Dysons joins the GDBA as media and special projects officer, arriving from Arthritis Care where he was events manager. Advertising officer Alison Wade joins from The Gloucestershire Echo, where she has been ...
01 Dec 2000
| by JENNIFER WHITEHEAD
Third Planet International has opened what is likely to be the UK's first division devoted solely to boardsports.
Alex Weller heads the team of four, all of whom are dedicated skateboarders.
The division will focus on activity within the boardsports community, offering PR, advertising, design and marketing ...
01 Dec 2000
| by JENNIFER WHITEHEAD
outlets at a rate of one every five days.
Its advertising, done by Mother, and its passion for coffee ...
17 Nov 2000
Propeller Marketing Communications has won two separate pitches to handle the advertising trade...Propeller Marketing Communications has won two separate pitches to handle the advertising trade and the on-license drinks trade for the launch of Translucis. Translucis is a media and e-commerce venture aimed at bars and clubs, backed by drinks giant Diageo.
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10 Nov 2000
The Advertising Standards Authority has made an adjudication against Fodor Wyllie over a complaint...The Advertising Standards Authority has made an adjudication against Fodor Wyllie over a complaint lodged about an ad which appeared in New Media Age. The ad stated Fodor Wyllie was the only agency specialising in on and off-line public relations . The ASA says the agency failed to respond to its enquiries ...
27 Oct 2000
| by HOLLY WILLIAMS
WPP - the advertising and communications giant run by Sir Martin Sorrell - and Finsbury are set...WPP - the advertising and communications giant run by Sir Martin Sorrell - and Finsbury are set to reach a decision on the proposed takeover of the financial PR firm by the end of the year.
Talks have been ongoing since the beginning of the year. Finsbury is currently understood to be holding out ...
27 Oct 2000
Hill and Knowlton s London chairman David McLaren has taken on a roving brief to co-ordinate all WPP s pounds 80 million work for Boots.
He is thought to be the first senior PR practitioner - albeit one with an advertising background - to lead sister advertising, below the line and design ...
20 Oct 2000
Band and Brown has appointed former Norwich Union brand advertising and sponsorship manager Donna...Band and Brown has appointed former Norwich Union brand advertising and sponsorship manager Donna Barker to the new post of client services director. Barker reports to Norwich office MD Patrick Peal and to agency CEO Nick Band in London.
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13 Oct 2000
| by MICHELE WITTHAUS
Following restructuring of its communications function, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA...Following restructuring of its communications function, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA ...
for all non-broadcast advertising within the UK. Ward reports directly to ASA director general and former ...
development process, focusing on advertising regulation.
Another high-priority project would ...