Campaign articles from March 2006

Campaign archives from March 2006

McCain reviews pounds 15m business.
March 31, 2006... Incumbent TBWA will not repitch, while JWT and Beattie McGuinness Bungay share pole position. McCain is reviewing its pounds 15 million creative account, marking the end of a three-year relationship with TBWA\London. Beattie...

Unilever in hunt for Vaseline DM agency.(direct marketing)(Brief article)
March 31, 2006... Unilever is talking to its direct marketing roster agencies about the pounds 1 million Vaseline Intensive Care account. The FMCG company has briefed a number of agencies about a relationship marketing task. It is asking agencies to create...

You falls 22,000 short of newsstand target.(Mail on Sunday )(Brief article)
March 31, 2006... The relaunch of The Mail on Sunday's You magazine has had a slow start, selling just 28,000 copies in its first week. After its first three issues, You, which relaunched with a weekly newsstand edition as well as the version packaged with...

Jim Beam awards UK media to Zenith.(ZenithOptimedia)(Brief article)
March 31, 2006... Beam Global Spirits & Wine has consolidated its UK media planning and buying into ZenithOptimedia. The agency picked up the pounds 4 million account after a lengthy review process conducted by Beam's new UK management team. The...

Now appoints AIS to integrated account.(Archibald Ingall Stretton)(Brief article)
March 31, 2006... Archibald Ingall Stretton has been awarded the pounds 2.5 million integrated account for UK Broadband's wireless broadband service Now. AIS beat the incumbent, Team Saatchi, in a final shoot-out and has been briefed to develop regionally...

Lowe closes down 47 agencies.(Lowe Worldwide )(Brief article)
March 31, 2006... IPG relaunches Lowe Worldwide as a micro-network, with 36 remaining offices around the world. Lowe Worldwide is culling 47 of its global offices in a dramatic move which halves the size of its network. The new structure, which the...

Rick Ward and Pete Camponi quit PWLC.(Brief article)
March 31, 2006... Rick Ward and Pete Camponi, the joint creative directors of PWLC in Leeds, are quitting the agency as its pounds 60 million DFS TV account hangs in the balance. The pair, who were founding partners of the agency three years ago, are...

Online spend soars to pounds 1.4bn.(Brief article)
March 31, 2006... The rapidly growing online advertising market has the third-largest traditional media sector - national newspapers - firmly in its sights after spend reached pounds 1.4 billion in 2005. The Internet Advertising Bureau chief executive, Guy...

Guardian restructures to increase revenues.(Brief article)
March 31, 2006... Guardian Newspapers is restructuring into four divisions in a bid to maximise revenues beyond display advertising. The core activities of The Guardian, The Observer and Guardian Unlimited, as well as human resources and marketing, will...

BT seeks DM agency for IP network brief.(direct marketing)(internet protocol)(Brief article)
March 31, 2006... BT is looking for a direct marketing agency for 21CN, its planned internet protocol-based network that will change the way telephony is delivered into homes. BT says that, in the future, the new system could enable its customers to plug...

Lee Wright moves to Dare from Grand Union.(Brief article)
March 31, 2006... Dare has poached Lee Wright, the managing director of Grand Union, to be its first-ever managing director. Wright will manage the growth of the 70-strong digital ad business, focusing on developing people and finding new talent. She...

BBC unveils plans for ad-funded site.(British Broadcasting Corporation )(Brief article)
March 31, 2006... BBC Worldwide, the BBC's commercial arm, has announced plans to launch an ad-funded website under the name BBC.com. The proposed website aims to profit from the Corporation's popularity abroad and forms part of the BBC's plans to find...

Ofcom invites junk-food ad proposals.(Office of Communications)(Brief article)
March 31, 2006... The advertising and food industries have been given one last chance to avoid severe curbs on junk-food commercials aimed at children. Ofcom has invited the industries to produce their own proposals to restrict junk-food ads before it...

Team Saatchi picks up pounds 4m Closer magazine business.(Brief article)
March 31, 2006... Emap's celebrity weekly Closer has handed Team Saatchi its pounds 4 million advertising account following a pitch against a number of undisclosed agencies. Closer's advertising was previously handled by DDB London. The agency did not...

Virgin Games seeks shop for digital task.(Brief article)
March 31, 2006... Virgin Games, the online gambling arm of Richard Branson's Virgin Group, is in the hunt for a digital agency to handle its online brand advertising. Ross Sleight, the marketing director of Virgin Games, has contacted a number of digital...

