Campaign articles from December 2003

Campaign archives from December 2003

Burnett lands global Big Mac brief.(Brief Article)
December 5, 2003... McDonald's has appointed Publicis Groupe's Leo Burnett Worldwide to create a global advertising campaign for its flagship Big Mac brand. Burnett won the business after a pitch against its fellow McDonald's roster networks TBWA Worldwide...

Jones and Blackden take Universal helm in Shaw restructure.(Brief Article)
December 5, 2003... Universal McCann is overhauling its management team in a bid to improve its performance in 2004. Andy Jones, the agency's operations director, and Damian Blackden, the head of Universal Interactive, have been promoted to joint managing...

HSBC rethink puts Lowe under threat.
December 5, 2003... HSBC, the banking and financial services giant, is preparing to review its advertising and communications across the globe, threatening Lowe's tenure on the business. Omnicom and Sir Martin Sorrell's WPP are thought to be the leading...

AA hits out at Govt's plans for tax on alcohol ads.( Advertising Association)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2003... The advertising industry has pledged to fight a plan by the Government to impose a levy on ad campaigns for alcohol as part of a drive to stamp out binge drinking. In a document setting out ideas for Labour's general election manifesto...

McCann on alert as TTA reviews its pounds 3m media and creative.(Teacher Training Agency's media accounts)
December 5, 2003... The Teacher Training Agency is reviewing its pounds 3 million creative and media accounts. McCann-Erickson Manchester handles the business, having won it from Delaney Lund Knox Warren & Partners in April 2000. The TTA is also in talks...

New M&C offshoot to advise lobbyists.(M&C Saatchi setting up a new company Influence)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2003... M&C Saatchi is setting up a new company to advise pressure groups trying to win over the public and politicians. But Maurice Saatchi, the Tory Party's newly elected joint chairman, will have no direct involvement in it for fear of...

Agencies line up for three-year contract at the Dairy Council.(will promote benefits of milk to 15- to 19-year-old girls)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2003... The Dairy Council has shortlisted four agencies to pitch for a three-year advertising contract to promote the benefits of milk to 15- to 19-year-old girls. It is not known if BMP DDB, responsible for the Dairy Council's 'The White Stuff'...

WWAV strengthens management to prepare for recovery.(WWAV Rapp Collins )(Brief Article)
December 5, 2003... WWAV Rapp Collins is strengthening its senior management team to prepare for what it sees as the recovery of the direct marketing sector. It has appointed Marco Scognamiglio, the managing director of its Scottish agency, as the joint...

Unilever appoints BBH to pounds 8m Surf business.(Unilever appoints Bartle Bogle Hegarty )(Brief Article)
December 5, 2003... Unilever has moved its pounds 8 million pan-European Surf business out of Lowe and into Bartle Bogle Hegarty without a pitch. The assignment complements Unilever's pan-European Lynx and Bertolli accounts already handled by BBH and...

Ebay seeks agency for pounds 3m offline ad drive.(Brief Article)
December 5, 2003... The online auction site Ebay has approached several UK agencies with a view to launching its first offline advertising campaign. The e-commerce site, which started up in 1998, is currently without a creative agency in this country. It uses...

Associated to create internet versions of Daily Mail and MoS.(dailymail. co.uk and mailonsunday. co.uk)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2003... Associated New Media is launching online versions of its Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday titles. The websites, dailymail. co.uk and mailonsunday. co.uk, will launch next year and will offer content from the print versions combined with...

Wheel management stages buyout from its Primedia parent.(funding comes from an unnamed investment company)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2003... Philip Hunt and Ewen Sturgeon, the digital agency Wheel's chief executive and managing director respectively, have engineered a management buyout from its parent, the quoted South African media group Primedia. The buyout, for an...

RKCR/Y&R picks head of planning.(David Golding, new head of planning)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2003... Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe/Y&R has chosen David Golding to be its head of planning, as part of the agency's succession management plans. Golding, who is the deputy head of planning at WCRS, will fill the newly created role of planning...

Abbey National set for digital pitch as AAR forms shortlist.(reviewing digital creative advertising account)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2003... Abbey National is reviewing its digital creative advertising account and is holding a pitch, which is being conducted through the AAR. The AAR's digital arm, headed by Juliet Blackburn, is in the process of drawing up a shortlist of...

