Campaign articles from October 2006

Campaign archives from October 2006

Bendel takes Asda marketing helm.
October 6, 2006... Rick Bendel is quitting as chief operating officer of the Publicis network to be Asda's UK marketing chief, with a brief to make it a more potent challenger to Tesco's domination of the UK retail scene. Bendel's move is the climax of his...

Tag Heuer seeks network for luxury ad brief.(Brief article)
October 6, 2006... Tag Heuer, the luxury watch brand, has called a review of its global creative account. The pitch, between a number of UK and European advertising agencies, is being overseen by Tag Heuer's international marketing director, Thierry Huorn....

Advertising Association picks Tory frontbencher as new DG.(Baroness Peta Buscombe appointed at Advertising Association )(Brief article)
October 6, 2006... The Advertising Association has sprung a major surprise by reaching beyond the industry to appoint the Tory shadow minister, Baroness Peta Buscombe, as its new boss. As the AA's chief executive and director-general, she will become the...

Grand Union lands COI's safe sex task.(Brief article)
October 6, 2006... Grand Union has won COI's online brief to promote safe sex to young people. The agency won the Department of Health account after a two-way final shoot-out against Profero. Grand Union will devise digital communications for an...

Levy reveals new Publicis global chiefs.(new appointments)(Brief article)
October 6, 2006... FT's Olivier Fleurot and Leo Burnett's Richard Pinder take command in Paris. The Publicis network is reverting to French control with the appointment of Olivier Fleurot, the former Financial Times chief executive, as executive chairman and...

COI invites pitch for pounds 5.5m 'voter' brief.(Brief article)
October 6, 2006... The Electoral Commission is holding a pitch to find a team of agencies to create a pounds 5.5 million integrated campaign to encourage people to register to vote. COI has invited three teams - comprising a creative, digital and media...

Team Saatchi picks up pounds 2m Lanson job.(Lanson Champagne)(Brief article)
October 6, 2006... Team Saatchi has been awarded the pounds 2 million creative account for the Champagne brand Lanson. The company has briefed the Saatchi & Saatchi boutique agency to develop a campaign which will relaunch the brand in the UK. If the work...

McCann names new broadcast head.(McCann Erickson has appointed Stephen Worley)(Brief article)
October 6, 2006... McCann Erickson has appointed Stephen Worley to the newly created position of executive head of broadcast. The announcement comes in the same week that Stephen Ward, the recently promoted McCann Europe, Middle East and Africa creative director,...

Aviva invites agencies to pitch for its pounds 4m online account.
October 6, 2006... Aviva, the owner of Norwich Union and the RAC, is looking for a digital agency to handle online advertising and website-building duties across both businesses. The company has approached 15 agencies to tender for the pounds 4 million...

MindShare appoints digital strategy chief.(Simon Andrews appointed at MindShare)(Brief article)
October 6, 2006... MindShare has hired Simon Andrews, a former partner at Delaney Lund Knox Warren & Partners, as its first global digital chief strategy officer. Most recently, he founded the digital agency Big Picture, whose clients include Halifax, STA...

RKCR/Y&R takes on DDB creative team.(Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe/Y&R appoints Steve Jones and Martin Loraine)(Brief article)
October 6, 2006... Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe/Y&R has bolstered its creative department by poaching the brains behind DDB's 'Singin' in the Rain' spot. Steve Jones and Martin Loraine, formerly a senior creative team at the agency, will be joining RKCR/Y&R...

Airbus calls global advertising review.
October 6, 2006... The aeroplane manufacturer Airbus has approached five network agencies to handle its global corporate above-the-line account. Euro RSCG currently handles the business. Airbus declined to name which agencies had been approached or if the...

DDB merges Burkitt into London shop.(DDB London is to merge with its sister agency, Burkitt DDB)(Brief article)
October 6, 2006... DDB London is to merge with its sister agency, Burkitt DDB, following the loss of the smaller shop's pounds 15.5 million John Lewis account in August. The Burkitt name is expected to disappear as part of the plans. Its former chairman,...

Pocock to leave AAI to run consultancy.(Agency Assessments International)(Brief article)
October 6, 2006... Stuart Pocock is to leave Agency Assessments International to set up his own pitch consultancy. Like Agency Assessments, Pocock's yet-to-be-named company will only charge marketers for its services. Pocock is positioning his business...

United London wins Masterfoods' Tracker.(Brief article)
October 6, 2006... United London has gained a coveted place on the Masterfoods UK roster after winning the pounds 2 million Tracker bar account. The appointment follows a pitch against an undisclosed number of non-roster agencies and sees United London join...

