Adshel has secured the new 15 year street furniture contract for Salisbury, beating rival bids from three other contractors.The contract, which begins in Spring 2003, will see Adshel supply and maintain 80 new glass and stainless steel bus shelters, designed to enhance Salisbury’s historic street scene.Adshel has secured a range of street furniture contract this… Continue reading Adshel Secures Salisbury Street Furniture Contract
Hachette Filipacchi’s glossy teen monthly, Sugar, is celebrating its 100th issue with a special bumper birthday edition.A special issue of the magazine will appear on newsstands in February and will feature the results of the first ever 100 Most Inspirational Girls Survey, which saw readers nominate which celebrities and real life girls inspire them the… Continue reading Sugar Celebrates Birthday With Bumper Issue
Emap’s new interactive Smash Hits chart show is to launch on Sunday 5 January between 4pm and 7pm, after Pepsi withdrew its sponsorship from the Network Chart Show (see Emap Launches Multi-Media Chart Show).The new show is to be presented by Mark Goodier, who previously presented the chart show on Radio One, and will allow… Continue reading Emap Launches Re-Vamped Chart Show
The Evening Standard is believed to have unveiled a series of new ad packages requiring a minimum advertising rate unless space is bought in bulk.According to a report in today’s Financial Times, the move will take away the freedom to negotiate prices and could antagonise media buyers, who are used to some degree of flexibility… Continue reading Evening Standard Set To Launch New Ad Packages
Freeview could face an uphill struggle over the next year as it competes for audience share with Sky and cable digital services, according to new research from BMRB.The figures show that only 9% of those without digital TV said they would be very interested in buying a £99 set-top box to receive Freeview next year.… Continue reading Only One In Ten Very Interested In Freeview
Despite weekend speculation regarding a dispute with a prominent creditor, Telewest is confident that it will complete its financial restructuring early in 2003.The indebted cable firm is currently negotiating a new £2 billion loan that will enable refinancing to take place. Telewest is planning to convert £3.5 million of its £5.3 billion debt to shares… Continue reading Telewest Positive On Restructuring Plan
The underlying rate of inflation rose to 2.8% last month, its highest level for more than four years, according to the latest figures from the Office Of National Statistics (ONS).It is understood that rising house prices helped push the figure above the Bank of England’s target rate of 2.5%.The headline rate of inflation, which includes… Continue reading Inflation Rises To Four Year High
UK publishing group, Highbury House Communications, this morning said that it is still on target to improve profits for the full year, despite the continuing poor conditions in the business advertising market. Nevertheless, profits are still likely to be ‘somewhat lower’ than current market forecasts. The consumer publishing division has continued to perform well in… Continue reading Highbury House Sees Some Profit Growth, But Below Expectations
After more than two years of investigations, the Office Of Fair Trading (OFT) has concluded that BSkyB, whilst holding a dominant market position, has not been operating in breach of the competition law (see OFT Proposes Ruling Against BSkyB). Margin squeeze The OFT has been investigating complaints from rival pay-TV operators that Sky abuses its… Continue reading BSkyB Has Not Acted Anti-Competitively, Finds OFT
US business-to-business (B2B) advertising spend decreased by 9% in October, whilst advertising page volumes decreased by 10.6%, according to the latest figures from American Business Media (ABM). This is an improvement in the rate of decline, with overall growth this year standing at -16.7%; pages are down by 16.9% in the calendar year. “In spite… Continue reading Decline Eases Slightly In US B2B Advertising
