31 Mar 2000
| by Jade Garrett,
LONDON - Steve Blamer is quitting his post as Grey London’s chief executive a year ahead of schedule and is returning to the US to run the New York operation.
31 Mar 2000
| by Our Parliamentary correspondent
The Department of Social Security is to launch two campaigns with a
combined budget of up to pounds 14 million to inform widows and
pensioners about their rights.
The threat of a Europe-wide ban on TV advertising to children has
receded after the Swedish government climbed down from its pledge to use
its upcoming EU presidency to force the ban through.
31 Mar 2000
| by LISA CAMPBELL
Euro RSCG Wnek Gosper has presented Ken Livingstone as the people s
choice in its debut advertising for his mayoral bid.
31 Mar 2000
| by EMMA HALL
Mike Cozens, the creative director of Young & Rubicam Europe, is
leaving this week after more than six years at the agency.
Short of a flutter on Manchester United winning the championship
and Watford dropping through the Premier League s trapdoor, no bet looks
safer than the Swedish government s failure to secure a Europe-wide ban
on TV advertising to children.
31 Mar 2000
| by JADE GARRETT
Jonathan Davis, the director of TV technology and business at Leo
Burnett, is leaving London to become head of TV production at the
agency s headquarters in Chicago.
31 Mar 2000
| by MATTHEW COWEN
BDH TBWA has picked up Nissan s new dealer advertising account,
consolidating the car maker s UK business within the TBWA group.
31 Mar 2000
| by ELEANOR TRICKETT
The Britannia building society is on the point of awarding its
creative account to Walsh Trott Chick Smith after a two-month review
that saw the agency pitch against Leo Burnett, Miles Calcraft Briginshaw
Duffy and the incumbent, BDH TBWA.
31 Mar 2000
| by ELEANOR TRICKETT
IMP s marketing director, Ian Millner, has staged a breakaway from
the agency to form a multi-disciplined shop called Iris.