The Department of Social Security is talking to agencies about a
pounds 4 million TV and press campaign to persuade the public that
benefit fraud is wrong.
30 Apr 1999
| by JADE GARRETT
The contract dispute between the Grey agency in London and Carol
Reay is threatening to reach the courts after the issue of a writ by its
erstwhile deputy chairman.
30 Apr 1999
| by JADE GARRETT
BMP DDB has been forced to withdraw the work which earned the sole
nomination in the poster category at this year s British Design & Art
Direction Awards.
30 Apr 1999
| by JADE GARRETT
The European Central Bank, the guardian of the European single
currency, is planning to put at least pounds 80 million behind a massive
pan-European campaign to herald the launch of Euro notes and coins.
30 Apr 1999
| by EMMA HALL
The insurance company, United Friendly, is talking to agencies
about a pounds 10 million branding drive and has shortlisted Lowe
Howard-Spink, BMP4 and Lansdown Conquest to pitch for the task.
Virgin Atlantic is calling on advertising watchdogs in the UK to
stop British Airways promoting itself as the world s favourite
airline .
30 Apr 1999
| by STEFANO HATFIELD
What a magnificent win UDV is for the J. Walter Thompson
network.
The Lowe Group was reeling this week after UDV, one of its key
global clients, fired the agency from its roster and shifted its
Smirnoff, Malibu and Baileys brands to J. Walter Thompson around the
world. The business is worth pounds 13.5 million in the UK alone.
The utility giant, PowerGen, has begun a review of its media
planning and buying in the wake of its merger with East Midlands
Electricity.
30 Apr 1999
| by EMMA HALL
J. Walter Thompson is set to lose its entire pounds 18 million
Barclays Bank business after the agency failed to make it into the
second round of pitches for the Barclays corporate account.