Jeremy Mooney has returned to his position as director of comms at the Department for Transport, after a comms role in Afghanistan. Acting director Edward Funnell has now become deputy director of stakeholder engagement at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
10 Mar 2010
| by Luke Blair
News that Alexander Lebedev may be about to snap up The Independent in the same way he bought the London Evening Standard last week eclipsed a slightly less exotic piece of media news.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is looking for an agency to encourage farmers to commit to better health and safety practices.
Public sector agency DTW has formed a partnership with management consultancy PPL, aimed at supporting the public sector as it faces cutbacks in local service budgets.
Publicis Worldwide has appointed former Leo Burnett leader Kevin Tromp as chief executive of Publicis South Africa.
PARIS - Outdoor media owner JCDecaux saw its net profit fall 77.3% year on year to €24.5m during 2009, as the ad industry faced the worst downturn on record, according to the company's full results out today.
10 Mar 2010
| by Noel Bussey
LONDON - Bartle Bogle Hegarty has floated the company behind its Ila rape alarm, launched by its brand invention arm Zag, on the Alternative Investment Market with a market value of more than £4.5m.
LONDON - The Rubicon Project is benefiting from AOL's retrenchment in continental Europe, having been brought in to manage unsold inventory in six markets including Spain.
10 Mar 2010
| by John Reynolds
LONDON - Consumerchoices.co.uk, the price comparison site, has signed a deal that will see poster ads for the brand showcased across football stadiums in the UK.
LONDON - The Food Standards Agency's board has agreed a front-of-pack (FOP) nutrition labelling scheme, which incorporates both guideline daily amounts (GDAs) and traffic light colours.