17 Dec 1999
| by CAROLINE MARSHALL
Almost a year ago, when Gordon Brown, the chancellor, forecast that
the British economy would grow by between 1 and 1.5 per cent in 1999, he
was roundly mocked for his optimism. It s hard to remember now that 1999
began with forecasts of recession, that the millennium bug would destroy
the economy at...
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....
02 Dec 1999
| by ALEXANDRA JARDINE And DAVE SUMNER SMITH
The Virgin Group is set to offer cut-price car buying over the
internet from next February to capitalise on public hostility to high
prices.
02 Dec 1999
| by IMELDA MICHALCZYK
The majority of UK web advertising will now fall under the control
of the Advertising Standards Authority, after the Internet Advertising
Bureau (IAB) this week announced it had signed up to the industry s
self-regulatory system.
02 Dec 1999
| by DANNY ROGERS
Bradford Council has appointed Owen Williams, strategic planning
director at advertising and marketing agency CWG, as its first marketing
and communications director. Williams will take up the post in
mid-February and will have a free hand to rebrand the city to make it
more attractive to tourists and...
02 Dec 1999
| by ANNE-MARIE CRAWFORD
The German direct mail market is more efficient and effective for
clients than the UK s. Research from mailing firm Pitney Bowes, shows
that the average UK household receives 50% more post a week than its
German equivalent, yet much of it is non-targeted mail, addressed to
either The Occupier or a...
02 Dec 1999
| by JANE BAINBRIDGE
1900 - Coca-Cola is introduced to the UK by Charles Howard Candler,
the son of the company s founder.
29 Nov 1999
Intriguing goings-on at Carlton Online. Managing director Phil
Rooke and his team have been tidying up their new offices at Great
Titchfield Street, formerly the headquarters of the ABC. In the process
they unearthed an ancient Rolodex containing the home phone numbers of
Dennis Healey and other former...
25 Nov 1999
| by IAN DARBY
Research by the Value Engineers has revealed the brands that UK s
brand managers would most like to manage, and which are the
turn-offs.