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Paling Ellis KPR, the healthcare agency, has appointed its first media director – Sue Wrigley.

More money is to be put into Saatchi’s regional agency network with a plan approved by chief executive Robert Louis Dreyfus. The regional agencies will be called the Hall Harrison Cowley Group from January and the group managing director Nick Bacon claims the extra investment will be in staff.

Sunday Correspondent ad director, Rupert Miles, is to join Hatchette as publisher of the magazine Elle.

Murray Media’s Scottish Sunday tabloid launching next spring, is to be called the Sunday Scot. Editor of the new colour paper, Steve Sampson, said it will be “Scotland’s only true national paper, published, printed, produced and owned by Scots.” The Sunday Scot is hoping for a circulation of 250,000.

John Spearman has been appointed chairman of Laser Sales.

Ford of Europe has signed a sponsorship deal for Eurosport’s Ski Report. The Ford Ski Report is now entering its fifth year.

The government has dropped the controversial “contiguity rule” which would have prevented dual ownership of adjacent TV franchise areas, and has re-defined as large all areas except TSW, Border, Grampian, Ulster, Channel and Tyne Tees. Licence holders can now own up to one large and one small franchise plus 20% of a third licence and… Continue reading Government Rethink On TV Licences

ITV is expected to launch its long awaited marketing initiative next spring, and the ITV companies are now examining methods of researching and monitoring network promotions. As part of the new initiative, the ITVA will be targeting advertisers with case histories of successful TV campaigns. Fourteen marketing subjects will be highlighted through a series of… Continue reading ITV Marketing Push

Hamfield Publications have appointed WCRS (071-242 2800) to handle the £4m launch of TV Plus.

Lloyds Bank is to be the overall sponsor of BBC’s Young Musician of the Year competition. Lloyds only got credited on the Master Class series this year, but from 1991 Lloyds will be widely recognised as the sponsor of the whole competition. The BBC maintains that no sponsorship money will go towards production costs.