Keevill and Kershaw to launch DM agency.(new direct marketing agency)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2003... Phil Keevill and Simon Kershaw, the former Craik Jones Watson Mitchell Voelkel creative directors, are launching a direct marketing agency. The pair has teamed up with Lisa Lee, a former Ogilvy & Mather director, to launch Keevill Lee...

Saatchis teams up with record labels to move into music.(music publishing business)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2003... Saatchi & Saatchi is extending its activities into music publishing. The agency has signed independent record labels including Mute Song and its sister label Mute Records, and aims to sign more. Saatchis' new head of television, Andy...

HOTLINE: Complimentary copy of our inaugural A List.(media and marketing industries)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2003... This week's issue of Campaign comes with a complimentary copy of our inaugural A List, the most comprehensive (and entertaining) list of the elite of the advertising, media and marketing industries. It is sponsored by Stolkin + Partners. To buy...

HOTLINE: Greg Turzynski and James Whitmore plan to launch agency.(new media agency)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2003... Greg Turzynski, the former managing director of ZenithOptimedia, and James Whitmore, the former managing director of Mediaedge:cia, are planning to launch a media agency. Both left their managing director jobs earlier this year.

HOTLINE: Mother and J. Walter Thompson make final stage of Boots pitch.(integrated Boots pitch)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2003... The teams led by Mother and J. Walter Thompson have made it to the final stage of the pounds 90 million integrated Boots pitch. Publicis and Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO were ruled out at the end of last week. A final result is expected at the...

HOTLINE: J. Walter Thompson appointed by Boehringer Ingleheim.(pharmaceutical company)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2003... J. Walter Thompson has been appointed by the pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingleheim to advertise Yentreve, its incontinence drug for women. The agency was handed the global account after winning a pitch against Grey, BBDO and FCB. The...

HOTLINE: Derbyshire Building Society talks to agencies.(future of advertising program)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2003... Derbyshire Building Society is talking to agencies about the future of its advertising. The society, once a consistent spender on TV and posters, is said to be putting pounds 3 million behind a relaunch.

HOTLINE: The IPA appoints Sue Green.(administration of pension scheme)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2003... The IPA has appointed Sue Green to take over the day-to-day administration of its pension scheme for agencies. A former agency executive and independent financial advisor, she succeeds Roger Newnes-Smith who is retiring after ten years in the...

HOTLINE: Npower considers returning to above-the-line advertising.(energy supplier)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2003... Npower, the energy supplier, is considering a return to above-the-line advertising and may hold a pitch early next year. The company's account at TBWA\ London has been dormant for more than 18 months.

HOTLINE: Frutella looks for media agency to handle its account.(Dutch confectionery brand)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2003... The Dutch confectionery brand Frutella is looking for a media agency to handle its account. There is no incumbent agency.

HOTLINE: Parcelforce Worldwide approaches agencies.(direct marketing and advertising accounts)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2003... Parcelforce Worldwide has approached agencies about handling its direct marketing and advertising accounts. It has spent pounds 1 million above the line over the past year.

HOTLINE: Mediaedge:cia wins media account for London Fire Brigade.(new ad agency)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2003... Mediaedge:cia has won the media account for the London Fire Brigade. It has also been awarded, with Mustoes, an account from COI Communications to promote the advisory body ACAS to smaller businesses.

HOTLINE: Blaupunkt looks for media agency.(manufacturer of entertainment products)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2003... Blaupunkt, the manufacturer of in-car entertainment products and mobile technology, is looking for a media agency to handle its account.

HOTLINE: News International backs down.(fight with advertisers)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2003... News International has backed down in a row with advertisers about the cost of running ads in The Times' tabloid edition. The newspaper has dropped its policy of charging 'gatekeeper' fees, which cover the costs of ensuring ads can be...

HOTLINE: ITV's Christmas schedule.(adaptation of Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2003... ITV's Christmas schedule includes an adaptation of Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge; Martin Kemp in a drama based on the serial killer George Joseph Smith, called Brides In The Bath, and Julie Walters starring as a lifer serving a...

