Compagnie Generale des Eaux has linked with Singapore Telecom and Yorkshire Water to invest about £200m in a cable system for Yorkshire.Singapore Telecom and CGE will each take a 45% stake, with Yorkshire Water putting up the rest. The money will be invested in Yorkshire Cable, which holds six franchises in the county. The company… Continue reading New Yorkshire Cable System
The Audit Bureau of Circulations is to split its business press titles into 2 groups which will be assigned separate audit periods. The 2 groups will be service and industrial,with the service group covering building, architecture and retail titles and the industrial group covering engineering, electronic and computer titles.The industrial group will submit returns for… Continue reading ABC Business Audit Periods
Reed Elsevier yesterday announced the first set of results since their merger – there was a 24% increase in pre-tax profits.Currency movements favoured the first half figures, which rose from £227m to £281m before tax.Professional publishing showed a 30% profit rise to £60m, and the consumer division was up 23% to £54m with a good… Continue reading Reed Elsevier Success
As the new football season begins, both the Daily Express and Today are to launch major soccer-based promotions.The Daily Express will launch a Spot the Ball game tomorrow which will also run in the Sunday Express. It offers £50 prizes, and a daily draw with a £1000 jackpot. It will be supported by a £500,000… Continue reading Football Fever For Express And Today
The Rajar data just released for the second quarter of 1993 shows few major changes in the London market, but ILR’s lead over the BBC national and local stations is extended slightly. ILR Total BBC Total Quarter 1 ’93 52.8 43.7 Quarter 2 ’93 55.5 41.2 The ILR figure includes “other”, which in Quarter 2… Continue reading LONDON RADIO LISTENING UPDATE
The Audit Bureau of Circulations is to split its business press titles into 2 groups which will be assigned separate audit periods. The 2 groups will be service and industrial,with the service group covering building, architecture and retail titles and the industrial group covering engineering, electronic and computer titles.The industrial group will submit returns for… Continue reading ABC Business Audit Periods
Compagnie Generale des Eaux has linked with Singapore Telecom and Yorkshire Water to invest about £200m in a cable system for Yorkshire.Singapore Telecom and CGE will each take a 45% stake, with Yorkshire Water putting up the rest. The money will be invested in Yorkshire Cable, which holds six franchises in the county. The company… Continue reading New Yorkshire Cable System
The Rajar data just released for the second quarter of 1993 shows few major changes in the London market, but ILR’s lead over the BBC national and local stations is extended slightly. ILR Total BBC Total Quarter 1 ’93 52.8 43.7 Quarter 2 ’93 55.5 41.2 The ILR figure includes “other”, which in Quarter 2… Continue reading LONDON RADIO LISTENING UPDATE
As the new football season begins, both the Daily Express and Today are to launch major soccer-based promotions.The Daily Express will launch a Spot the Ball game tomorrow which will also run in the Sunday Express. It offers £50 prizes, and a daily draw with a £1000 jackpot. It will be supported by a £500,000… Continue reading Football Fever For Express And Today
August 25th sees the launch of a new motoring weekly, Carweek, published by EMAP. It will consist of two different sections, an outer colour jacket containing news and features, and an inner section of listings and classified ads. Both sections will be of around 50 pages.CAR WEEK 071 216 6200With an Initial Print Run of… Continue reading Motoring Press Overview – Weeklies