Leith launches direct marketing arm.(Leith Direct)(Brief article)
March 31, 2006... Leith London is launching a direct marketing arm and has scooped Sony Europe's business-to-business account as its first client. The new arm, Leith Direct, has been set up to provide Leith London with alternative revenue streams by...

Agencies line up for Mini digital review.(BMW)(Brief article)
March 31, 2006... BMW Mini has kicked off a hunt for a digital agency to handle online brand advertising for its range of cars. The review, which is being handled by the AAR, signals the brand's intent to make online a more important part of its marketing...

Hachette Filipacchi suspends its B title.(Brief article)
March 31, 2006... Hachette Filipacchi has suspended publication of its women's monthly magazine B after the May issue, a move that affects about 20 staff. The future of the title, which includes real-life stories and celebrity, is subject to an internal...

MediaCom lands Ronseal strategic brief without pitch.(Brief article)
March 31, 2006... MediaCom has been handed strategic media planning duties on Ronseal's pounds 3 million media account. The sealant, paint and varnish brand has shifted its account out of Michaelides & Bednash without a pitch. The move sees the...

COI takes charge of Directgov initiative.(Central Office of Information)(Brief article)
March 31, 2006... COI is to take over the national online initiative Directgov from the Cabinet Office. Directgov, a rebranded and revamped version of UK Online, provides access to public services online. It will become part of COI in April, marking the...

Fallon promotes Micah Walker and Juan Cabral to creative directors.(Brief article)
March 31, 2006... Fallon has promoted Juan Cabral (right) and Micah Walker to the positions of creative directors. The move sees Fallon's creative heads, Richard Flintham and Andy McLeod, assume the titles of joint executive creative directors. Cabral,...

O&M appoints fifth creative partner.(Ogilvy and Mather )(Brief article)
March 31, 2006... Ogilvy & Mather has named Alasdair Graham, the former deputy creative director of TBWA\London, its fifth creative partner. Reporting directly to Malcolm Poynton, the executive creative director of O&M, Graham joins O&M's other creative...

McCann and Tequila scoop Carbon Trust.(Brief article)
March 31, 2006... The Carbon Trust has awarded its pounds 3 million assignment to raise awareness to McCann Erickson and Tequila\London after a pitch against its other roster agencies, Tullo Marshall Warren and the PR company Fishburn Hedges. The...

John Lewis gears up for double media reshuffle.(Brief article)
March 31, 2006... Pounds 9m Waitrose and pounds 15.5m John Lewis stores accounts are being put up for pitch. The John Lewis Group is reviewing media for its pounds 9 million Waitrose account. It is also preparing a media pitch for its flagship pounds...

Leo Burnett unites Arc and Triangle under Arc UK badge.(Brief article)
March 31, 2006... Leo Burnett has merged its below-the-line agencies Arc and Triangle to create Arc UK. The merger, which adds Triangle's experience in retail marketing to Arc's direct, digital, promotional and experiential offering, creates an agency...

Guidelines put lads' mags on high shelf.(Brief article)
March 31, 2006... The Home Office has backed guidelines issued by the publishing industry outlining how lads' mags should be displayed in newsagents. The guidelines recommend men's titles, which include IPC Media's Nuts and Loaded and Emap's Zoo and FHM,...

Goodstuff nets pounds 1m Merlin assignment.(Merlin Entertainments signs a contract with Goodstuff for television advertising)(Brief article)
March 31, 2006... Merlin Entertainments has hired the communications planning agency Goodstuff to handle media planning for the London, York, Edinburgh and Amsterdam Dungeons. Goodstuff will work on a pounds 1 million communications brief to support the...

Correction.(Correction notice)
March 31, 2006... The DDB network was not involved in the McDonald's pitch, as stated in Campaign, 24 March.

Media Forum: Is Greg Dyke the man for ITV?
March 31, 2006... Would advertisers welcome a Dyke-backed ITV takeover bid, Alasdair Reid asks. They get excited about the strangest things over there in the City. Last week, as the opening gambits in the latest ITV takeover skirmish were made, there...

Media: Chatter.(Brief article)
March 31, 2006... 'Online is a big challenge - it has hit newspapers much more directly. It hasn't come through on to magazines as hard, but it is going to.' - John Micklethwait, the new editor of The Economist, on the biggest challenge he will face over the...

