BT cuts marketing chief’s role
11 Jan 1995 | by AMANDA RICHARDS AND SHARON MARSHALL
BT has axed the role of sales and marketing director. Michael Biden, who has held the job for eighteen months, is leaving the company.
Start up newspaper Sunday Business has snatched Arc Advertising from rival The Sunday Times to work on its pounds 3.7m launch.
BT has axed the role of sales and marketing director. Michael Biden, who has held the job for eighteen months, is leaving the company.
The troubled Sears retail group has appointed its first ever board-level brand development chief.
Apple Computer has scrapped the role of UK marketing director and dropped all country manager posts following a European restructure aimed at reversing its decline. UK country manager Mike Newton has resigned after refusing an alternative role.
Nike is planning to step into retailing and is looking at London as a potential European launch site for Nike Town stores, similar in concept to the Levi s store.
The RAC s motoring division is to review its marketing strategy following the appointment of Jan Smith to oversee the marketing function.
Newspapers have been ordered to clean up their act over sales promotions by the Advertising Standards Authority, which says titles are repeatedly flouting the rules.
Victoria Wine s buying and marketing director Graham Maguire is to join newsagents T&S Stores as group retail director. He will be replaced by the marketing director of Allied Domecq Inns Richard Lowe.
NatWest has embarked upon a radical shake-up of its use of advertising agencies by splitting its advertising account between Bartle Bogle Hegarty and newcomer SP Lintas.
UK Gold, the cable and satellite channel is threatening to pull the plug on 80,000 homes supplied by Videotron, in a row which could severely damage the developing cable industry.