HOTLINE: Ian Christie transfers to Saatchi's London office.(new worldwide account director)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2003... Ian Christie, the chief executive of Saatchi & Saatchi New Zealand, is transferring to the London office to take the position of worldwide account director on the T-Mobile business.

HOTLINE: Blockbuster holds pitch through the AAR.(video-rental chain)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2003... The video-rental chain Blockbuster is holding a pitch through the AAR to appoint a digital creative agency. Viacom, which also owns the MTV networks, has an 82 per cent stake in Blockbuster.

ZenithOptimedia wins pounds 32m UIP task.(United International Pictures)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2003... The film distributor United International Pictures has shifted its pounds 32 million media planning and buying account out of Mediaedge:cia and into ZenithOptimedia. The move ends a 15-year relationship between UIP - which distributes...

Page and Gray join forces to start NWD marketing services.(new marketing services group)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2003... Alan Page, the former creative director of the defunct agency Yellowhammer, and David Gray, the former head of the London outpost of Armando Testa, have joined forces to launch a new marketing services group called NWD. The company has...

Digby takes main role in new ITV sales team.(Gary Digby, new ITV sales director)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2003... Gary Digby, the sales director at Carlton TV, has been appointed as the first sales director of the merged ITV. He defeated the Granada Enterprises managing director, Simon Pardon, to take the job. Simon Lent, currently Digby's opposite...

Leith launches Carling Extra Cold with national TV ad.(new television commercial)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2003... Leith London is launching Carling Extra Cold nationally this week with a new television commercial. The execution, called 'delivery', plays on the meaning of the word 'cold'. Breaking on Friday, it is the first in a series of ads that...

Mallinson takes on cross-media post to develop FHM brand.(James Mallinson, new cross-media director)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2003... Emap has created a new role to encourage the development of the FHM brand and cross-media sales. James Mallinson becomes the cross-media director for FHM and will work across the brand's properties including the core magazine, FHM.com and...

MTV ad agitates over Burma.(Amsterdam-based ad agency StrawberryFrog)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2003... MTV Europe has appointed the Amsterdam-based ad agency StrawberryFrog to create a global television campaign calling for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of the Burmese Democratic Movement. The 60-second spot, which will run...

Grey wooing of Seat pays off as it takes on Europe account.(Grey Worldwide gets contract)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2003... The pounds 50 million Seat pan-European account is moving to Grey Worldwide after months of speculation linking the network with the Volkswagen-owned car brand. The move climaxes a period of ardent wooing of Seat by Grey in the wake of the...

Skoda CD aims for street appeal.(hip-hop track)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2003... Skoda has created a hip-hop track dedicated to its Fabia vRS model. The Yoda in a Skoda track features on a CD mailing, through Archibald Ingall Stretton, that hopes to play on the hatchback's street appeal. AIS's campaign focuses on...

Victoria White lands position of editor of Company magazine.(National Magazine Company)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2003... The National Magazine Company has appointed Victoria White as the editor of Company magazine. White replaces Sam Baker, who announced in September that she was stepping down to pursue a writing career after five years in the job. ...

ITC and Ofcom lift joint sales ban.(consolidation in TV sales market)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2003... The prospect of further consolidation in the TV sales market moved a step closer after the Independent Television Commission and Ofcom lifted a ban on the joint selling of airtime. The news will disappoint those advertisers who have lobbied...

Profero unveils ads for second stage of Ask Jeeves activity.(Ask Jeeves UK 'Should've asked Jeeves' ad campaign)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2003... Ask Jeeves UK is launching the second stage of its 'Should've asked Jeeves' campaign with digital creative through the full-service new-media agency Profero. The campaign depicts users caught in a series of unfortunate situations because...

3M boosts Scotch Tape Strips with TV spots.(produced by Grey London)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2003... The Scotch Tape brand is returning to TV as part of an effort by its maker, 3M, to boost sales during the present-giving season. The national initiative, produced by Grey London, is to promote Scotch Tape Strips and takes a humorous...

Saatchis apes scent ad for St Mungo's.(Saatchi & Saatchi's new perfume ad)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2003... Saatchi & Saatchi aims to highlight the reality of life for the homeless with a campaign in the style of a perfume ad. The print ad for London's leading homelessness charity, St Mungo's, pictures a man sleeping rough in the doorway of a...