Media: Chrysalis Radio creates digital platforms division.(Chrysalis Radio Group to open a digital platforms division and promotes Paul Fairburn to the managing director )(Brief article)
March 31, 2006... Chrysalis Radio has created a digital platforms division that will manage the development of its new platforms and digital activities. Paul Fairburn, the managing director of Chrysalis Radio's Midlands stations, takes the new role of managing...

Media: Topman signs as first sponsor of Xfm Manchester.(Brief article)
March 31, 2006... Topman has signed as the first sponsor of Xfm Manchester. The fashion retailer will promote its flagship store in Manchester's Arndale Centre, with activity running until May. The store will be Xfm's partner for Access all April, a month of...

Media: IPC ignite! launches Fashion Inc.(Brief article)
March 31, 2006... IPC ignite! has launched Fashion Inc, a revamped version of Loaded Fashion. The magazine carries double the editorial content of its predecessor and will appear bi-annually. The launch issue features an interview with Donatella Versace and...

Media: TalkSPORT secures official partners for World Cup coverage.(Brief article)
March 31, 2006... TalkSPORT has secured six official partners for its World Cup 2006 coverage. Mars, Carlsberg, Nationwide, Sure for Men Sport, Budget Van Insurance and Ford are all supporting the station's coverage in deals worth pounds 2.5 million....

Media: GCap Media says no to planned sale of nine stations.(Brief article)
March 31, 2006... GCap Media has announced it is not proceeding with the planned sale of nine of its stations in the South-West and North Wales. GCap's board said it felt the offers it had received were not in the best interests of shareholders. GCap...

Media: Promotion at outdoor company Primesight.(Naren Patel )(Brief article)
March 31, 2006... Naren Patel has been promoted to chief executive of the outdoor company Primesight. Patel, previously the managing director of Primesight, replaces Christine Costello, who left in January.

Media: Sky announces Sky HD available to subscribers.(Sky)(Brief article)
March 31, 2006... Sky has announced that its high-definition service, Sky HD, will be available to subscribers from May. Customers will pay pounds 299 for a Sky HD box and a Sky HD subscription of pounds 10 a month in addition to their existing Sky Digital...

Media: IPC Southbank appoints advertising director for Marie Claire.(Nicole Mathers )(Brief article)
March 31, 2006... IPC Southbank has appointed Nicole Mathers as the advertising director on Marie Claire. She was previously the ad director of Psychologies at Hachette Filipacchi. She has also been the ad director of the women's glossy Madison in Australia.

Media: The ITV1 show The All Star Cup returns.(TWI to screen its sports show)(Brief article)
March 31, 2006... The ITV1 show The All Star Cup, a golf tournament hosted by Ant and Dec, is returning to screens over the August Bank Holiday. The programme, which pits a US team of celebrity golfers against a European team, is co-produced by TWI and Ant and...

Media: Toyota signs deal with Channel 4.(Brief article)
March 31, 2006... Toyota has signed a deal with Channel 4 to promote its Aygo car with sponsorship on the youth strand T4. The deal was brokered by ZenithOptimedia's sponsorship division, Alliance.

Media: Report by the European Interactive Advertising Association.(womens to spend more time online)(Brief article)
March 31, 2006... European women will soon be spending more time online than their male counterparts, according to a report by the European Interactive Advertising Association. It shows the amount of time spent by women online has increased by 63 per cent over...

Media Headliner: The Sportsman feeds the UK's gambling habit.
March 31, 2006... The first new national paper in 20 years is poised to benefit from a social revolution, its launch team tells Darren Davidson. It is day two of the first national newspaper launch since the ill-fated Today and there's a palpable sense of...

Media: Lifeline - The Indy.(Independent Newspapers PLC)
March 31, 2006... Excellent ad revenue growth has not been enough to make the Independent titles profitable. 1994: Control of Newspaper Publishing, the publisher of The Independent and The Independent on Sunday, passes to Mirror Group and the Irish...

Media: All about ... 19 Entertainment.(Chris Shaw)
March 31, 2006... Chris Shaw's task will be to create branded content deals, Alasdair Reid says. Chris Shaw tended to keep quiet about his passion for Formula One motor-racing while at Universal McCann - his reticence was best for all concerned, he jokes,...

