LONDON - (2 January update) Fiat, the Italian car manufacturer, is set to realign its £150m European media business into WPP-owned agencies, a move that will see the £10m UK account, currently handled by Publicis Groupe's Starcom, move into Mediaedge:cia.
LONDON - Aegis Media's Carat has rounded off the year in style by snatching the consolidated €400m EMEA Kellogg media account from Mindshare, following a review of its roster.
LONDON - Jim McDonald, head of broadcast at MPG, has been filming for his appearance in Coronation Street for an episode due to appear on Christmas Eve.
19 Dec 2008
| by Gemma Charles
LONDON - Kellogg has appointed Carat to handle its European media buying business following a pitch against fellow incumbent Mindshare.
LONDON - Xbox, Microsoft's video game console, is set to host a gig tonight called Campfire Sessions featuring some of the UK's newest hit bands that will be broadcast on Channel 4 and 4Music at the start of 2009.
LONDON - Carat has been awarded the consolidated £38m media planning and buying account for Santander, after winning a final pitch against Universal McCann and Arena BLM.
18 Dec 2008
| by Jacquie Bowser
LONDON - Cello Group executive chairman Kevin Steeds has passed away after a four-month fight with cancer.
LONDON - UK Omnicom media agencies OMD and PHD are not expected to be affected by the job losses looming over their US counterparts, according to UK bosses.
LONDON - WFCA, the full-service marketing agency, has promoted media director Bill Jones to its board.
18 Dec 2008
| by Joe Thomas
LONDON - The Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR), has appointed Billington Cartmell to provide BERR with Partnership Marketing services communicating information about consumer rights.