Underlying inflation remained at 2.1% during September 1999, according to figures released by the Office of National Statistics this morning. Inflation also stood at 2.1% during August, and has undershot the Government’s 2.5% target for the last six months.The headline rate of inflation was up 0.4% on August 1999 and was 1.1% higher than September… Continue reading Inflation Sticks At 2.1%
Advertising and marketing group, WPP, has acquired The Brand Union, the parent company of branding group Lambie-Nairn. The acquisition also includes packaging specialist Tutssels and commercial production company The Clinic.Lambie-Nairn is most famous for its branding of the original Channel 4 and its current BBC work, which includes the BBC1 hot-air balloon. Its clients also… Continue reading WPP Buys The Brand Union
Open, the interactive TV service jointly owned by BSkyB, BT, HSBC and Matsushita, launched today in the UK. The most advanced interactive television service in the world, it will be available to over 1 million SkyDigital subscribers across Britain.Allowing viewers to shop, bank, send emails, play games and have access to a range of entertainment… Continue reading Interactive TV Launches In The UK
Regional newspaper publisher, Eastern Counties Newspapers (ECN), has moved all its national and provincial advertising sales out of Amra and into rival sales group, Clacksons. The move follows ECN’s £58.3 million acquisition of Home Counties Newspapers (HCN) in April 1998 (see Home Counties Surprise Sell To Eastern); Clacksons already handles sales for HCN.ECN’s newspapers have… Continue reading Eastern Counties Pulls Sales Out Of Amra
Shares in broadcaster BSkyB dropped 5˝p yesterday to 581˝p. Open, the group’s joint interactive television venture with BT, HSBC, and Matsushita launches today.Shares in WPP rose as the advertising group announced its acquisition of The Brand Union (see WPP Buys The Brand Union). Prices closed up 20p to 620p.Reuters fell by 5p to 678p. The… Continue reading Sharewatch
EMAP Online, the new media division of media group EMAP, has announced a partnership with Cybuy, a new e-commerce subsidiary from NatWest, to offer transactional banner ads on its websites. The deal will make EMAP Online the first internet publisher in Europe to use the Cybuy-developed service.The system has been designed to remove the barriers… Continue reading EMAP Online And NatWest Pioneer Transactional Advertising
BSkyB has announced today the appointment of John Swingewood as director of new media content and technologies. The former director of internet and multimedia services at BT, who quit his position last week, will head the new division from November 1. Capital Radio has appointed a new marketing executive for Capital Gold. James Fairclough, who… Continue reading Newsline Brief
Launched last week, handbag.com is the first in a recent wave of internet portals targetting women (see Telegraph And Boots Target Women With New Internet Service). A joint venture between Hollinger Telegraph New Media and Boots, its aim is to provide the modern woman with everything she needs, from relationship advice to gardening tips.A marketing… Continue reading Web Review: handbag.com
Reuters has signed a deal to supply news bulletins to ft.com. From today the information group will provide 26 news services to the Financial Times web site which will be a mixture of online business, technology and sports reports and specialist reports from individual financial markets.Pearson recently announced a revamp of its ft.com web site… Continue reading Reuters To Supply News To ft.com
Carlton Communications emerged as the FTSE’s best performer on Friday with shares in the broadcaster rising by over 4% to 444p. The surge in its prices came after sales figures for ONdigital, the group’s joint digital venture with Granada, broke previous records (see ONdigital Sales Up By 66%). Both Merrill Lynch and Lehman Brothers gave… Continue reading Sharewatch
