Government has made humiliating climbdown say Tories
02 Jul 2003 | by Juliette Garside,
LONDON - The government's compromise on media ownership rules was today lambasted as a 'humiliating surrender' by the Conservative Party.
NEW YORK - Sean Orr, the chief financial officer of Interpublic, has become the latest executive to leave the company in the wake of the advertising giant's $181.3m accounting scandal.
LONDON - The government's compromise on media ownership rules was today lambasted as a 'humiliating surrender' by the Conservative Party.
LONDON - Heinz has created a consumer website for all its brands for the first time, making the internet central to its marketing strategy. The move comes as the firm consolidates its digital marketing account into a single agency, Swamp.
LONDON - Creative design agency, NowWashYourHands, has been appointed to redesign The Mind Gym website, which is set to launch in September 2003.
LONDON - Henmania has failed to translate into internet traffic, despite the British player, who is fighting for a place in the Wimbledon semi-finals today, seeing off competition from one of the country's most popular TV shows 'Coronation Street'.
LONDON - Redhotcurry.com, the lifestyle portal for UK Asians, has been voted the Outstanding Champion for the Internet & Technology category at this year's Windrush Achievement Awards 2003.
LONDON - Diageo has extended its relationship with Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO, appointing the agency to handle a new campaign promoting safer drinking after a five-way pitch.
LONDON – Fund manager Active Value has bought a further 2m shares in Cordiant over the last two days, taking its holding in the company to 27.1%.
LONDON - As part of a number of communications bill concessions agreed last night, the government has agreed that ITV should be allowed to buy the ITN news service outright.
LONDON - The Allmond Partnership, which last week bought itself out from Omnicom, has appointed Paul Longhurst as its managing director.