08 Sep 2000
LONDON - The Daily Record has appointed Peter Cox, former editor of the Scottish Sunday Mail, as its new editor.
08 Sep 2000
St Luke s is expanding into Europe with plans to open an agency in Stockholm and has already picked up an estimated pounds 30 million slice of the Swedish telecommunications giant Telia to kickstart the new shop.
08 Sep 2000
| by MATTHEW COWEN
Vodafone is holding a review of its European advertising business with a view to appointing an agency network to a single pan-European account.
08 Sep 2000
| by EMMA POOLE
RHM, the parent of brands including Bisto, Robertson s and Mr Kipling, is talking to agencies about its pounds 5 million Hovis creative account, held by D Arcy.
Bartle Bogle Hegarty is set to handle the UK internet launch of SEB, one of Sweden s largest banks, backed by a pounds 5 million budget.
08 Sep 2000
| by MATTHEW COWEN
EasyGroup is drawing up a shortlist of agencies for the pounds 6 million media account of Easy.com, a comparison shopping site set for launch by the end of the year.
The Halifax has dropped Ogilvy & Mather from the list of agencies vying for its business amid growing speculation that it will split the TV and print assignments on the pounds 16 million account.
08 Sep 2000
| by ANNA GRIFFITHS
Channel 4 s digital entertainment channel E4, which goes on air in November, has asked four agencies to pitch for its pounds 10 million launch campaign.
08 Sep 2000
Mars has resolved its row with Channel 4 over TV rates and is to put its advertising back on to the channel this month. Mars had failed to agree a new annual deal, that was to begin in April, when an impasse over discounting took place.
08 Sep 2000
The Royal Bank of Scotland has extended its relationship with M&C Saatchi with an appointment to handle its corporate banking and financial markets business. The account, which will bill a reported pounds 4 million, was awarded after a three-way pitch that also involved Faulds, the incumbent shop. A...