28 Feb 2006
| by by Jennifer Whitehead
LONDON - People working in new-media agencies appear to be playing less table football and working harder, according to research showing that productivity across the industry has improved.
LONDON - Ken Livingstone, the Mayor of London, has had his four weeks' suspension from office postponed pending appeal, as a High Court judge freezes the ruling of the Adjudication Panel for England.
28 Feb 2006
| by by Joe Gill
LONDON – Sales at McDonald's in the UK are falling, in contrast to robust growth internationally and in the US, resulting in the closure of 25 restaurants.
28 Feb 2006
| by by Heydon Prowse
LONDON - Ford has been named the top product placement company, appearing in almost 50% of all US number one films in 2005 including 'Crash' where its Lincoln Navigator is featured, according to US website Brandchannel.
LONDON - Former Daily Mirror journalist James Hipwell is to stay in jail for the time being after the Appeal Court turned down his bid to be freed on health grounds ahead of an appeal against his six-month sentence.
28 Feb 2006
| by by Sam Matthews
LONDON - BT has signed an innovative deal with Turner Broadcasting's Cartoon Network that will see programming and interactive content featured on the telecom giant's next-generation TV service.
28 Feb 2006
| by by Heydon Prowse
LONDON - Baileys Irish Cream has signed a seven-figure, one-year deal to sponsor 'The A-List', the new network radio chart show aimed at adults aged 25-45.
28 Feb 2006
| by by Jennifer Whitehead
LONDON - Digital television take-up continues to grow apace in the UK with 1m new households being added in the first three quarters of 2005.
LONDON - News Magazines is to launch its homes and interiors magazine, The Sunday Times Inside Out, on March 16 with a £6m marketing campaign including TV ads and sampling through its parent newspaper.
28 Feb 2006
| by by Staff
LONDON - Somerfield has sold its loss-making Kwik Save supermarket chain to a group of private investors headed by Richard Kirk, chief executive of the privately owned clothing chain Peacocks.