26 Jan 1996
| by ROBERT GRAY
National Grid, the electricity transmission company floated last month,
has recruited its first...National Grid, the electricity transmission company floated last month,
has recruited its first ...
substantial account by
National Grid director of corporate affairs Peter Gavan.
The agency ...
manager. At National Grid she will head an in-house
team of two. The company is also expected to appoint ...
26 Jan 1996
| by KAREN YATES
National Tyres and Autocare has briefed agencies to pitch for its
advertising account, which...National Tyres and Autocare has briefed agencies to pitch for its
advertising account, which ...
has been
undertaken by National Tyres, Dunleavy confirmed. We are very serious
about both ...
director, John
Denholm, is also in the line-up. The Leith recently parted company with
National Tyres ...
26 Jan 1996
| by BERNARD INGHAM
to work. I certainly did
not feel to have much of a stake in three-day-week Britain induced by
Arthur...or just to get to work. I certainly did
not feel to have much of a stake in three-day-week Britain ...
offering voters stakes in their nation - as is evidenced by the
Tory and Liberal Democrat rush to claim ...
unemployment. But the wider
abuse continues to this day, too often accompanied by violence. So
stockholding ...
26 Jan 1996
| by JOHN-PIERRE JOYCE
In the very public battle for Forte, the two PR teams had 60 days to
make their case to interested...In the very public battle for Forte, the two PR teams had 60 days to
make their case ...
up to the last day.
To a large extent the battle lines of a contested takeover are
determined by the 60-day timetable laid down by the Takeover Panel. In
PR terms this provides the framework ...
26 Jan 1996
The Lowe Direct start-up (Campaign, 19 January) was stylish stuff,
reminiscent of the days when...The Lowe Direct start-up (Campaign, 19 January) was stylish stuff,
reminiscent of the days when something dramatic seemed to happen in UK advertising every week. It was fascinating, very Frank Lowe and very
telling.
Many will view it as the last bastion falling; Lowe Howard ...
26 Jan 1996
: The first day you lie,
you re lost....So Max Clifford, who I have a lot of respect for as a publicist, claims
that the average PR lies for a living, (PR Week, 12 January), while Bob
Rendine of GTech says, in your profile of him: The first day you lie,
you re lost.
Both are undeniably successful in their own fields - Clifford ...
26 Jan 1996
| by DOMINIC MILLS
of national sporting
events. It has now reached the stage where you can almost see Labour MPs
working out...of national sporting
events. It has now reached the stage where you can almost see Labour MPs
working out ...
, who may now have to pay to see these so-called national sporting
events, and to advertisers who ...
. How national is a sport like boxing? It s a big sport, but
no way is it a national one (anyway, we ...
26 Jan 1996
, the real losers appeared to be the
independent retailers and customers in rural locations. In the national...While the petrol giants and supermarkets slugged it out in the latest
round of petrol price wars, the real losers appeared to be the
independent retailers and customers in rural locations. In the national
press, the Petrol Retailers Association hit out strongly at Esso and
Shell s announcements ...
26 Jan 1996
| by ALASDAIR REID
-perishables like wine, but elsewhere you can order more fragile
goods such as flowers and smoked salmon ...
, smoked salmon etc
Innovations http://www.innovations.co.uk/giftpoint/
Unusual gifts ...
, Homebase and Savacentre, plus next-
day wine delivery service
UK Internet Florist http ...
26 Jan 1996
John Owen chooses the family photo-style inserts for the Abbey National,
which are currently...John Owen chooses the family photo-style inserts for the Abbey National,
which are currently spilling out of magazines, and his copy of the
Evening Standard. I ve never quite worked out why inserts are
(supposedly) so effective as an advertising tool. To me, they re usually
little more than a nuisance. So ...