Abbott Mead Vickers revealed its interim financial results today for the first half of 1998, which showed that pre-tax profit was up 20% this half of the year, to £7.32 million.Earnings per share also displayed an impressive rise of 23%, increasing to 6.21p and turnover rose to £216.63 million, a rise of 4%.Chairman, Peter Mead,… Continue reading AMV Pre-Tax Profits Up By 20%
The latest set of regional ABC figures show that the market has redressed the general decline in circulation which has dogged the regional press for some time. Two thirds (63%) of regional titles have reported circulation growth, according to the Newspaper Society (NS).The Newcastle Evening Chronicle and The Sunday Mercury (Birmingham) showed the biggest increases… Continue reading Regional Press Halts Circulation Decline
Outdoor advertiser, the More Group, has announced a number of organisational changes. The company’s managing director, Peter Smyth, disclosed the following changes in staff appointments……Julie France moves from deputy advertising director to sales director of More Group GB. She will be in charge of creating a single sales group for the company.…Michael Higgins becomes group… Continue reading More Group Internal Reorganisation
The Radio Authority is this week publishing a notice inviting declarations of intent to apply for the local radio licence on the FM waveband for the Lincoln area, for an 8 year period starting from 28 February 2000.Prospective applicants must submit a declaration of intent to apply before the 20 October 1998, accompanied by a… Continue reading Radio Authority Pre-Advertises Licence
The latest set of regional ABC figures show that the market has redressed the general decline in circulation which has dogged the regional press for some time. Two thirds (63%) of regional titles have reported circulation growth, according to the Newspaper Society (NS).The Newcastle Evening Chronicle and The Sunday Mercury (Birmingham) showed the biggest increases… Continue reading Regional Press Halts Circulation Decline
IPC has announced that it has promoted its former group and sales director, Georgina Crace, to director of advertisement sales across the entire IPC portfolio.The role will involve creating a united IPC sales force, and will be effective from 28 September. Chief executive Mike Mathew commented on the appointment: “When Georgina joined us from Express… Continue reading IPC Promotes Ad Director
Circulation across the broadsheets was down by 2.1% to to 5.6 million copies – a loss of just under 120,000 copies for March-August 1998. Only the Financial Times and News International’s (NI) Times and Sunday Times showed improvements in circulation.The Sunday Telegraph suffered the greatest loss in terms of copies. The greatest increase in the… Continue reading National Newspaper ABC Round-Up – August 1998
ABC// electronic recorded 44,142,051 page impression for the Yahoo!Uk and Ireland site, www.yahoo.co.uk, in the period 1-30 June 1998 which is an increase of 28% on the March period.Yahoo! has also opted to have individual advertisers’ statistics verified, meaning that the activity of a specific advertising banner can be monitored, which provides campaign information and… Continue reading Yahoo! Sees An Increase In Website Traffic
Last week saw the introduction of a new women’s title – Women’s Health – into an already packed sector of the magazine market.Women’s Health, however, identifies itself as a magazine with a difference, distancing itself from other women’s titles which feature skinny models by claiming to represent ‘real women’ (see Newsline). Christine Morgan, the magazine’s… Continue reading The State Of Women’s Health
Quality Market Circulation across the broadsheets was down by 2.1% to to 5.6 million copies – a loss of just under 120,000 copies for March-August 1998. Only the Financial Times and News International’s (NI) Times and Sunday Times showed improvements in circulation.The Sunday Telegraph suffered the greatest loss in terms of copies, down by fractionally… Continue reading National Newspaper ABC Round-Up – August 1998