Selfridges backs its Feast event with DM from Claydon Heeley.(Christmas in-store event)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2003... Selfridges is backing its Christmas in-store event with promotional activity to its cardholders. The department store's London branch is staging Feast, 'a celebration of childhood dreams', which will run through the festive period. ...

Wallpaper Group launches Navigator travel magazine.(Brief Article)
December 5, 2003... Wallpaper Group, a division of IPC Media, is launching a travel magazine. Navigator, a bi-annual title, will go on sale in February 2004 and will offer coverage of and insight into the world's top cities. The title is an extension of...

PAA unveils Christmas Barnardo's campaign.(Christmas direct marketing campaign)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2003... Barnardo's, the children's charity, has developed a Christmas direct marketing campaign featuring a series of 'young heroes'. Partners Andrews Aldridge has created its first Christmas campaign for the charity, which has in the past used...

Burkitt DDB creates Energizer bus-side push.(Christmas campaign for Energizer batteries)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2003... Burkitt DDB has created a Christmas campaign for Energizer batteries, which will run on London's buses. The campaign, which is called 'You'd be mad to forget them', is designed to remind shoppers to stock up on batteries to avoid...

Joshua beats roster shops to land Mars integrated business.(Masterfoods hires integrated marketing specialist)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2003... Masterfoods has appointed the integrated marketing specialist Joshua to its Mars confectionery ad account. The agency was awarded the business this week after a pitch against the company's roster agencies. It has been given the brief...

McQuiggan quits as Lowe planning arm absorbed by agency.(strategic planning consultancy)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2003... Lowe is assimilating its LoweBrand operation into the main agency, ending months of speculation about the future of its strategic planning consultancy. The merger has precipitated the departure of Simon McQuiggan, the former Mirror Group...

Howe dies at 60 after long fight with cancer.(Vernon Howe)(Obituary)
December 5, 2003... Vernon Howe, the creative-turned-commercials director, best known as one of the originators of the 'Heineken refreshes the parts... ' campaign, has died aged 60. Howe, who was not only associated with some of the most memorable advertising...

McCann airs new Bacardi Breezer ad.(ad by McCann-Erickson)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2003... High-spirited office colleagues frolic around dressed as angels and a devil in the latest Bacardi Breezer ad by McCann-Erickson. In a continuation of the long-running 'Latin spirit' campaign, unbeknown to their boss, the man and woman have...

BBC to showcase its Christmas comedy with animated trails.(animated campaign)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2003... The BBC is to showcase its comedy credentials in an animated campaign featuring some of its most popular characters, created by BBC Broadcast. The theme of the on-air trails is 'We've got the whole family over this year' and features...

Linda Barker features in Garnier Belle Colour mailing from WWAV.(Garnier's Belle Colour permanent hair colourant range)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2003... WWAV Rapp Collins has cast the interior designer Linda Barker in a direct mailing to promote Garnier's Belle Colour permanent hair colourant range. It introduces consumers to the DIY 'colour selector headband' - a crown, striped with a...

Beechams to target younger consumer in three new TV ads.(new television advertising)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2003... Beechams is to target younger consumers in new television advertising to coincide with the peak period for coughs and colds. The new initiative, breaking nationally this week, is to launch Beechams Max Strength Sore Throat Relief Lozenges...

BUSINESS PERFORMANCE LEAGUE: 5 December.(Brief Article)
December 5, 2003... Rank Rank Agency Total Total Net this last billings billings billings week week gained lost gained ...

MEDIA PERFORMANCE LEAGUE: 5 December.(Brief Article)
December 5, 2003... Rank Rank Agency Total Total Net this last billings billings billings week week gained lost gained ...

MEDIA: ZEITGEIST - British architecture is cool as displayed by the Foreign Office exhibition at the ICA.(construction of the 'Shard of Glass')(Brief Article)
December 5, 2003... Despite the odds being stacked against it (an innate cultural cautiousness, an obsession with conservation, Prince Charles), British architecture is currently really hot. Two weeks ago, planning permission was given for the construction of...

