30 Jun 2005
The Electoral Commission is looking to fill a newly created head of communications role. Reporting to comms director Angela Salt, the postholder will lead a team of six and be responsible for press, corporate comms, public information, and 'outreach'. The position has been created to help meet the increasing...
30 Jun 2005
| by by Julia Pearlman
LONDON - Two-thirds of direct marketing creative students feel let down by their future employers, with 82% believing that creative directors would bypass their portfolios, according to research conducted by Eulogy!.
29 Jun 2005
Tesco Home Phone has linked up with Age Concern to launch 'Someone to talk to', a campaign to raise funds for pensioners' friendship schemes. Tesco will donate £1 to the schemes for every new customer joining its Home Phone service before December.
29 Jun 2005
Rathbone, a national organisation that provides high-quality learning and training support for disadvantaged people, has appointed Sterling London to devise a corporate identity, including a logo design, signage, merchandise and a website.
29 Jun 2005
Ofcom has begun an investigation into seven companies, including Thomson Directories and Toucan Telecom, over the practice of making silent calls.
29 Jun 2005
Christian Aid is mailing 100,000 supporters to encourage them to add their names to the 'Votes for Trade Justice' campaign centred around the G8 Summit in Edinburgh next week. Whitewater is running the activity.
29 Jun 2005
Sense, the deafblind charity, is launching a summer appeal to target 36,500 supporters with the aim of raising £75,000. The mailing, by direct agency Cascaid, focuses on sense assessments for children to determine tailored support for them.
29 Jun 2005
Marie Curie Cancer Care has hired data specialist GB Group to manage its database with the aim of securing more donations. The appointment is intended to reduce direct mail costs.
Cancer Research UK is to launch two store formats covering the premium goods and entertainment categories, as it seeks to reaffirm its dominance in the high-street charity sector.
29 Jun 2005
The NHS has created hard-hitting ads with the message 'Smoking damages your sex life' as part of its 'Don't give up giving up' work. The campaign, which breaks this week on TV, radio and outdoor, was created by Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO and Kitcatt Nohr Alexander Shaw.