The annual rate of inflation has fallen to 2.3% for March, it has been announced this morning. The Retail Prices Index is 150.6, taking 1985 as the base rate.The fall, from February’s 2.4% rate, means that hopes of lower interest rates have been revived; the RPI will increase pressure for an interest rate cut because… Continue reading Inflation Down For March
The Department of National Heritage has confirmed that it is being taken to court by the European Commission over its interpretation of rules on jurisdiction over satellite broadcasts. The Commission is insisting that Britain should have no jurisdiction to prevent satellite companies from broadcasting in Britain; this could remove Britain’s right to stop Continental satellite… Continue reading European Satellite Row Continues
Melody Radio’s regular financial news summaries are to be sponsored by Schroder Unit Trusts in a one year deal beginning on April 18.
Dennis Publishing is launching a new business title, Network Reseller Magazine, on June 28. The title will be bi-monthly, changing to monthly in September.Editorially the title will aim to cover all information needs of third party service providers, in the networking industry; it will be targeted at resellers, primarily those who work with networking equipment.A… Continue reading New Computer Business Title
Aegis has reported results today for 1993; there was a pre-tax loss of £18m, against a loss of £11m in 1992. There were write-offs as expected, (Newsline 11/4) of £40m.The write-offs are three times the £14m anticipated last October and include refinancing costs, closure of a Paris office and re-organisation in France, and a £4.2m… Continue reading Aegis Losses As Feared
The Financial Times is launching a promotion ‘Gourmet Breaks in France’ on Saturday 16 April. The newspaper has recently run a ‘Lunch For A Fiver’ promotion as well, although it limits itself to only six such offers per year.Readers have to collect eight tokens; this will enable them to four nights’ hotel accommodation for £10,… Continue reading FT France Offer
Unofficial overnight ratings for Monday nights’ viewing battle show the BBC’s third episode of Eastenders fared better than ITV’s spoiler, the Bond film Living Daylights. Eastenders achieved an audience of 11m; the first hour of the Bond film got 8.7m. Although this is lower than the usual Eastenders figures, the other episodes have weaker opposition.BBC… Continue reading Eastenders Beats Bond
IPC’s new men’s magazine, Loaded, launches today. The monthly has a cover price of £2, although the first issue has an introductory special price of 95p. With all the recent growth in the male sector, IPC examined the market and found what they believe is a gap between the younger titles, such as Sky and… Continue reading Loaded Review
Media advertising is not under any threat from the new marketing possibilities of databases, sponsorship, telemarketing and interactive media, according to Winston Fletcher, chairman of DFSD Bozell, speaking at the Newspaper Society’s advertising conference.Fletcher pointed out that media advertising actually accounts for 77% of all marketing communications, or £7.825 billion; sales promotion only accounted for… Continue reading Media Advertising Not Under Threat
Quality NewspapersThe latest national newspaper ABCs for October to March show the Independent and Independent on Sunday continuing to lose circulation at a dramatic rate. The Independent’s 6-monthly ABC figure was down by 16% year-on-year to 300,849 and its monthly figure for March fell to 276,837, down by 5.3% on February. The Independent on Sunday… Continue reading National Press Round Up – March
