Consolidated Communications has been hired by property site Primelocation.com on a consumer PR brief. The account will be led by board director Debra Burtt, reporting to Ian Springett, chief executive of the site's parent company Fastcrop. Primelocation already retains Jago D'Arcy Hale for trade...
MacLaurin has promoted Colette Flanagan to the main board. Flanagan joined the agency from Firefly in 1998 to work in the technology and online sectors, an area she will continue to focus on. She will report to MD Vicky Stace. The newly-created post makes her one of six main board directors.
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French Connection's marketing director, Clare Dobbie, has left to join the strategic marketing consultancy Branded. Dobbie's departure leaves the fashion retailer seeking a marketing head while embroiled in controversy over its latest ad campaign - the Advertising Standards Authority is investigating...
GMTV has hired Manning Gottlieb Media to raise its profile among advertisers and agencies. The agency will conduct detailed analysis of the brand ahead of a trade marketing campaign to reposition the show later this year. - Marketing.
J. Walter Thompson has won the cosmetic manufacturer Coty's pounds 5 million European advertising account for its Margaret Astor brand. The agency will launch a campaign for Margaret Astor in the UK, Spain and France before a pan-European roll-out. - Marketing Week.
The Advertising Standards Authority has ruled that the poster ads for Spitfire Ale are not anti-German after a series of complaints. London Underground banned the ads after members of the public objected to straplines such as 'Votz so funny about zeez posters', but the ASA said they were lighthearted...
Birds Eye Wall's is launching a campaign to find the 'face' of its Magnum ice-cream brand. The search will start on 18 March, and women are invited to enter regional contests held in association with Premier Models. The winner will feature in advertising and promotional campaigns for a year....
David Payne and Andrew Stracey, the founders of the marketing agency Payne Stracey, are joining the agency group Hawkeye Europe in senior management roles. The two left the agency Tequila Payne Stracey last year. - Marketing.
Glaxo SmithKline is thought to be rethinking the future of its Solstis brand, admitting defeat to its Red Bull rival, and could reformulate it as an 'afternoon pick me up'. The brand is understood to be relaunching in August or September. It takes 2 per cent of the energy drinks market and spent...
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