14 Dec 1995
The former head of marketing at London Underground has been left without
a role in the organisation after his department was asked to reapply for
jobs under a new structure.
14 Dec 1995
Bass Breweries has plugged into public enthusiasm for gambling with the
launch of a Teletext lottery game around Stones Bitter. The Bars of Gold
promotion runs around a weekly prize draw for pounds 1000 with the
results broadcast to the pub via Teletext.
14 Dec 1995
| by ERIC WHITE
Eric White, Corporate marketing manager, The Trocadero, London
08 Dec 1995
| by Staff,
LONDON - Virgin Atlantic Airways has cast Helen Mirren, the British actress, as its new TV ad personality.
08 Dec 1995
Faulds Advertising has held on to the pounds 3.5 million Scottish
Tourist Board account, triumphing in a neck-and-neck pitch against its
arch-rival, the Leith Agency.
08 Dec 1995
| by JIM DAVIES
Clearly, the Collett Dickenson Pearce creative team, Andy McAdie and
Michael Victor, spent a good proportion of their schooldays fashioning
paper aeroplanes. Their impressive portfolio of direct mail is home to
several masterpieces of paper engineering.
08 Dec 1995
| by ROS SNOWDON
Simon Sheard, the man behind Stella Artois reassuringly expensive TV
ads, is joining Pontin s as marketing director to reverse a series of
disasters for the holiday-camp chain.
08 Dec 1995
More than 50 international brands have signed up with the HelpAd charity
advertising scheme, which organisers say could make pounds 5m for the
International Red Cross within six months.
08 Dec 1995
Lillywhites, which this week was sold off for pounds 28m.5m by hotel
group Forte, is close to appointing its first board-level marketing
director after searching for a senior marketer to head up a major brand
extension drive.
08 Dec 1995
| by JULIAN LEE
Facia, the UK s third largest private retail holding company, kicks off
the long-awaited overhaul of its portfolio of brands with the relaunch
of luggage chain Salisburys.