Media: Perspective - GCap and DMGT can benefit from pulling out of asset auction.(GCap Media and Daily Mail & General Trust)
March 31, 2006... Unfortunately, I was not invited to the funfest that was last week's Market Research Society annual conference. But some in attendance claim that the event got pretty heated. The big issue? Blue-chip companies holding reverse auction pitches...

Media: Things we like.
March 31, 2006... THE COMMANDER, ITV1 Monday and Tuesday nights are prime collapsing-in-front-of-the-TV evenings. But how often do you settle down with a cup of tea and a packet of Hob Nobs to discover the only thing on is re-runs of Location, Location,...

Media: Double Standards - 'I can't imagine a world without Barb metrics'.(Bjarne Thelin)(Broadcasters' Audience Research Board Ltd.)(Interview)
March 31, 2006... The man from Postar bemoans advertisers' apathy about audience research, but the Barb chief says cross-media measurement gets them fired up. BJARNE THELIN - CHIEF EXECUTIVE, BARB - Why should advertisers choose your medium? I'm...

Media: Strategy Analysis - Scherna shows shaving can be sexy.(Conair Group Limited)(MediaCom )
March 31, 2006... Brand: Scherna AquaShave Client: Conair Brief: Launch the new Scherna AquaShave Target audience: 16- to 24-year-old men Budget: Undisclosed AGENCIES Media: MediaCom Creative: Emap Advertising Online: Emap Advertising PR:...

Media: A Moment with Marquis.
March 31, 2006... The IPA's long-awaited Touchpoints survey got off to a promising start last week with a well-attended launch. Touchpoints will be supported in the industry for a number of reasons. Sensibly, the IPA has made sure that plenty of...

The World: Los Angeles - Rabosky takes top creative position with Dailey.(Steve Rabosky)(Dailey and Associates)(Brief article)
March 31, 2006... Dailey & Associates in Los Angeles has hired the former Saatchi & Saatchi creative Steve Rabosky as its chief creative officer. Rabosky fills the role vacated by Mike Folino, who moved to DDB Chicago in June last year. Brian Morris,...

The World: New York - Initiative appoints Beavan North America CEO.(Richard Beavan )(Brief article)
March 31, 2006... Initiative has appointed Richard Beavan its chief executive for North America. Reporting to Alec Gerster, Initiative's worldwide chief executive, he will control Initiative's offices in the US and Canada, and oversee communications...

The World: Paris - Public and Yahoo! team up to launch web TV channel.(Yahoo! Inc. and Public TV teams up)(Brief article)
March 31, 2006... The French weekly gossip magazine Public has ploughed x10 million into an internet TV channel in a partnership with Yahoo! Public TV launched last week and broadcasts for three hours a day via the www.yahoo.fr portal and Public's...

The World: Moscow - Publicis defeats three to win Coca-Cola ad account.(Publicis Groupe S.A. wins an advertising contract from Coca-Cola Soft Drinks S.A.)(Brief article)
March 31, 2006... Publicis United has won the advertising account for Coca-Cola Russia after a pitch against Lowe Advanta, Leo Burnett and the Grey Global Group. Publicis' winning work will comprise a new communications strategy and creative approach for...

The World: Beijing - J&J kicks off Olympic sponsorship creative pitch.(Johnson & Johnson to sign contract with McCann-Erickson Inc. and Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide Inc. for olympics sponsorship)(Brief article)
March 31, 2006... Johnson & Johnson is calling a global creative pitch for a Beijing Olympic Games sponsorship project, estimated to be worth in excess of dollars 100 million. The pitch will include all of the company's roster agencies, including McCann...

The World: Mexico City - Initiative and TN Media unite as InitiativeFCBm.(Initiative Media New York and TN Media to merge)(InitiativeFCBm)(Brief article)
March 31, 2006... Initiative and FCB's media agency in Mexico, TN Media, have joined to become InitiativeFCBm. The combined agency will be the first business managed under Initiative's newly launched Initiative Group. Antonio Chapel, the general...

The World: New York - PHD picks up dollars 60m HBO media brief without pitch.(Home Box Office Inc.)(PHD)(Brief article)
March 31, 2006... The cable TV network HBO has handed its dollars 60 million media planning and buying business to PHD in New York without a formal review. The account was managed by PHD's fellow Omnicom media agency OMD. PHD will handle all media...

