22 Dec 2010
| by Ed Owen
in an attempt to raise 100m, prior to a privitisation in 2011.
Postcomm has provisionally approved ...
157m loss on such "access' activities, where collections are made by rivals such as TNT, but delivered ...
parliament within a year.
Retailers are trialling an evening delivery service within the M25 ...
In July, the fledgling financial services brand became the UK s first new high street bank in over 100 years, offering extended opening hours of 8am to 8pm, including at weekends.
Having secured an additional 50m in funding, Metro Bank is now aiming to launch eight stores in the London area in its first ...
16 Dec 2010
| by Alec Mattinson
to be readying plans to privatise its stake to raise about 500m via a straight sale or public flotation ...
Two people complained to the Advertising Standards Authority about the TV ad by M C Saatchi, which had a voiceover stating: "NatWest has made a public promise to become Britain's most helpful bank ... It's why we created our Customer Charter. It's why, when you told us to open on Saturdays, we did ...
at advertising agency Saatchi Saatchi.
In September, HSBC launched a 5m campaign , Truffles , targeting ...
process and likely sale or merger.
M:Communications had won a brief to lead Gartmore s IPO in late 2009 and was retained after the listing. It is thought that M: is still retained by Gartmore, but that Brunswick ...
of the running, but others such as Henderson, Hellman Friedman and Artemis continue to be linked.
Both M ...
The firm raised $85m on London s AIM market in November to value the company at $510m in the third largest AIM float of 2010. College Hill managed the IPO from its London and Indian offices and has now been handed a retained contract. Jubilant Energy is part of the Bhartia brothers Indian ...
DLKW, VCCP and Mother have made it onto the longlist for the £20m Nationwide advertising pitch....Nationwide s long-standing incumbent agency Leagas Delaney has also made it onto the list, alongside 18ft and Rising and Publicis London. A shortlist of three agencies is expected next week, with pitches taking place in January.
The review of Nationwide's 20m ad business started last month ...
02 Dec 2010
| by Alec Mattinson
lack of M A, but they are also commanding high fees compared with other sectors.'
Financial PR firms ...
director, thought to be founder Roland Rudd, 3.1m during the year.
There were also big pay increases ...
01 Dec 2010
| by Alec Mattinson
is the most significant launch in the market since former FD pair Nick Miles and Hugh Morrison formed M ...