The government’s proposed relaxation in poster planning laws has caused an angry reaction from poster contractors; there are fears that a reduction in restrictions will open the industry up to less scrupulous contractors.The existing planning regulations are inconsistent due to individual town planners. There have been calls for the Outdoor Advertising Association to review the… Continue reading Poster Relaxation Upsets Contractors
Saatchi & Saatchi have announced the sale of Hall Harrison Cowley to a management buy-out team. The deal involves four Hall Harrison Cowley managers; David Fowles, David Heal, John Lawson and Geoff Simmons.The reason given by Saatchi for the sale was to enable them to concentrate on their core businesses. A spokesman for Hall Harrison… Continue reading Saatchi & Saatchi Announce Sale Of Hall Harrison Cowley
Adscene, the Canterbury based newspaper publisher, has released results for the half-year to November 27. Pre-tax profits increased by 50% from £946,000 to £1.42m.This increase was attributed to an improvement in operating margins from 15 to 19.5%. Turnover was £6.4m, of which £6m came from advertising revenue, and the remainder from copy sales. Revenues climbed… Continue reading Adscene Announce Results – Up 50%
The top films of 1993 have been released, with no surprises as to the top film. Jurassic Park grossed £46.4m in takings, £29.4m more than the film in second place, The Bodyguard.TOP 10 UK BOX OFFICE SUCCESSES 1993 GROSS TAKINGS (M) 1 Jurassic Park £46.4 2 The Bodyguard £17.0 3 Home Alone 2: Lost in… Continue reading Jurassic Success – Top Films 1993/Admissions
JVC is to sponsor Sky sports coverage of the England cricket team’s tour of the West Indies. Coverage of the tour starts on February 16. Bell’s Scotch Whisky is to sponsor the GQ magazine show called Its A Man’s World.
The latest RAJAR figures released today offer little encouragement for BBC Radio with its share of listening falling by 3.5% points over the past year to 58.4% and its weekly reach falling by 5% points to 57%.Radio 1 has suffered most with its weekly reach falling from 36% in Quarter 4 1992 to 31% in… Continue reading BBC Radio’s Audience Continues To Decline
The Independent Television Commission has written to Yorkshire Television to express concern over recent storyline in Emmerdale. The programme carried a Lockerbie-style air disaster close to the anniversary of the air crash.The ITC has received 64 complaints, with over 1,000 complaints sent directly to ITV companies. Although the programmes did not breach the ITC code,… Continue reading ITC Criticises Emmerdale
Madagans plc is to sponsor the 2,000 Guineas horse race, on the second and third days of Newmarket’s spring meeting. Madagans, a debt collecting company, already sponsors the 1,000 Guineas. The £250,000 investment will go towards the prize money for the Jockey Club Stakes, on the middle day and the Classic on the final day.BMW… Continue reading Sponsor For Newmarket Spring Race
The first ABC figures for July to December 1993 can be released; these are for the National Magazine Company’s titles. Only two titles have recorded a decrease year on year, both glossy women’s monthlies. Cosmopolitan recorded a slight decrease of 3.4%; She however performed rather worse, dropping over 11% on 1992. Esquire, the male monthly… Continue reading Latest ABC Circulation – Consumer Magazines
The latest RAJAR data released today and covering the last quarter of 1993 shows that Commercial Radio has increased share and reach again – the fourth successive series of increases since the first RAJAR figures were released at this time last year.Over the year Commercial Radio has added 1.75m listeners weekly, almost entirely at the… Continue reading Commercial Radio Share And Reach Rise Again
