31 May 2002
McCann-Erickson has hired Steve Chinn as its director of strategic
initiatives for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
31 May 2002
| by MATTHEW COWEN
Trinity Mirror has appointed its head of client sales, Dominic
Carter, to head its ad sales team within Apollo, the publisher's
projected joint sales venture with the Telegraph Group.
31 May 2002
| by IAN DARBY
The Energy Savings Trust is looking for a direct marketing agency
and is holding a pitch to find a creative, innovative, energetic and
results-driven below-the-line agency to create a series of
campaigns.
31 May 2002
| by Our Parliamentary correspondent
An end to the poster campaigns that have been a major feature of
general elections moved a step nearer as 30 MPs called for a ban.
31 May 2002
Chris Cunnane, a partner of Leo Burnett's direct agency, Leonardo,
has departed the company.
31 May 2002
The IPA has given a qualified welcome to Clear Channel's plan to
merge its newly acquired Score Outdoor with its billboard business, More
O'Ferrall, to create a third force in the 48/96-sheet market, next to
Maiden and JCDecaux. But the IPA has warned the new operation not to
ignore the needs of advertisers...
31 May 2002
The freelance agency White Door has bought itself out from The Hat
Pin Group, which also owns the headhunting company Kendall Tarrant. The
move follows the surge in the freelance market, according to White
Door's director, Adam Sunderland. The agency has 4,500 advertising and
marketing professionals...
31 May 2002
Big Yellow Storage, the self-storage warehouse company, is looking
for an advertising agency as it seeks to build its presence in the UK.
The company has 29 outlets in south-east England.
31 May 2002
Ian Thomas, a creative partner at Grey Desire, the relationship
marketing specialist closed by its Grey Worldwide parent, is joining the
direct response specialist Soup as the creative director. The agency was
formed last year through the merger of the London concern, Capon
Kirchner Balmforth Trendall,...
31 May 2002
The Publicity Bureau in Doncaster has beaten challenges from London
and regional agencies to win the £5 million launch of The Computer
Store, a retail chain being established by Time Computers. Lowe
Broadway, Golley Slater, BDH/TBWA, Poulter Partners and McCann-Erickson
also contested the business.