16 Dec 1999
| by IAN DARBY
Abbey National has awarded the pounds 10m advertising account for
its forthcoming internet bank, codenamed Aquarius, to Euro RSCG Wnek
Gosper.
16 Dec 1999
| by ANNE-MARIE CRAWFORD
Carlton Communications chief executive Steven Cain has confirmed he
is to leave at the end of January as the company s merger with United
News s chief executive, will
take the role of chief executive in the enlarged group.
16 Dec 1999
| by ANNE-MARIE CRAWFORD
eVentures, the internet investment initiative jointly owned by News
Corporation and Japan s Softbank, has appointed an agency team to handle
the launch of E-Loan, its online home mortgage site.
16 Dec 1999
| by ALEXANDRA JARDINE
Burton, the Arcadia Group-owned menswear retailer, has handed its
only TV ad campaign for this year to Willox Ambler Rodford Law, in a
move which puts a question mark over its relationship with Grey
Advertising.
16 Dec 1999
| by BEN ROSIER
McDonald s this week unveiled its first UK web initiative. The site
ties into its sponsorship of the millennium celebrations and positions
the brand as caring and community-focused.
16 Dec 1999
| by ANNE-MARIE CRAWFORD
Lastminute.com s media agency, Walker Media, has resigned the
account just five months after it was hired to handle the business.
16 Dec 1999
| by ANNE-MARIE CRAWFORD
Smile, the new internet banking service from the Co-operative Bank,
is to sponsor this Saturday s British Comedy Awards as part of a
three-year deal with the ITV Network. The sponsorship is the first by an
internet company on ITV and forms the basis for a wider marketing
campaign for Smile by Partners...
16 Dec 1999
| by DANNY ROGERS
Vision Express, the high street optician, is reviewing its pounds
11m advertising account, currently held by Ammirati Puris Lintas.
16 Dec 1999
| by ANNE-MARIE CRAWFORD
Channel 5 s The Roseanne Show has been warned by the Independent
Television Commission (ITC) about giving too much prominence to the
brand name of its sponsor, Yahoo. The ITC criticised a programme
broadcast on September 8 in which viewers asked the presenter Roseanne
Barr questions via the internet....
16 Dec 1999
| by IVAN CLARK, director, TV strategy, Medi
MediaVest has picked up media planning and buying for the launch of
Ipoints, a new rewards programme for the internet.