27 Apr 2000
| by POPPY BRECH
ITV is understood to have informally offered the post of ITV chief
executive to Peter Littlewood, a British-born marketer with M&M Mars in
the US.
27 Apr 2000
| by POPPY BRECH
The Independent Television Commission this week delivered a massive
blow to ITV and said it had failed to satisfy two of the crucial
conditions it laid down when it allowed it to axe News at Ten.
27 Apr 2000
| by ALEXANDRA JARDINE
Marks in the hearts and minds of the British
public after appointing it to handle an account thought to be worth
pounds 21m.
27 Apr 2000
| by BEN ROSIER
Online personal finance service MoneySupermarket.com has handed
Leagas Delaney its pounds 7m ad business to establish its credentials as
a consumer finance services brand.
27 Apr 2000
| by POPPY BRECH
Lever Brothers is backing the launch of its new clothes freshener
spray Refresh with a pounds 1m sponsorship of ITV s new youth drama,
Metropolis.
27 Apr 2000
| by IAN DARBY
British Airways has handed the role of chief executive to
Australian airline executive Rod Eddington, who will take up the post
from May 1.
27 Apr 2000
| by BEN ROSIER
Warner Village Cinemas has appointed Sarah Kelly as its first
marketing director. Kelly joins from Wendy s International, where she
was regional marketing director for Europe and the Middle East. She
takes up her post in July. Warner, which has a marketing budget of
pounds 7m, is currently expanding...
27 Apr 2000
| by BEN ROSIER
Microsoft has launched an initiative with Age Concern to bring
technology to older people as part of its bid to build the company s
image at grassroots level.
27 Apr 2000
| by ALEXANDRA JARDINE
Wella has transferred the chief marketing role for the
quintessentially English Yardley brand to its German office, following
the departure of Helen Cooper, international marketing director, to set
up a dotcom business.
27 Apr 2000
| by ALEXANDRA JARDINE
Cartoon Network has struck a pounds 2m deal with the Formula One
Orange Arrows team to get its brand on the cars for the remainder of the
Grand Prix season. The channel s logo will appear on the two team cars,
with characters Johnny Bravo and the Powerpuff Girls also featuring. The
creative work was...