10 Feb 2011
| by Alec Mattinson
Britain's top banks are poised to hire a PR agency to rehabilitate the industry's reputation among...Barclays , HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group, RBS , Santander and Standard Chartered are among ...
well-placed source: 'It is all about making sure the banks are seen as friends of SMEs.'
The pitch ...
McLeod, in a media relations drive to generate and improve coverage of banks in relation to small ...
03 Feb 2011
| by Maisie McCabe
Bauer Media has appointed the former ZenithOptimedia creative director Lucy Banks as its first...brands such as Grazia , FHM and Q (print), and Magic and Kiss (radio).
In the new role, Banks ...
offered to advertisers interested in greater collaboration with programming and editorial.
Banks ...
and thinking will challenge us to make it better."
Banks has previously worked on a consultancy basis ...
The UK banking industry has turned to Portland to spearhead a drive to win back the trust of small..., comprising six major banks co-ordinated by the British Bankers' Association.
The group was launched ...
that the banks' 'doors are open' to small businesses.
The brief will see the agency enter into dialogue with SMEs to help explain the changes happening in the way banks approach lending and financing companies ...
11 Feb 2011
The Bank has won the advertising account for the consortia of Italian food producers Grana Padano
25 Feb 2011
BBC business journalist Nils Blythe has quit the broadcaster to head comms at the Bank of England....The Bank of England has confirmed Blythe will join the organisation as
interim executive director, effective from late March. He will cover for
Bank of England comms head Jenny Scott, who is on adoption ...
joined the broadcaster as
economics correspondent in 2000 from the Bank of England. She rejoined ...
BBC business journalist Nils Blythe has quit the broadcaster to head comms at the Bank of England....The Bank of England has confirmed Blythe will join the organisation as interim executive director, effective from late March. He will cover for BofE comms head Jenny Scott, who is on adoption leave for a ...
joined the organisation as economics correspondent in 2000 from the BofE. She rejoined the Bank ...
McLaren, the Formula 1 team, has signed an extension to its corporate partnership with banking....
Santander is currently a leading sponsor of McLaren's rival F1 brand, Ferrari.
In 2009, the Spanish bank ...
driver Fernando Alonso's move to Ferrari.
The bank has, though, maintained a commercial relationship ...
18 Feb 2011
2. Conservatives come under fire for auctioning Bell Pottinger
internship - 14 February 3. DCLG publicity code set to curb council publications and lobbying
firms - 10 February 4. Virgo Health MD moves to consultancy arm Vantage - 14 February 5. Big banks seek to create 'business-friendly' image through PR drive ...
Transport for London (TfL) is to allow contactless bank card payment across its network from next...All Oyster card readers are being updated this year to accept contactless payment. By the start of the London 2012 Games, consumers will be able to use their contactless bank or credit cards for pay-as-you-go travel across London s 8,000 buses.
TfL then hopes to extend the system across the Tube, Docklands ...
25 Feb 2011
Mud Men sees Capital Radio s Johnny Vaughan and "mudlarker" Steve Brooker wade through the banks of the Thames in search of forgotten pieces of treasure that helps tell stories of London s hidden past. The ads feature the show s presenters being covered from head to toe in mud. Digital versions ...