LONDON - GCap Media has sold Xfm South Wales to local radio group Town & Country Broadcasting, which plans to relaunch the station as Nation Radio on 16 June.
30 May 2008
| by Staff
LONDON - Volkswagen Golf 's 'enjoy the everyday' ad, in which a man is shown driving a car on many different days in a quick succession of fast cuts, has been named the inaugural winner of the monthly Thinkboxes awards.
LONDON - Doritos is to sponsor the 'You make it, we play it' promotion on Bauer's mobile UGC service, EyeVibe.
LONDON - The Search Works has appointed Gavin Ailes to the post of deputy managing director.
LONDON - Insurance firm Hiscox has consolidated its paid search activity into its retained media agency Tri-Direct.
LONDON - The BBC is aiming to cut its spending on news and current affairs programming in Scotland by 20% over the next five years, in order to put more money into its online services.
LONDON - Abbey brand and communications director Jeremy Davies is to leave the bank to take the top marketing position at energy provider E.ON.
LONDON - Barclays has appointed Barclaycard's Elizabeth Chambers to the newly created role of chief marketing officer for global retail and commercial banking.
30 May 2008
| by Jacquie Bowser
LONDON - European social networking site Netlog has joined OpenSocial, the Google-led initiative that plans to make it easier to develop applications for social media websites.
LONDON - EHS Brann has won the direct marketing part of the government's £75m anti-obesity drive after a four-way pitch.