29 Nov 2002
| by Claire Billings,
LONDON - Ray Kelly, the former chairman and chief executive of Aegis-owned media buying agency Carat, has re-emerged as non-executive director of independent media agency Just Media.
29 Nov 2002
| by OLIVIA TOTH
SINGAPORE: Global mail, package and freight firm UPS is consolidating its regional PR business across Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Malaysia - a move which sees Edelman fighting against pitch rivals Ogilvy PR Worldwide and Weber Shandwick.
28 Nov 2002
| by Claire Billings,
LONDON - Ricky Gervais, star of BBC hit comedy 'The Office', is to play a David Brent-type character in a cinema advertising campaign promoting jobability.com, the recruitment job site for people with disabilities.
27 Nov 2002
| by Staff,
LONDON - Monster.com, the global recruitment and careers website owned by TMP Worldwide, is to advertise during next year's Super Bowl for the fifth year running.
25 Nov 2002
| by Jennifer Whitehead,
LONDON - A new advertising campaign will tell Londoners they should swap crowded tubes and over-priced housing for 'Cold Feet' and a house instead of a flat.
25 Nov 2002
| by Jennifer Whitehead,
LONDON - Royal Mail is following its 'Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers' campaign with email activity to drive traffic to its promotional website, where customers can view a trailer for the film.
22 Nov 2002
| by Ian Hall
The Royal Mail Group has halved its PR spend to £2.5m while simultaneously more than doubling the number of PR agencies on its roster.
19 Nov 2002
| by Claire Billings,
LONDON - Computer software giant Adobe Systems has hired below-the-line agency Gyro to promote its new document-processing software to large businesses.
19 Nov 2002
| by Claire Billings,
LONDON - Hays, Royal Mail's biggest business rival, is threatening to go to the European courts to challenge UK postal regulator Postcomm on Royal Mail's exemption from VAT charges.
18 Nov 2002
| by Staff,
LONDON – Investment Week and Bloomberg Money publisher Incisive Media is set to bid as much as £40m for business publisher Risk Waters, which lost 81 staff and conference delegates in the September 11 terrorist attacks.