HOTLINE: Egg chooses BDDP et Fils
10 May 2002
Egg has chosen BDDP et Fils as the French agency to partner Mother in handling its forthcoming launch into France this September. A German launch is planned for next year.
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LONDON - Labour MPs Kate Hoey and Dianne Abbot have joined forces with a host of celebrities to launch a £1m cinema advertising campaign to try to encourage people to vote against the euro.
Egg has chosen BDDP et Fils as the French agency to partner Mother in handling its forthcoming launch into France this September. A German launch is planned for next year.
Egg has hired Naked Communications to work on understanding and segmenting its customer base. The appointment will not affect Egg's relationship with its creative agency Mother or with its media agency MediaCom.
FINANCIAL: Former Conservative minister Sir Richard Needham has been hired by financial PR company Hansard as a non-executive director. Currently deputy chairman of household appliance company Dyson, Needham served under both Margaret Thatcher and John Major.
Banking and financial services group Bank of Ireland has consolidated its external PR support, slashing its roster to just one agency - Drury Communications.
PARIS: Prudential-owned online bank Egg has ended its search for a PR agency to cover France, hiring GCI on a six-figure brief.
There is nothing like a downturn for getting the PR industry spinning and the rash of recent results has seen news managers go into overdrive.
The trade body for the investment management and unit trust sector has beefed up its lobbying efforts ahead of potential financial services legislation.