31 Mar 2000
| by Our Parliamentary correspondent
The Department of Social Security is to launch two campaigns with a
combined budget of up to pounds 14 million to inform widows and
pensioners about their rights.
31 Mar 2000
| by ELEANOR TRICKETT
The Britannia building society is on the point of awarding its
creative account to Walsh Trott Chick Smith after a two-month review
that saw the agency pitch against Leo Burnett, Miles Calcraft Briginshaw
Duffy and the incumbent, BDH TBWA.
31 Mar 2000
| by DOMINIC MILLS
Were I a conspiracy theorist, which, of course, I m not, I might
conclude that last week s Cruickshank report on banks services and
profits was yet another chapter in the Government s efforts to root out
the evils of rip-off Britain.
31 Mar 2000
| by ED SHELTON
Ezoka.com, the on-line bulk purchasing web site for small
businesses, has appointed two PR agencies. Ogilvy Public Relations
Worldwide will handle corporate and financial PR while Larkspur will
work on media relations. Both agencies report to chief executive Sonia
Lo. The site launches in April.
31 Mar 2000
| by SUZAN LEAVY
Esure, the planned internet insurance venture from the Halifax, has
hired the Wriglesworth Consultancy on six-figure fees to handle PR and
its launch next year.
31 Mar 2000
| by RICHARD EDWARDS
FT.com, the Financial Times web site, has appointed Paul Nero as
head of communications, a newly-created role.
31 Mar 2000
| by ADAM HILL
Abbey National, the top five UK bank, has appointed Thomas Coops to
the position of corporate affairs director.
31 Mar 2000
| by ADAM HILL
Cubitt Consulting has won a five-way pitch for the corporate brief
for financial and new media recruitment consultant Norman Broadbent. The
incumbent, Colette Hill Associates, also pitched.
31 Mar 2000
| by JULIETTE GARSIDE
Burson-Marsteller shuffled its senior financial executives last
week, installing 14-year company veteran John Maltese as chief financial
officer with effect from next Monday. His predecessor Kurt Krauss has
become president of fellow Young and Rubicam subsidiary Impiric
Consulting. Meanwhile, GraceAnn...
31 Mar 2000
| by JULIETTE GARSIDE
The Financial Times has poached Sunday Business banking editor,
Lina Saigol, to join its London mergers and acquisitions team. The team
is being built in New York and London to cover the increasing number of
cross-border M&As. Saigol will focus on the UK, while another new
recruit, Juliana Ratner, will...