19 Dec 1998
| by LISA CAMPBELL
The Central Office of Information is conducting a statutory review
of its pounds 3m centralised...The Central Office of Information is conducting a statutory review
of its pounds 3m centralised outdoor media buying business, held by
Concord.
It has invited Portland, Poster Publicity, Posterscope, IPM and the
incumbent to pitch.
Pitches will begin on January 11, with a decision ...
19 Dec 1998
| by LISA CAMPBELL
The government has picked advertising agency DMB Jobline Direct ....The government has picked advertising agency DMB Jobline Direct .
The agency will produce a pounds 3m campaign comprising five TV ads,
four radio ads and a leaflet. The campaign will run between January and
March next year.
The brief is to get social security claimants and other non ...
19 Dec 1998
| by NEILL DENNY
Direct mail will become cheaper as a result of the government s
review of the Post Office....Direct mail will become cheaper as a result of the government s
review of the Post Office.
For every penny cut from costs, direct mail volumes rise by at least 70
million items, with expenditure up by pounds 30m. Last year 3.42 billion
items of direct mail were carried, with expenditure of pounds 1 ...
19 Dec 1998
| by LISA CAMPBELL
After seven years of pass the parcel over the future of the Post
Office, the Labour government...After seven years of pass the parcel over the future of the Post
Office, the Labour government ...
is
somewhat short-sighted.
The government knows that like all of the public service structures,
from ...
deliver this.
But that is only part of the picture.
The government has failed to address the long ...
19 Dec 1998
| by JAMES KYDD, Marketing Director, Virgin
the Government s hard-hitting ad that
encourages businesses to prepare for a new European currency....One hundred and six viewers have objected to the Independent
Television Commission about the Government s hard-hitting ad that
encourages businesses to prepare for a new European currency.
The ad, created by TBWA GGT Simons Palmer, showed a fictitious
businessman, called Martin Skinner ...
19 Dec 1998
| by KEVIN PRICE
be underestimated by the
self-employed marketer - they are central to continuous and successful
business ...
19 Dec 1998
| by IAN DARBY
campaign that he is planning to extend it next
year.
The Central Office of Information also ...
17 Dec 1998
| by DANNY ROGERS
The government s tough line on smoking, outlined in its White Paper
on tobacco last week...The government s tough line on smoking, outlined in its White Paper
on tobacco last week ...
the past
month.
The campaign could be the HEA s last through AMV as the government plans
a fresh ...
the government for not clamping down harder on
brand stretching such as Camel boots.
The government ...
17 Dec 1998
| by DANNY ROGERS
weekly shop than its competitors.
Own-label is central to this strategy.
For the same period ...
17 Dec 1998
Every week the Careers page profiles a company running a job
advertisement in this issue of Marketing. If you can identify the
company, fax your answer and details to 0171 413 4504. One correct
answer will win a bottle of champagne
This week s mystery company was founded after a Government ...