17 Dec 1999
| by LISA CAMPBELL
McCann-Erickson UK s Manchester office has picked up the pounds 8
million launch task for the internet and telecoms company, Powernet
Telecom.
17 Dec 1999
| by JENNY WATTS
Euro RSCG Wnek Gosper, the incumbent agency on Abbey National, has
picked up the pounds 10 million task of launching the company s new
internet bank, code-named Aquarius. Euro RSCG won the account after a
pitch against Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO, Duckworth Finn Grubb Waters and
M&C Saatchi. General release
17 Dec 1999
| by JENNY WATTS
Father Christmas takes centre stage in the latest One2One ad, which
shows how his mobile phone means he can now be contacted as he travels
around the world.
17 Dec 1999
| by LISA CAMPBELL
The comedian and actor, Alan Davies, embarks on a variety of
strange therapies in Euro RSCG Wnek Gosper s latest advertising for
Abbey National.
17 Dec 1999
| by EMMA HALL
McDonald s takes a realistic look at the millennium hype with a new
commercial by Leo Burnett which breaks this weekend.
17 Dec 1999
| by LISA CAMPBELL
Daz kicks off its pounds 6 million sponsorship of Emmerdale this
week with a series of idents featuring two canine brand spokesmen, Jonno
and Barry.
17 Dec 1999
| by LISA CAMPBELL
J. Walter Thompson has unveiled a new poster campaign for Smirnoff
Red that aims to convey that the most extreme form of purity is
invisibility.
17 Dec 1999
| by JENNY WATTS
Grey is to launch a burst of advertising for Fairy Liquid that
focuses on the versatility of an empty washing-up liquid bottle.
A new ad initiative to draw attention to the lingering menace of
land-mines all over the world will break this week in Britain.
HHCL & Partners has hired its first head of account management,
Jonathan Mildenhall, who moves from Lowe Howard-Spink, where he was a
board account director.