28 May 2004
| by Jennifer Whitehead,
LONDON - Gary Lineker has vowed to keep on starring in advertising for Walkers Crisps, despite the brand being named in a Commons report on the obesity crisis facing Britain.
28 May 2004
| by Staff,
LONDON – Veteran US PR man Dan Klores has dropped Princess Michael of Kent, better known as Princess Pushy, as a client after her alleged racist remarks in a US restaurant earlier this week.
28 May 2004
| by Jennifer Whitehead,
LONDON - A man dressed in a fox costume chased by a pack of people in dog suits feature in a new viral campaign for the International Fund for Animal Welfare, which urges people to lobby the government on the fox-hunting ban.
28 May 2004
| by Jennifer Whitehead,
LONDON - Chimpanzees have swapped PG Tips for beer in a new television and cinema campaign to warn young people about the danger of becoming the "drunken monkey" when going out for a night on the town.
28 May 2004
| by Staff,
LONDON - Rethink, the mental illness charity, has appointed digital direct marketing agency Inbox to encourage key groups to continue donating by educating them about its work.
28 May 2004
| by Our Parliamentary correspondent
The food industry is expected to get "one last chance" to scrap advertising for unhealthy products aimed at children, after a scathing report by MPs accused it of "cynical exploitation" of their "pester power".
28 May 2004
A chimpanzee that behaves like a drunk - funny at first but turning progressively nastier - features in a new M C Saatchi TV and cinema campaign for the Portman Group, aimed at curbing binge drinking among young adults. The theme of the campaign is: "Don't be the drunken monkey."
28 May 2004
| by Jeremy Lee
Despite receiving more than 60 complaints that it was derogatory to the Scots or the English, Ofcom has ruled that Mother's spot for Egg Card did not breach the Advertising Standards Code.
A 'joined-up' system of ad regulation is a must-have for the ASA.
28 May 2004
| by Claire Beale, claire.beale@haynet.com
For even tailback-hardened motorists, Hammersmith roundabout is a real teeth-gritter. There's the steady convoy of eager bus drivers for whom the Hammersmith depot represents pee-and-tea nirvana, the weaving out-of-towners numbed by the three-lane Russian roulette, the inevitable necklace of red lights.