15 Dec 2004
| by MediaWeek
Alliance & Leicester has appointed Carat Direct Communications to handle its £7.5m press planning and buying account.
15 Dec 2004
| by Mark Sweney
Nationwide is to attack the business practices of high-street banks in a £5m ad campaign promoting...television ads will introduce an obnoxious member of staff at a high-street bank, played by comedy actor Mark ...
-size-fits-all policies.
'It is a chance for us to deliver an anti-bank message in a less confrontational way,' added ...
15 Dec 2004
South Bank Centre is rebranding as part of a redevelopment programme. The centre is holding a pitch
12 Nov 2004
| by Tom Williams
Ireland’s largest retail bank Bank of Ireland is on the hunt for an agency to handle a UK corporate...Bank of Ireland group corporate communications head Dan Loughrey said the bank was putting ...
Consultancy.
Loughrey said restructuring of the bank’s operations and UK ventures – such as Bank of Ireland ...
of Bank of Ireland’s corporate banking and global markets businesses in the UK.
Loughrey added ...
11 Nov 2004
| by Sam Matthews,
LONDON – The Co-operative Bank and Co-operative Insurance Society are to sponsor 'The Bill' on ITV...The 12-month contract includes sponsorship of the twice-weekly police drama on ITV1 and midweek re-runs, and a Saturday evening omnibus on ITV3. The Co-operative Bank and CIS will also appear on branded ...
-operative Financial Services was formed in 2002 to bring together
the Co-operative Bank, internet bank Smile ...
05 Nov 2004
Standard Chartered Bank has appointed Tequila\TBWA as its global advertising agency following a...The bank has, however, been criticised by agencies involved in the pitch.
Both BBDO and Publicis Worldwide have accused the bank of poor communication and of conducting what the BBDO Asia vice-chairman, Tom Kao, called an "unprofessional" pitch process. "It led the agencies to work on a lot of things ...
03 Nov 2004
service industries.
Take banks and building societies. The generally held perception ...
than change their bank account, the financial services sector has grown complacent. In contrast ...
, reconnect this or that bank or building society with their long-suffer-ing customers.
One prominent recent ...
26 Oct 2004
| by MediaWeek
ITV has been on the end of a
double blow after Merrill Lynch
forecasted a gloomy scenario for
the future of the broadcaster’s
advertising revenues.
13 Oct 2004
| by Jennifer Whitehead,
LONDON - Pictet & Cie, the famous Swiss bank, has appointed Leagas Delaney after a four-way pitch...The agency has been briefed with creating a campaign that will present strong positioning for the bank across all its business lines. This includes its work as an exclusive private banker, for which it is best known, as well as its asset management and investment funds activity, and a "family office ...
13 Oct 2004
Sainsbury's Bank is to become the first financial services provider to offer a savings account