MEDIA FORUM: Why isn't TV a sexy medium any more?(Campaign Media Awards)
December 5, 2003... Creatives love working on TV ads but is media strategists' apparent lack of interest in TV a worry, Alasdair Reid asks. In the mad rush to embrace faddish bells and whistles, the media industry is losing its grip on the basics. That, at...

MEDIA: BEHIND THE HYPE - Chime shows its content credentials with Flipside.(Bartle Bogle Hegarty forms content division)
December 5, 2003... Flipside is entertaining but promoting channel surfing is a bit risky, Ian Darby says. There has been seemingly endless talk about ad and media agencies becoming content providers and Bartle Bogle Hegarty et al have established content...

MEDIA PERSPECTIVE: McDonald's dollars 1.2bn business is OMD's chance to go large.(Brief Article)
December 5, 2003... You can't get more global than McDonald's. It would be hard to find another more corporate, international and deliberately bland company. My opinion was reinforced on a recent break to Prague where, after several pints of foaming Czech...

MEDIA HEADLINER: Incorruptible 'Scotweiler' has bite as Ofcom ITV adjudicator.(David Connolly)
December 5, 2003... Connolly's principles make him a wise choice for Ofcom position, Jeremy Lee writes. David Connolly has been described as a 'cartoon Jock'. It's certainly true that if (and obviously only in the secrecy of your own home) you were...

MEDIA SPOTLIGHT: Airtime adjudicator on course for a winter storm.(David Connolly)
December 5, 2003... But is it a storm in a teacup as some industry comment suggests? Right up until David Connolly was handed the job of Ofcom's adjudicator last week, the widespread assumption across large parts of the industry was that the job was going to...

CLOSE-UP: LIVE ISSUE - Why are ad agencies turning to advisory boards?(improving client relationships)
December 5, 2003... Advisory boards provide an altogether different view of things. Grey London has just installed one, Chris Ingram's recently formed The Ingram Partnership had one from its launch, St Luke's is headhunting for one and the former cabinet...

CLOSE-UP: ON THE CAMPAIGN COUCH ... WITH JB.(advertising business)
December 5, 2003... Q: While laudable, is the IPA/MBA going to give the industry the credibility it needs. Isn't the issue more 'grass roots' than a qualification you can get at numerous business schools already? A: Once upon a time, credibility was a...

CLOSE-UP: LIVE ISSUE - Does size really matter when producing direct executions?(Royal Mail's new pricing structure)
December 5, 2003... Royal Mail's proposal for a pricing structure rejig may have a huge impact on DM. Royal Mail is proposing to change fundamentally its pricing structure, charging by size rather than weight. It wants to incentivise the use of 'standard'...

WORLD: STUART ELLIOTT IN AMERICA.(Coca-Cola consolidates media planning and buying for North America)
December 5, 2003... Coke and Pepsi, Pepsi and Coke. Sometimes it seems as if half of what's happening on Madison Avenue is connected to the cola wars. Right now, everyone is still buzzing about big moves by the soft-drink sovereigns. Last week, Coca-Cola...

WORLD: ANALYSIS - Global micronetworks rise on back of the need for creativity.(Maurice Saatchi)
December 5, 2003... As creatively led hotshops go global, are big networks under threat? Those who failed to taste the sour grapes in Maurice Saatchi's broadside against agency networks which, he claimed, were prepared to sacrifice creativity in the pursuit...

WORLD: MEDIA ANALYSIS - The News and Post treat New York to a UK-style tabloid war.(newspaper owners)
December 5, 2003... Who'll be the winner as New York's tabloids start a fierce battle, Matthew Cowen asks. The idea of newspaper owners locked in Citizen Kane-style circulation contests seems anachronistic. Yet, the good citizens of New York are being treated...

WORLD: MEDIUM OF THE WEEK - Eastweek makes a comeback by replicating rival.(Hong Kong celebrity gossip magazine )
December 5, 2003... The gossip title's relaunch strategy left many readers confused, Jo Bowman says. When the Hong Kong celebrity gossip magazine Eastweek relaunched in September after almost a year out of print, it was with a strangely familiar look, and...

