20 Dec 2001
| by Gordon MacMillan and Jennifer Whitehead,
LONDON - Saatchi 18m Lloyds TSB account following a four-way pitch. It is understood that the bank has appointed Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO as its new agency.
20 Dec 2001
Abbey National's online bank Cahoot is returning to TV advertising
after an 18-month break with a 3m campaign, through Euro RSCG
Wnek Gosper, aimed at communicating what the brand stands for and its
benefits. Each ad is made up of a series of vignettes which aim to show
how Cahoot is better...
20 Dec 2001
Egg, the internet bank owned by Prudential, has announced that it
broke even in the month of November, boosting its chances of achieving
its target to be profitable for the last quarter of 2001. The company
has attracted 129,300 extra customers since the start of October giving
it a total customer...
20 Dec 2001
M 6m through-the-line advertising
business, following a pitch. The agency will take responsibility for all
of the brand's marketing communications. Media planning will be handled
by Zed Media.
19 Dec 2001
| by Jennifer Whitehead,
LONDON - A financial company that sought to exploit the September 11 terrorist attacks to sell PEPs and ISAs has been slammed by the advertising watchdog, after the public complained its mailout was "shameless, disgusting and offensive".
18 Dec 2001
| by Staff,
LONDON - M&C Saatchi has won the above-the-line account for the AA, with ehsbrann and Rapier taking on the direct marketing for the brand.
Prudential, the UK's biggest insurer, has followed up its
appointment of a new marketing director by reviewing its account held by
Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO.
The move comes just two months after the pensions and life insurance
provider hired Roger Ramsden, the former Safeway marketing chief,...
14 Dec 2001
| by CAMILLA PALMER
Leagas Delaney has taken on its third tenure of the Nationwide
above-the-line advertising account by winning the task to develop a
brand-building television campaign for the building society.
The agency won in a pitch against Leo Burnett, Banks Hoggins O'Shea/FCB
and the Nationwide's in-house...
14 Dec 2001
| by MATTHEW COWEN
BBJ has won the 22 million consolidated media account for
the Halifax Bank of Scotland group, ending Zenith Media's 13-year
relationship with the Halifax brand.
The result follows a pitch for the business between Zenith and the Carat
group, which was represented by BBJ and Feather Brooksbank,...
14 Dec 2001
| by IAN DARBY
M 6 million through-the-line account.
The long pitch process began in September. The agency will create
advertising and direct marketing activity for M 4 million on press advertising with its
largest spend on corporate bond products and investments in managed
growth funds.
Wunderman's...