18 Dec 2000
LONDON (Brand Republic) - EasyGroup is investing 20m to roll out its chain of EasyEverything internet cafes across the US in the new year.
The group opened its first US cafe in New York last month, with plans to expand in the States after six months to a year.
However, EasyGroup’s chief executive ...
15 Dec 2000
| by by Louise Banbury
to a stockbroker for the nominal price of £1. The news came as United News & Media announced plans...-leader.com.
United News Media has U-turned on its February announcement, which saw the setting up of internet ...
. The decision means United will spend £60m next year, compared with the £120m it spent this year. The company ...
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The consumer sites do not now fit in with United's plans to transform Xilerate into a B2B operation ...
15 Dec 2000
Cambridge United out of the competition.
The agency, which emerged out of the former Stowe Bowden Wilson ...
Town, which sits just behind Arsenal and Manchester United in the Premier League table.
But Tony ...
13 Dec 2000
| by Claire Billings
publishers to buy the Express Newspaper group from United News 125m bid with higher offers because Express Newspaper’s owner, United News & Media, feared that either takeover would face a full-scale competition ...
13 Dec 2000
| by Claire Billings
and increasingly competitive environment.”
Channel 4, which is state-owned but funded by advertising, has been ...
12 Dec 2000
United News & Media if the price is reasonable, according to reports....LONDON (Brand Republic) – European media company RTL Group will buy the 35% stake in Channel 5 that it does not own from United News & Media if the price is reasonable, according to reports.
Speaking to French newspaper Le Soir, chief executive Didier Bellens said that RTL also plans to increase its stake ...
11 Dec 2000
| by Louise Banbury
Royal Philips Electronics NV’s professional broadcasting unit.
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08 Dec 2000
| by JEREMY WHITE
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The ad will air on Boxing Day during the Manchester United versus Aston Villa game ...
05 Dec 2000
United News 21m in Creative Planet, the US online provider of resources to the US film production...LONDON (Brand Republic) – United News 21m in Creative Planet, the US online provider of resources to the US film production and music video industry.
As part of the deal, United’s industry-standard database of production professionals in the UK and Ireland, The Knowledge, will be merged into Creative ...
05 Dec 2000
| by Claire Billings
LONDON (Brand Republic) – ITV company Carlton Communications has reported an 8% jump in full-year pre-tax profits to 342m, ahead of analyst’s expectations of 341m.
The company’s turbulent year included an incurred cost of 11.1m following its failed merger with United News 4.1m organising the sale ...