Miles Calcraft wins Inland Revenue task
30 Apr 2002 | by Deborah Bonello,
LONDON - Miles Calcraft Briginshaw Duffy has been appointed by the Inland Revenue to handle its self-assessment awareness campaign, winning the account from incumbent D'Arcy.
LONDON - All pay-TV services on terrestrial digital broadcaster ITV Digital will cease at midnight tonight as reports emerge that the company is to go into liquidation unless a last minute deal is struck with a potential buyer.
LONDON - Miles Calcraft Briginshaw Duffy has been appointed by the Inland Revenue to handle its self-assessment awareness campaign, winning the account from incumbent D'Arcy.
LONDON - Camelot is supporting the relaunch of the National Lottery draw game as Lotto with a series of public events including a roadshow and a talent contest.
LONDON - As expected, Channel 4 has posted a full-year loss after tax of £20.6m, against profits of £21.5m last time, after the channel maintained its 2000 programming spend despite an advertising collapse.
NEW YORK - Omnicom Group managed to shrug off signs of the advertising slump by posting an 11% increase in net profits to $128.6m (£88.3m) for the first quarter of 2002.
LONDON - Kelvin MacKenzie, chairman and chief executive of The Wireless Group, has warned that the company remains cautious about the outlook for radio advertising for next year and says it will continue to be under pressure for the rest of 2002.
LONDON - ITV Digital suppliers including BSkyB could stop providing services to the digital terrestrial broadcaster today if its administrator Deloitte & Touche does not find a credible buyer for the company.
LONDON - Shares in Cordiant Communications fell sharply this morning, dropping almost 5% following the loss of its $160m (£112m) Hyundai Motor America creative account.
LONDON - Nationwide, the building society, is launching a massive year-long six-figure online offensive this week that it hopes will grab the attention of every web user at some point during their online experience.
LONDON - Ireland's national post office An Post has found itself in hot water again after allowing republican political party Fianna Fail to advertise on the country's mail.