Representatives of EU and US consumers´ organizations have met with government officials in the first Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue conference in Washington. The dialogue, which forms part of the New Transatlantic Agenda, signed by President Clinton, Council President Tony Blair and Commission President Santer in December 1997, calls for discussions on product safety, food safety and… Continue reading EU: Consumer Dialogue Group meets
A survey for Reuters Business Insight reports that top UK brand companies are forecast to increase spend on direct marketing and sales promotion to 45% of marketing spend by 2002 (compared to 41% in 1997).
The Newspaper Society has commissioned research to examine the regulatory and commercial framework within which regional and local newspapers operate.A working party has been set up, and NERA (National Economic Research Associates) have been appointed as consultants to produce a report on the economics of the regional press and to examine the commercial impact of… Continue reading Newspaper Society Examines Ownership Regulation
The Council of Ministers Working Group on Consumer Protection has prepared a draft resolution on the consumer dimension of the Information Society which calls for the application of the country of destination principle. This resolution is being discussed at the next meeting of the group on 5 October 1998. The Federation of Direct Marketing is… Continue reading EU: Council goes for country of destination
Following a two-year struggle to gain approval for EC proposals on EU-wide rules governing the sale of financial services via telephone, direct selling or the Internet, a speech by Commissioner Mario Monti on 14 October is expected to propose a compromise to break the stalemate. In trying to reach agreement with the EP and MS,… Continue reading EU: Financial Services Distance Selling
The Radio Authority has decided to award the national commercial digital multiplex licence to Digital One, the digital consortium owned by GWR (57%), NTL (33%) and Talk Radio (10%).Digital One was the only group to submit an application for the licence (see Newsline), although in the run up to the deadline other parties considered submissions,… Continue reading Radio Authority Awards Digital Radio Multiplex To Sole Applicant
The Word, the centralised sales and marketing operation which represents the regional daily paid-for press to national advertisers, reported a successful year at its 10th Annual Meeting.Turnover was £3.9 million, and the group announced that it intends to phase out subscriptions by the year 2000. As well as this, the website, at www.theword.co.uk, is to… Continue reading The Word To Phase Out Subscriptions
ADscience, a UK-based computer company, launched new software today called ADfilter: a new internet facility that the group claims removes advertising from web pages and so speeds up internet browsing.When installed, ADfilter removes advertising banners, pop-up ads and other promotional material on the internet, and the company claims that tests show that download speeds increase… Continue reading UK Computer Company Filters Out Net Ads
The Radio Authority has imposed a £4,000 fine on Capital Radio’s Xfm following a failure to meet the Promise of Performance as set out in its licence description.Capital Radio bought the indie/alternative London station in May this year (see Capital’s Xfm Move Dependent On Watchdogs) and moved its operation from Charlotte Street to Capital’s headquarters… Continue reading Capital Radio Fined By RA For Xfm Output
As admitted by the Mirror Group last week, the Mirror has for the first time fallen behind the Daily Mail in terms of circulation. During September the Mail sold 2.42 million copies, compared to the Mirror‘s 2.38 million.Circulation across the broadsheet market was down by 3.3% to 5.63 million copies – a loss of 191,000… Continue reading Daily Mail Overtakes Mirror In Latest ABC Figures
