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Brahm, the Leeds agency, has won the £250,000 Yorkshire Evening Post account

Reed Business Publishing(081-661 3500) is closing the fortnightly title Take-Home Drinks after the October 18 issue. The magazine was launched in February 1989 with a controlled circulation of 30,000 but failed to establish itself in the dr

Clare MacDonald is promoted to Sales Controller at Broadcast Marketing Services and Pam Glenn is appointed agency sales manager.

Mellow 1557 finally went on air this week after Invicta Sound provided a rescue package for the Essex based station.

Nicky Lee and David Casson become Press Buying Directors at Zenith after Steve Booth’s departure to start KLB (NewsLine 3/10).

Squires Robertson Gill have opened a new office in Cardiff; the first media independent to operate in South Wales. Speaking to MediaTel today Managing Director of SRG London Mike Gill said: “The main reason for opening the office was to take advantage of the available media talent in the area.”The office is run by Peter… Continue reading SRG Open Cardiff Office

The director general of the Cable Authority, Jon Davey, speaking at the Financial Times Conference on ‘Investm- ent Opportunities in British Broadcasting’, yesterday set out four guidelines controlling the sale or takeover of cable franchises. Davey said the following guidelines are likely to be adopted by the ITC next January:(1) Any change of ownership requires… Continue reading Cable Franchise Guidelines

Channel 5 could attract around £40m in ad revenue in 1994 (when it launches), increasing to £325m by 2003 (at constant 1989 prices) according to the results of the IPA’s study into the financial viability of Channel 5. If Channel 5 does achieve these targets these figures would represent an estimated 2% share of total… Continue reading IPA Report On Channel 5

The GWR Group has published its second Independent Radio Industry Report focussing on the potential of radio in the 1990s. The report includes contributions from Radio Clyde, Capital Radio and Saatchi & Saatchi. Among its findings is the prediction that radio’s share of ad spend will grow from 2.1% to 2.6% by 1995 and that… Continue reading GWR Radio Report

Former Allen Brady and Marsh media planning director Bob Nowak has been appointed commercial director of sales and marketing at AGB (081 997 8484).