24 May 2012
| by Maisie McCabe
Arcadia, the retail group owned by Sir Philip Green, is reviewing its £4 million media planning...The parent group of BHS, Topshop and Topman is understood to have approached media agencies ahead of a pitch through the consultant Rania Robinson.
Carat was appointed to the BHS media account in January 2010 without a pitch after the merger of BHS into Arcadia the previous year. It was the media ...
25 Aug 2011
| by Katherine Levy
Esure, the internet and phone-based insurance company, is conducting a review of its digital media...The insurer is reviewing all digital media planning and buying as well as its search strategies ...
Equimedia in 2008, after a pitch against undisclosed agencies.
The review does not affect the company's arrangement with its digital agency, The Unit, which creates banners and marketing activity using online ...
20 Oct 2011
| by Jeremy Lee
The banking group Santander has put its £27 million media planning and buying account, held...Keith Moor, Santander s director of brand and communications, is leading the review, which comes three years after it last re-evaluated its media arrangements following the creation of Santander from ...
the account after a pitch . Bradford Bingley s agency, Mediacom North, was not invited to repitch.
Last ...
18 Jul 2011
| by Daniel Farey-Jones
Publicis Groupe has acquired a majority stake in Big Fuel, a pure-play social media agency...appointed social media agency of record for T-Mobile USA, a Publicis USA client, and is the social media ...
The deal gives the French advertising group the option to buy the whole of the agency from 2014 ...
. The agency will sit within Publicis Groupe's VivaKi organisation and will report to Laura Lang, global CEO ...
18 Nov 2011
| by Matt Williams
Nestlé is looking for an agency to handle social media activity for its Nespresso brand....The food and drink giant has already contacted a number of UK agencies regarding the work, as it looks to boost the online presence of Nespresso.
Nespresso, which manufacturers machines and capsules ...
consumer base and it is keen to use social media to maintain these relationships and to help it develop new ...
06 Mar 2012
| by Maisie McCabe
, has bought Irish social media agency Simply Zesty in a deal that could be worth up to £5m....of 5m depending on the future trading performance of the agency.
Dublin-based Simply Zesty claims to be the market-leading social media agency in the Republic of Ireland with more than 100 clients including Sony ...
is growing.
UTV Media bought the agency from the founders Niall Harbison and Lauren Fisher ...
12 Apr 2012
| by Sara Luker
Car giant Honda UK is on the hunt for a social media agency to help open up customer conversations...Honda is seeking a digital and creative social media agency that can work alongside the in ...
media strategy and platforms. The agency must be able to think creatively and be able to create one ...
online campaigns. The agency will not be needed for social media monitoring or buying.
Honda is aiming ...
04 Nov 2010
| by Jeremy Lee
MG, the classic British motoring marque that is now owned by the Chinese, is looking for a media
26 Oct 2011
| by Staff
Marriott International has appointed MEC as its lead global media agency....The account covers both media planning and buying for all of Marriott's brands, including Marriott ...
and signed, will be effective from 1 November, reports Campaign Asia .
A wide range of agencies were invited to the pitch, which was announced in July. They included incumbent agencies who had been working ...
10 Feb 2011
| by Katherine Levy
Page & Moy Travel Group, the tour operator, is looking for a media agency to handle its £9m media...media agencies ahead of a pitch.
Page Moy, which currently handles its media buying in ...
.5m of its media spend last year was allocated to the Travelsphere brand, while Nielsen figures show ...
traveller sub-brand Just You as a brand in its own right.
Caroline Jack, Page Moy's head of media ...