Barker & Ralston will be merging with management consultancy firm PDP International to create a new company called Mountain View with a combined annual fee income of over £4 million.The main shareholders in the venture will be David Barker and Derek Ralston as well as Thomas Bayne, PDP’s chief executive. The move is a welcome… Continue reading Barker & Ralston Go For Mountain View
The Direct Marketing Association has launched a new Code of Practice which member companies will be expected to comply with by October.The new Code comes at a time when complaints relating to direct marketing are at an all time low. The percentage of complaints made to the Data Protection Registrar have fallen from 49% in… Continue reading New Direct Marketing Code
Football Monthly will be relaunched on 1 August after seven months of being off the newsstands. According to Press Gazette the 46-year-old title has been bought by Chelsea Communications, the media arm of Chelsea Village which also owns Chelsea Football Club.The title will aim to cater for a niche readership in the football magazine market… Continue reading Football Monthly Returns
The future of Sunday Business remains indoubt after a bid to buy-out Group 2000’s 75% stake in the paper fell through at the last minute.Senior staff at the paper and minor shareholders blocked moves by Tom Rubython, the paper’s founder, to take control late last week.Talks have been continuing all this week and the Board… Continue reading Sunday Business Still Clutching At Straws
The ITC has awarded the local delivery licence for Fife to Telewest Communications Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Telewest Communications Plc. Telewest is committed to serving 35,000 homes by the end of 2003.Meanwhile, the ITC has awarded the local delivery licence for Ayr to Ayrshire Cable & Telecoms Ltd, backed by the principals of… Continue reading Two New Cable Companies In Scotland
The Radio Authority sees no reason, in terms of plurality of ownership or diversity of output, to terminate the acquisition of Virgin Radio by Capital Radio on the grounds of public interest.No final decision can be made by the Authority until the Office Of Fair Trading has completed its investigation into the competition implications of… Continue reading Radio Authority Approve Virgin Takeover
Euromoney Publications Plc has agreed to acquire all the issued share capital of Institutional Investor Inc from ABC Inc, an indirect subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, for $142 million.The directors of Euromoney believe the two groups will bring together two of the strongest brand names in international financial publishing and should create opportunities for… Continue reading New Acquisition For Euromoney
The Advertising Association has welcomed the adoption yesterday by the European Parliament of the Larive Report on the European Commission’s Green Paper on Commercial Communications.Lionel Stanbrook, deputy director-general of the AA, said: “The result is very good from the UK advertising industry’s point of view. This endorsement by the European Parliament has given the Green… Continue reading AA Welcomes Adoption Of Larive Report
TSMS has signed a new four-year air-time sales contract with S4C, the Welsh broadcaster.TSMS: 0181 991 6666
The Mirror is launching an A4 soccer magazine on 28 July. The colour publication Football Fever will be included with the paper every Monday. A five week TV advertising campaign supporting the launch kicks-off on 27 July.Mirror Group: 0171 293 3000
