09 Dec 2003
| by Chris Scott,
LONDON - Media regulator Ofcom has appointed Colette Bowe from Thames Water as chair of its consumer panel as it gears up to assume its powers at the end of the year.
07 Nov 2003
| by Jennifer Whitehead,
LONDON - Microsoft has announced that it will offer $250,000 in reward money to people who provide information leading to the arrest of people responsible for releasing email viruses.
24 Oct 2003
Microsoft is talking to advertising networks about a 400 million project to unite its customer relationship and direct marketing activity across the world.
01 Oct 2003
| by Staff,
LONDON – Dell Corporation has appointed BMP DDB to handle its estimated £90m pan-European business, including the UK, after a three-way pitch.
22 Jul 2003
| by Staff,
LONDON - Simply Energy, the independent telephone-based consumer advice service for gas and electricity prices, has hired marketing agency Tattoo Marketing to undertake advertising and direct marketing initiatives to develop the Simply Energy brand.
08 Jul 2003
| by Staff,
LONDON - Cold Feet star James Nesbitt is starring in another campaign for Yellow Pages, this time lending his distinctive Coleraine tones to a radio campaign for its directory enquiries service.
LONDON - Partners in the financial public relations firm Financial Dynamics are to take a 10% stake in the outfit as it prepares for its £25m management buyout later this week from crisis-hit parent Cordiant.
13 May 2003
| by Juliette Garside,
LONDON - Age Concern has this week launched its first Silver Surfer Festival, a month long promotion designed to encourage more older people to sample the internet.
09 Apr 2003
| by Jennifer Whitehead,
LONDON - Consumers will be encouraged to cut the amount of energy they use in a new PR campaign to be run by Consolidated Communications.
26 Mar 2003
| by Staff,
AUSTIN - Bluetooth, the wireless technology company, has hired Omnicom-owned Porter Novelli on a global basis for its first large-scale marketing investment, as it prepares for what it calling a 'tidal wave' of new product launches over the next two years.