The World: Brussels - Agency.com expands with Hypervision acquisition.(Agency.com Ltd. acquires Hypervision Inc.)(Brief article)
March 31, 2006... Agency.com has acquired Hypervision, the Brussels-based interactive agency, for an undisclosed sum. The company will now be rebranded under the Agency.com banner, becoming the group's seventh international office. The acquisition is...

The World: Kuala Lumpur - Saatchis steals Tiger beer business from JWT.(Saatchi and Saatchi signs a contract with Guinness Anchor Bhd. to advertise beer)(Brief article)
March 31, 2006... Saatchi & Saatchi Malaysia has been appointed by Guinness Anchor to advertise its Tiger beer brand. The agency won the business following a pitch against TBWA and the incumbent, JWT, which only picked up the account in April last year....

The World: Kuala Lumpur - TBWA-ISC nets Proton's dollars 15m creative brief.(TBWA-ISC wins a contract for marketing of Proton)(Brief article)
March 31, 2006... TBWA-ISC has won the dollars 15 million creative account for the embattled Malaysian car manufacturer Proton. The agency picked up the business following a final-stage shoot-out against M&C Saatchi. The original pitchlist included...

The World: Fallon brings in Kerry Feuerman to stop the rot.(Fallon Worldwide)
March 31, 2006... The new creative director of the Minneapolis office is confident he can reverse the agency's recent fortunes. Most new employees taking the creative reins at an agency struggling through a tough time can expect to walk into a storm of...

The World: Insider's View - Thailand.(Alex Thompson provides his views for outdoor advertising )
March 31, 2006... Alex Thompson says Thailand's warmth, beauty and dynamic outdoor advertising industry should make it a magnet for anyone in media. Thailand is the land of smiles. It is a place of natural beauty and diversity wrapped up in a warmth and...

Close-Up: Live Issue - How agencies can be forced to hire rivals' staff.(regulations to be passed for employees transfers in marketing industry)
March 31, 2006... The introduction of TUPE Regulations in April could have massive implications for the ad industry, Noel Bussey writes. From 6 April, advertising will face a development in employment policy that could drastically affect how big accounts...

Close-Up: Live Issue - Framestore CFC creates animal magic for Sure.(Lowe London's latest advertising campaigns)
March 31, 2006... Lowe London's latest Sure ad stars animals and humans on a grand scale. James Hamilton reveals how the feat was achieved. Coming up with something to trump Sure's 'Stunt City' was never going to be easy. The Cannes gold-winning ad was...

Close-Up: Live Issue - What makes a successful radio ad?
March 31, 2006... Kate Nicholson finds out what it takes to raise the bar in a medium with a shaky creative reputation. Scooping the top prize at the Aerial Awards last week, Ricky Gervais' 'check-up' spot for The Pros-tate Cancer Charity went some way...

Close-Up: 24 Hours with ... Peter Charlton, Viacom Outdoor.(Diary entry)
March 31, 2006... Name: Peter Charlton Job: Sales director, Viacom Outdoor Professional mission: Capturing and captivating consumers on the move Personal mantra: Please and thank you 6.00am Christian O'Connell wakes me up, makes me laugh out loud...

Editorial: TUPE will make a mess of the advertising industry.(transfer of undertakings)
March 31, 2006... It is called TUPE (pronounced 'to-pee') but do not be fooled by its deceptively cute name. It is short for the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations - and its impact on the UK ad industry could be huge. Hard as...

Editorial: Godman bows out as competition bites.(Editorial)(Brief article)
March 31, 2006... It is always sad when a production company of Godman's calibre calls it a day. During the ten years of its life, it has produced much high-quality work. Alas, in today's competitive market, just doing what you do well is not enough.

Opinion: Perspective - Fallon effect shows clients want to be challenged.(Fallon London)
March 31, 2006... There's something of the heroic about Fallon's London management team at the moment. Not a soul in adland, not even at Mother, seemed to begrudge the agency its whopping Orange win. Indeed, there has been a total absence of the usual...

Opinion: On the Campaign Couch ... with JB.(Column)
March 31, 2006... Q: I am a creative with a severe case of writer's block. I just don't seem to be able to crack anything at the moment and my creative director has stopped giving my partner and me the big projects. I am 29 but maybe I'm past my prime. How can...

Diary: On the QT ..(Brief article)
March 31, 2006... The Harrison Troughton Wunderman chairman and creative director, Steve Harrison, has been caught out trying to communicate with readers of prestigious titles. Last week, Harrison was threatened with legal action by the Financial Times...

