Biggest brands: Top 100 advertisers 2008
11 Dec 2008 | by Amanda Nottage
Procter & Gamble has upped its advertising spend nearly 13% to remain the UK's biggest spender on above-the-line advertising.
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LONDON - Travel business TUI is repositioning its Thomson and First Choice Holidays brands as it looks to encourage consumers to defy the downturn by booking a holiday for 2009.
Procter & Gamble has upped its advertising spend nearly 13% to remain the UK's biggest spender on above-the-line advertising.
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LONDON - Former British Airways commercial director Martin George, who is to stand trial in the UK and US for price-fixing, has emerged as the interim group marketing director of private healthcare brand BUPA.
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