22 Dec 2010
| by Ed Owen
Price hikes proposed by the Royal Mail prior to a privatisation next year will hit agencies' direct marketing budgets, according to direct mail specialists Post Switch.
Charitable group Campaign Against Drink Driving (CADD) has launched an ad campaign in an effort to reduce the number of drink-driving incidents over the festive period.
Ofcom has opened investigations into separate complaints by Virgin Media and BT against BSkyB, about how it supplies them with its Sky Sports channels.
16 Dec 2010
| by Ed Owen
The US government has filed a civil suit against BP for the effects of the massive oil spill, triggered by the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico in April.
Skillset, the government-backed skills and training group, has appointed DDB UK's chairman and chief executive Stephen Woodford to its board.
Millie's Cookies, the cookie chain, has created four 'X Factor' cookies ahead of the finals of the ITV talent search this weekend, to be sold exclusively on eBay for charity.
09 Dec 2010
| by Ed Owen
WPP has bought US DM agency Marketing Direct for an undisclosed sum, in a deal brokered through KBM Group.
Soaps are guilty of glorifying alcohol consumption by portraying it largely in a positive light, according to a new study by alcohol awareness charity Drinkaware.
Boots is to make its first foray into sport sponsorship through a grass-roots programme in the build-up to the London 2012 Olympic Games.
The government has unveiled a single brand identity for its streamlined careers-advice and adult-skills services, as it looks to cut public-sector spending.