Diary: Bravia copycat spots are a load of balls (and fruit).(Brief article)
March 31, 2006... If imitation is the highest form of flattery, the egos at Fallon are getting a real massage at the moment as spoof after spoof of its 'balls' ad for Sony's Bravia TV are unleashed upon the world. Both WCRS and Clemmow Hornby Inge have...

Diary: Carat can't claim share of Vizeum's Touchpoints.(Institute of Practitioners in Advertising )(Brief article)
March 31, 2006... Of Nielsen's top ten-billing media agencies of 2005, Carat is the only one not to have signed up to the IPA's new data-planning tool, because it is apparently using its sister agency Vizeum's data. Touchpoints, which the IPA is touting...

Diary: Williams is smooth as silk on the mixing desk.(Brief article)
March 31, 2006... Diary is pleased to report that not all TV sales directors play golf and watch rugby in their spare time. When he's not negotiating airtime sales with hard-assed media agencies, five's Kelly Williams writes and produces music with...

Diary: Sir Frank schools hacks in the truth about gong.(Sir Frank Lowe)(Brief article)
March 31, 2006... These days, the national press seems to be relentless in its pursuit of anybody suspected of being handed an honour in exchange for a fat cheque. This may go some way to explaining why Sir Frank Lowe has been anxious to make it known to...

Diary: Pick of the Week - DDB London/Harvey Nichols.(Brief article)
March 31, 2006... Francesca Newland really likes DDB London's press campaign for Harvey Nichols: 'I've noticed two executions in this campaign, a jigsaw puzzle version and one with baked beans, and think both use eye-catching art direction to good effect....

Diary: Turkey of the Week - Publicis/Asda.(Publicis Groupe S.A./ASDA Group Ltd.)(Brief article)
March 31, 2006... Claire Billings covers her ears whenever Publicis' new effort for Asda comes on the TV: 'The high-pitched child choir singing 'that's the way, uh huh uh huh,I like it' is one of the most excruciating sounds my ears have ever had to...

Diary: Water-Cooler Monitor.(Brief article)
March 31, 2006... WHAT TOPICS HAVE THE INDUSTRY BEEN DISCUSSING THIS WEEK? THE TALK TIME SPENT Team Saatchi is on fire. The newish managing 29 mins 24 secs director, Sophie Hooper, has done...

Touchpoints: How people really consume media.
March 31, 2006... The IPA's Touchpoints claims to uncover the media habits of the entire population of UK consumers. Larissa Bannister considers the implications. Ask the man on the street what he thinks about Honda and his view is likely to have been...

The Work: New Campaigns - UK.
March 31, 2006... ONE TO LOOK OUT FOR - SURE - GO WILD Project: Go wild Client: Nick Saunders, Rexona brand director, Unilever Brief: Establish Sure/Rexona as the deodorant of choice for football fans Creative agency: Lowe London Writer: Tom Hudson...

The Work: New Campaigns - The World.
March 31, 2006... REXONA - GHOST TRAIN - LATIN AMERICA Project: Ghost train Clients: Pablo Gazzera, Alejandro Helou, Fernando Laratro, marketing directors, Unilever Argentina Brief: Promote Rexona's range for teens with its unquestionable protection...

The Work: Private View.
March 31, 2006... CREATIVE - Danny Brooke-Taylor, joint creative director, TBWA\London Pele has got a floppy knob. At least that's how it seemed after he fronted the erectile dysfunction campaign. That's the greatest footballer in history burdened with an...

Movers: Appointment at WDMP.(Graham Pugh)(Brief article)
March 31, 2006... Graham Pugh - The Richmond-based direct response agency WDMP has hired Pugh as its creative director. Pugh joins from FCB London, where he spent six years as the deputy creative director. He replaces Fraser Metcalfe, who left the agency...

Movers: Appointment at FCB London.(Victoria Findlay)(Brief article)
March 31, 2006... FCB London has ended its search for a new-business director and promoted Victoria Findlay to fill the role. Findlay, previously the account director on Heal's and SC Johnson, replaces Jessica Williamson, who left to join Leith in October....

Movers: Appointment at UK Broadband.(Keith Hawkins)(Brief article)
March 31, 2006... UK Broadband, the operator of the wireless broadband provider Now, has promoted Keith Hawkins (pictured) to chief operating officer as part of a management reorganisation. Hawkins adds the day-to-day running of the company to his previous...