31 Mar 2000
| by Our Parliamentary correspondent
The Department of Social Security is to launch two campaigns with a
combined budget of up to pounds 14 million to inform widows and
pensioners about their rights.
The threat of a Europe-wide ban on TV advertising to children has
receded after the Swedish government climbed down from its pledge to use
its upcoming EU presidency to force the ban through.
31 Mar 2000
| by LISA CAMPBELL
Euro RSCG Wnek Gosper has presented Ken Livingstone as the people s
choice in its debut advertising for his mayoral bid.
Short of a flutter on Manchester United winning the championship
and Watford dropping through the Premier League s trapdoor, no bet looks
safer than the Swedish government s failure to secure a Europe-wide ban
on TV advertising to children.
31 Mar 2000
| by ANNA GRIFFITHS
TBWA GGT Simons Palmer is expected to land the Labour Party account
after a pitch against Saatchi & Saatchi and J. Walter Thompson. Labour
officials insisted no decision had been taken but confirmed that TBWA
had emerged as the front-runner following presentations to senior party
figures last week.
31 Mar 2000
| by ELEANOR TRICKETT
Kate Harris, a board account director at Grey Advertising, is to
become the new head of the advertising industry charity NABS.
31 Mar 2000
| by ANNA GRIFFITHS
The Independent Television Commission has slammed Channel 5 for its
over-reliance on low-budget programming in its annual report on TV
channels performance.
31 Mar 2000
| by LISA CAMPBELL
The editor of The Times, Peter Stothard, has been forced to reveal
the real reason behind his decision to take a sabbatical for an
indefinite period after press speculation about his future.
31 Mar 2000
| by ELEANOR TRICKETT
The advertising charitable body NABS has appointed HPT Brand
Response as its agency of record - the first time it has used a direct
marketing agency.
31 Mar 2000
| by ALASDAIR REID
It s just about possible to respect a politician who s obsessed
about the scheduling of a television programme. Just about, but not
quite. People with strong views about TV schedules are often sad
individuals with solitary hobbies and passionate feelings for programmes
like One Man And His Dog, Songs...