GMTV’s Fun In The Sun Spanish road-show is being sponsored by Smith & Nephew’s Elastoplast brand. Elastoplast is returning to TV advertising after a break of eleven years.Sony Playstation has signed a three-year perimeter board sponsorship deal with the Premier League. The campaign will run in every Premier League football ground in the country. Meanwhile,… Continue reading Sponsorship News
Amirati Puris Lintas has taken-on Deborah Mills as a senior planner, she is currently freelancing and starts at APL in September.Nick Daly, media director at Initiative Media, is reported to be leaving to join Carat International.At Mellors Reay & Partners, Rachel Duckett has been promoted from senior planner to planning director. She replaces Justin Kent… Continue reading Movement In The Ranks
Candy, the white-electrical goods manufacturer, has signed a deal with Talk Radio to sponsor the Lorraine Kelly Show. Candy will sponsor a fifteen minute segment of the show focusing on consumer issues.Talk Radio: 0171 636 1089
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
EMAP Online has launched http://www.bargainholidays.com, this site allows users to book holidays over the Net.The service, a partnership between EMAP, data supplier Comtec, and ABTA-bonded and IATA-licensed Holiday Express, features holidays and flights from nearly 30 UK operators.Bargainholidays.com was the brainchild of EMAP Online’s design chief Ed Whiting. He said: “The Internet is an ideal… Continue reading EMAP Online Launches Holiday Booking Service On The Internet
IPC Magazines’ Music and Sport Group has promoted Ben Turner, assistant editor of Muzik magazine, to associate editor of the title. His new role gives him a greater responsibility for marketing, as well as a continued close involvement in the editorial development of Muzik. Commenting on his new position, Turner said: “I am delighted with… Continue reading Fine Tuning At Muzik
Reuters Business Briefing, which provides business information to the corporate market, is now available to intranet users via Microsoft’s Internet Explorer.Michael Foster, director of Business Information at Reuters commented: “We are very excited about working with Microsoft to bring our news to the fast-growing corporate community.”Reuters: 0171 250 1122
The IPA is expanding its twinning initiative from the Top 20 to the Top 50 IPA member agencies.A review of the first year of the scheme found that advertising agencies and universities are benefiting considerably from the twinning relationship. Over half the twinned agencies have set-up programmes of student placements and exchange visits and most… Continue reading IPA Expands Twinning Initiative
The Press Complaints Commission has released its annual report for 1996. During the year, a total of 3,023 complaints were made, an increase of 20% year-on-year. Not only is this a significant increase on 1996, but it also takes the number of complaints made to a record level. The chairman of the commission, Lord Wakeham,… Continue reading Press Complaints Commission – Annual Report 1996
