LONDON - HSBC is facing a PR nightmare as brides and grooms plan to converge on the banking group's head office following the collapse of internet wedding list company Wrapit.
LONDON - Bertelsmann AG is selling its 50% stake in Sony BMG to Sony Corporation in a deal worth $1.2bn (£614m), giving the Japanese company full ownership of the joint venture which represents artists including Alicia Keys and Leona Lewis.
LONDON - Home fragrance company Ambi Pur is sponsoring the 14th series of Five motor show, Fifth Gear, in an eight-week deal.
LONDON - Disney-backed sports broadcaster ESPN has made its third major digital acquisition in the past year, agreeing a deal to buy motor racing website Racing-Live.com.
LONDON - Northcliffe Media, the country's third-biggest regional publisher, has attacked the BBC's plans to spend up to £23m annually on a national network of local video-on-demand services, arguing there is "no justification or public value case" for them.
05 Aug 2008
| by Staff
BEIJING - Costa Coffee has opened its first outlet in Beijing ahead of the 2008 Olympic Games as part of a joint venture which aims to open 300 stories in north east China.
05 Aug 2008
| by Caroline Lovell
LONDON - Delaney Lund Knox Warren & Partners has retained the £18 million Halifax business.
VIDEO - Last week Universal McCann held its second Radio Immersion Week, where leading UK radio figures gathered to share their views on current and future trends in the radio market.
LONDON - Key 103, the Bauer Media-owned Manchester radio station, has secured the radio commentary rights for coverage of Manchester United's games.
LONDON - GCap Media's One Network has teamed up with Norwich Union for an eight-week promotion inviting listeners to fill up their cars with petrol for free.