31 May 2001
Help The Aged has appointed Steve Jones as its marketing and
communications director. He joins from the Royal Bank of Scotland, where
he was head of strategy and marketing, business-to-business e-commerce.
31 May 2001
Boots is to open a handful of Travel Clinics in five Health and
Beauty Services stores next month. The clinics will offer an
immunisation service, medical advice and travel information, and are
being opened in partnership with Medical Advisory Service for Travellers
Abroad.
31 May 2001
The British Heart Foundation (BHF) is gearing up for its annual
British Heart Week, which runs from June 9 to 16.
The charity is running a two-week national poster, direct marketing and
public relations campaign encouraging viewers to learn cardiopulmonary
resuscitation (CPR).
In...
31 May 2001
BTCV, the conservation charity, has launched an emergency appeal
through specialist direct marketing agency Whitewater, to recruit
volunteers to help with conservation projects that were suspended due to
the foot and mouth outbreak.
31 May 2001
| by BELINDA HATTON, Group head, Starcom Motive Direct
Through the blanket of charity advertisers and in particular animal
charities, the RSPCA's latest direct response TV (DRTV) campaign is
definitely an attention grabber.
Rather than follow the usual route of cute, defenceless, abused animal
with a story to tell, the cute puppy story has...
31 May 2001
| by RAYMOND SNODDY, media editor of The Times
After the election is over - and that cannot come a moment too soon
- where stands the media business? Apart from the fact that Channel 4 is
not going to be privatised, it will be back to the usual muddle and
mayhem.
Apart from the ill-thought out Tory move on C4 privatisation, there was...
31 May 2001
| by TREVOR MORRIS, chairman of QBO and the Good Relations Group of
Companies and a member of The Marketing Society
Low electoral turnouts are bad for business. We are heading, it is
predicted, for one of the lowest turnouts ever. So business will get it
in the ear.
What is the link between low polls and business bashing?
People are better educated and better informed than ever before. They
like...
30 May 2001
| by Anna Clarke
LONDON - Former Prime Minister John Major has accused Labour of running a "juvenile and dishonest" election advertising campaign following the launch of Labour's latest poster, which depicts Baroness Thatcher's hair superimposed on William Hague's face.
25 May 2001
LONDON - Online retailer Superdrug.com has signed marketing deals with more than 40 shopping portals in an effort to boost traffic to its site.
25 May 2001
| by Anna Clarke
LONDON - An ad promoting an abortion pill has ignited fresh political controversy in the US, after being banned by at least one magazine, the Hearst Corporation's Redbook .