15 Dec 2000
| by HOLLY WILLIAMS
DIY chain Focus Do It All has turned to financial specialists Hudson Sandler to help raise its...DIY chain Focus Do It All has turned to financial specialists Hudson Sandler to help raise its ...
the financial community understands their growth strategy and the strengths of the integrated business going ...
of DIY Wickes earlier this year - at which time Hudson Sandler represented Wickes, and City PR agency ...
15 Dec 2000
| by Claire Billings
The 76bn merger between US ISP AOL and media giant Time Warner has been cleared by the US anti...LONDON (Brand Republic) – The 76bn merger between US ISP AOL and media giant Time Warner has been ...
to increase competitors’ access to their cable networks and log complaints from rivals about obtaining Time ...
, satellite and cable.
The FCC’s investigation is not expected to be as lengthy as the FTC’s and AOL/Time ...
15 Dec 2000
, prompting The Financial Times to head its Lex column Cheapserve (7/12), and spawning the headline ...
15 Dec 2000
| by HOLLY WILLIAMS
Recruitment agency Adecco has retained financial agency College Hill, formerly with recruitment...Recruitment agency Adecco has retained financial agency College Hill, formerly with recruitment rival Manpower.
PR manager Stuart Neill handed the pounds 400,000 brief to long-term favourites ...
has been tasked with handling all UK and Ireland PR for Adecco, including financial PR, PA, branding ...
15 Dec 2000
| by ALASDAIR REID
This time last year, you did not have to be a dangerously radical visionary to predict that digital...This time last year, you did not have to be a dangerously radical visionary to predict that digital interactive television was going to be one of the major media themes of 2000. Media owners were backing their commitment to the future with major investment plans. Agencies were excited at the prospect ...
15 Dec 2000
Financial PR experts are raising fears over a new EU ruling on company takeovers which could render...Financial PR experts are raising fears over a new EU ruling on company takeovers which could ...
it will be a bad thing for financial PR and business as a whole, said Cordiant s Business Communications ...
, chairman of the IPR City and Financial Group.
Leader, p8.
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15 Dec 2000
| by IAN DARBY
Foreign & Colonial, the financial investment specialist, has appointed Craik Jones Watson Mitchell...Foreign s customer base, as well as customer loyalty programmes. It will also see the development of a business-to-business programme to independent financial advisers, with Craik Jones creating a branding campaign on products and consumer support material.
One press ad, developed as part of Craik ...
15 Dec 2000
Top UK financial PR firm Brunswick has hired ex-Finsbury senior consultant Tim Grey. Grey joins...Top UK financial PR firm Brunswick has hired ex-Finsbury senior consultant Tim Grey. Grey joins next March as a senior associate partner. He left Finsbury last week after four years with the firm. His remit and team are yet to be decided.
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15 Dec 2000
Rolling out just in time for the rumoured e-shopping spree this Christmas, 12Snap offers consumers...Rolling out just in time for the rumoured e-shopping spree this Christmas, 12Snap offers consumers the chance to buy goods such as concert tickets and electronic gadgets via auctions through their mobile phones.
Already active in Germany and Italy, the good thing about this brand is that the service uses ...
15 Dec 2000
IPC Media has announced its financial results for the year ending 30 September. The publisher has...IPC Media has announced its financial results for the year ending 30 September. The publisher has declared a pre-tax profit of pounds 15.1 million, rising significantly from pounds 2.8 million last year. IPC s ad revenue also rose, by 8 per cent, outperforming the market as a whole. It also announced a ...