Virgin Rail’s east coast bid rejected
22 Dec 2000
Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Rail Group has failed in its bid to take over the east coast mainline between London and Edinburgh.
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Home Office adspend doubles
22 Dec 2000
The government’s Home Office has almost doubled its advertising spend in 2000 compared with last year.
NEWS BRIEFS
21 Dec 2000
Bayer is launching a pounds 1.2m TV campaign through Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO to promote thrush remedy Canesten Once. The ad, which breaks on Boxing Day, shows a woman sleeping in a moonlit room, with the faint but unmistakable buzzing of a mosquito in the background. As it gets louder, the woman swats...
NEW MEDIA: Superdrug.com links with M-box for delivery deal
21 Dec 2000
Superdrug.com, the web site of the Kingfisher-owned health and beauty retailer, has handed its home delivery service business to online fulfilment specialist M-box.
ANALYSIS: What did the Dome do for us? The best-attended attraction of 2000 was also the year's most-attacked. Did the Dome deliver? And for whom? Mark Kleinman finds out
21 Dec 2000 | by MARK KLEINMAN
'As the Millennium Dome opened its doors to the public this week, its corporate sponsors were among those waiting eagerly for the country's reaction.' So wrote Marketing in its first issue of the year. As 2000 draws to a close, do we really know what that reaction has been?
Branson delays decision on Lottery action
21 Dec 2000
Sir Richard Branson is to delay his decision on legal action against the National Lottery Commission, after losing his fight to run the National Lottery.
Scottish Radio in merger talks
21 Dec 2000
Scottish Radio Holdings has confirmed that it is in talks with a potential buyer, widely believed to include Scottish Media Group.
Camelot beats Branson to National Lottery
20 Dec 2000 | by Claire Billings
Camelot, the incumbent organiser of the National Lottery, has scooped the contract to run the UK Lottery for the next seven years following a 4-1 vote by the Lottery Commission, citing a greater risk involved in appointing a new operator.
Diageo and Pernod snap up Seagram drinks for £5.5bn
20 Dec 2000 | by Claire Billings
Drinks giant Diageo, in collaboration with French company Pernod Ricard, has scooped Seagram’s spirits business in a 5.5bn deal.
Lottery bidders wait for decision
19 Dec 2000
The National Lottery Commission is due to announce its decision on who will run the National Lottery at 4pm today.
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