Sony UK has won the grand prix in The Marketing Society Awards 2001, beating a host of top brand winners including Levi's, Shell and Tesco. Sony UK won Outstanding Marketing Achievement, and the award for Brand Development of the Year, for its integrated 'Go Create' marketing campaign...
The Conservative Party has parted company with advertising agency Yellow M following last week's disastrous general election that saw Labour romp to a second successive landslide victory. Yellow M and Conservative Central Office confirmed yesterday that they would no longer be working together...
Bmi british midland sales and marketing chief John Morgan is leaving the airline to head a mid-sized business travel agency, just months after overseeing bmi's rebranding from British Midland. Morgan departs at the end of the month to become chief executive of Travelforce, based in London's...
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has handed Faulds Advertising the brief to relaunch its corporate banking and financial markets (CBFM) division. The account is thought to be worth up to pounds 10m and is likely to involve a global campaign. Edinburgh-based Faulds will reposition...
Camelot is to make its television sponsorship debut by joining forces with Channel 5 to link its Millionnaire scratchcard with C5's sci-fi night in a deal believed to be worth pounds 250,000. The scratchcard game, which launched on June 9, guarantees five pounds 1m prizes and a range of...
Comet, the Kingfisher-owned electrical retailer, has appointed a commercial director to be in charge of its marketing strategy. Hugh Harvey, a former director of global sourcing for Kingfisher, and an ex-Woolworths director of trading, will take on the responsibilities held by Comet marketing...
ITV has confirmed that it has appointed Mother to handle the pounds 27m creative business for ONdigital, which is to be rebranded as ITV Digital, and for the new sports channel ITV Sport.
IPC Media has refused to comment on reports that AOL Time Warner has been in talks to acquire it. Discussions are believed to have stalled over the asking price, reported to be between pounds 850m and pounds 1.1bn, for what is the UK's biggest consumer magazine publisher.
Breathe.com's vice-president of marketing Kathryn Bailey, along with the rest of its five-strong marketing team, are understood to have been made redundant following Affinity Internet's pounds 1.75m purchase of the ISP.
Nokia's share price has plummeted after the mobile phone giant issued a profit warning for the second quarter. Chief executive Jorma Ollila said its cut in revenue forecasts was down to economic uncertainty and less aggressive marketing by telecoms operators.
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