WORLD: GALLERY.(Aids epidemic)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2003... AIDS - France TBWA France The Aids epidemic has devastated so much of Africa that the average life expectancy of an African is just 47 years. This shocking fact is highlighted through a cinematic spot by TBWA\Paris. African villagers run...

WORLD: MY PORTFOLIO - Quentin Dupieux.(director on Sta-Prest campaign)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2003... Quentin Dupieux used to be virtually unknown in the advertising world. Then Bartle Bogle Hegarty's Levi's client decided to appoint him as the director on the brand's Sta-Prest campaign. The rest is history. Flat Eric went on to become one...

EDITORIAL: Procurement now a fact of adland life.(Diageo's Alison Littley)
December 5, 2003... Procurement director. The title itself has a painful twang to it. It conjures the kinds of emotions normally reserved for a visit to a dentist, or the doctor when a nasty, intrusive examination is in order. And nasty, intrusive examinations...

EDITORIAL: Hockney has the skills to sell creativity.(Michael Hockney)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2003... So Michael Hockney has unveiled his new agenda for D&AD. His changes to the judging process (moving it back to London from Brighton and holding the awards night just as the judging is completed) risk obscuring his more important promises - his...

OPINION: PERSPECTIVE - A case of too much style and not enough content.(magazines ads)
December 5, 2003... The scene is familiar. Very important people from a top-ten agency and a bunch of us from Campaign are enjoying an end-of-year lunch. With these mysterious and fattening events comes a chance to thank us for the Picks of the Week, to defend the...

OPINION: BEALE ON ... DFS.(Linda Barker)
December 5, 2003... 'Tis the time of year for a jolly romp through the highs and lows of the past 12 months. For the highs, see Campaign's Agency of the Year issue next week. But, dear reader, I'm afraid there were some lows Usefully, many of them are summed up by...

WORLD BEATERS OF 2003.(world's most creative agencies)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2003... BBDO took the most awarded network accolade ahead of TBWA, while the gap between the US and the UK at the top was greater than ever. Claire Beale reports. After a year of red-carpeting, awards-clutching and tearful speech-making, the...

DIRECT MARKETING: CHAMPIONING THE DIRECT ROUTE.
December 5, 2003... Are major clients convinced by the growing number of DM agencies taking over integrated campaigns? Holly Acland investigates. Excelling in just one discipline is rather unfashionable nowadays. Direct marketing agencies are vaunting...

DIRECT MARKETING: A TEST OF CHARACTER.
December 5, 2003... Are the successors of the leading direct shops living up to their predecessors? Peter Crush reports. Comparing past and present direct marketing heads is a bit like arguing who is the best James Bond. Super spies, like agencies, exist in...

DIRECT MARKETING: LEAGUE OF CHANGE.
December 5, 2003... The below-the-line industry has come through tough times to show margins nearly double those of ad agencies, Cliff Ireton writes. The direct marketing and sales promotion industry continues to grow. Profit margins and income are up,...

PRIVATE VIEW: Luke White, the creative director of McCann-Erickson London.
December 5, 2003... Break out the mistletoe, Christmas has come early because we've won the World Cup. What better way to start than with this year's Marks & Spencer Christmas ad. It's the usual line-up of celebs partaking of what M&S has to offer, but it's...

DIARY: Size is not everything as Campbell found at his RKCR leaving bash.(Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2003... When it comes to advertising parties, size matters. Since Grey's huge party - 500 people - in September, there's only been one way to go, and that's bigger. Step forward Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe/Y&R, which turned ten this autumn, and...

DIARY: Bullmore's techniques make givers feel good.(Jeremy Bullmore)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2003... Forget Senokot, the only truly natural way of guaranteeing a stampede to the loos is the announcement that there's going to be a whipround for charity. But Campaign's agony uncle, Jeremy Bullmore, is a seasoned hand at fundraising and the...

DIARY: NMA takes its eye off the ball with a picture taken very early doors.(newspaper sports sections)(Brief Article)
December 5, 2003... Hot on the heels of the Newspaper Marketing Agency's failed attempt to cobble together a Rugby World Cup package comes its latest initiative - a glossy insert promoting advertising in newspaper sports sections. In the foreword to the On...