02 Jun 2000
| by JADE GARRETT
The Royal Bank of Scotland has held talks with M s branding strategy.
KPMG, the third largest of the big five accountancy firms, has
handed J. Walter Thompson and MindShare its dollars 90 million global
advertising and media accounts.
02 Jun 2000
| by MATTHEW COWEN
The Institute of Directors has slammed a nationwide campaign for
Freeloader.com as grossly irresponsible for encouraging people to play
computer games at work.
02 Jun 2000
| by MATTHEW COWEN
Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO has snatched back the Sainsbury s TV
advertising account after the struggling supermarket chain dropped M&C
Saatchi in a dramatic meeting on Tuesday night.
02 Jun 2000
| by ANNA GRIFFITHS
Fiona Smedley, the joint managing director of Universal McCann, is
quitting to set up her own business.
02 Jun 2000
| by ELEANOR TRICKETT
FCA! has scooped Gold for best overall execution for the second
year running in the Campaign Direct Awards, with its dollars 20
execution for Fidelity Investments.
The 37th International Advertising Association Congress will be
missing one key ingredient when it opens for business next week - the
Millennium Dome.
02 Jun 2000
| by ANNA GRIFFITHS
ITV s marketing and commercial director, John Hardie, has hit out
at the Billett Consultancy for advising advertisers to shift their spend
away from ITV (Campaign, 26 May).
02 Jun 2000
| by EMMA HALL
The deadlock between the AFVPA and Bectu has been resolved after
more than a year of on-off negotiations.
02 Jun 2000
| by ELEANOR TRICKETT
Mike Croft, the founder of Publicis Technology and the former chief
executive of FCA!, has launched a media owner company called Mongrel and
is looking for an agency to handle its pounds 12 million marketing
budget.