Partridge and Hiney exit HTW in restructure.(Suzanne Partridge and John Hiney appointed at Harrison Troughton Wunderman)(Brief article)
October 6, 2006... Suzanne Partridge and John Hiney, the joint managing directors of Harrison Troughton Wunderman, are to lose their jobs as part of an agency restructure under the new chief executive, John Butler. Hiney and Partridge, whose roles have been...

O&M nets Hellmann's job.(Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide Inc)(Brief article)
October 6, 2006... Blow to Lowe as Unilever aligns pounds 33m pan-Euro account into Ogilvy & Mather. Ogilvy & Mather has won the pounds 33 million pan-European Hellmann's mayonnaise account. The appointment follows a decision by Unilever to align its food...

Tories call for curb on ads to children.(Brief article)
October 6, 2006... The Conservative Party has backed growing demands for curbs on advertising and marketing aimed at children. In a surprise move, representatives at the Tory conference in Bournemouth voted by 52 per cent to 48 per cent for a motion saying:...

Kitcatt Nohr scoops Waitrose account.(Kitcatt, Nohr, Alexander and Shaw contracts with Waitrose)(Brief article)
October 6, 2006... Waitrose has appointed Kitcatt Nohr Alexander Shaw as its direct marketing agency as it looks to build its share of the UK food shopping market. Kitcatt Nohr won the pitch against Archibald Ingall Stretton and Partners Andrews Aldridge in...

Haines to take over the presidential reins at industry charity Nabs.(National Advertising Benevolent Society)(Brief article)
October 6, 2006... Bruce Haines, the chief executive of the Leo Burnett Group, has been appointed the president of Nabs. He will take over at the industry charity when John Banks, the newly appointed chairman of Imagination, the design and communication...

ITV boosts AFP team with two appointments.(Nick Smith and Samantha Wilson appointed at ITV PLC)(Brief article)
October 6, 2006... ITV has hired two creative agency account directors as part of a plan to create a closer relationship with the advertising industry and to undertake more ad-funded programming initiatives. The network has appointed Nick Smith, the global...

BBH signs M&C duo to boost creative.
October 6, 2006... Bartle Bogle Hegarty has further bolstered its creative department with the signing of Tom Spicer and Kit Dayaram. They are joining BBH from M&C Saatchi, where the duo worked on campaigns for British Airways, Cabnumbers.com and Holmes...

Weilands revamps with talent search.(Paul Weiland Film Co.)(Brief article)
October 6, 2006... Paul Weiland, one of Britain's longest-serving commercials directors, is relaunching his production company as well as completing a new initiative, which is designed to unearth innovative young talent. The Paul Weiland Film Company will now...

Media Forum: Is a public-service fund viable?
October 6, 2006... Public-service publisher proposals are back on media's agenda. The closer we get to analogue switch-off in the UK, the more eccentric our TV industry seems. Nowhere else in the developed world (unless you include China) is the medium so...

Media: Chatter.(Brief article)
October 6, 2006... 'The feeling is that they are pushing through an experiment, a gamble without any consultation.' - John Carey, the deputy property editor at The Daily Telegraph and father of its NUS chapel, airs staff grievances about the Telegraph's new...

Media: Carrie Barker appointed at Emap Australia.(Carrie Barker appointed at Emap Australia)(Brief article)
October 6, 2006... Carrie Barker, the director of sales for Emap's consumer magazines and cross-promotional arm Emap2, has been appointed to the role of managing director for Emap Australia. Barker will report to Chris Llewellyn, the managing director of Emap...

Media: WWAV Rapp Collins Group to launch operation in the North.(WWAV Rapp Collins launch a dedicated direct response media planning and buying operation)(Brief article)
October 6, 2006... WWAV Rapp Collins Group is to launch a dedicated direct response media planning and buying operation in the North of England. The operation, which will be run out of the agency's Leeds office, is to be headed by Jon Ghazi, who joined the agency...

Media: Ben Phillis appointed head of business development at UKTV.(Ben Phillis appointed at UKTV)(Brief article)
October 6, 2006... Ben Phillis, previously the head of channel distribution at British Eurosport, has been appointed to the newly created position of head of business development at UKTV. Phillis will report to the commercial director, Laurence Dawkin-Jones.

Media: News Group Newspapers appoints Jim Mullen.(Jim Mullen appointed at News Group Newspapers )(Brief article)
October 6, 2006... News Group Newspapers has appointed Jim Mullen, previously the board director of digital at Leo Burnett's below-the-line division Arc Worldwide, as its digital strategy director. Mullen will work across all channels and platforms at News Group....

Media: Group M appoints media director.(Robin O'Neil appointed at Group M )(Brief article)
October 6, 2006... Group M, WPP's pooled buying operation, has appointed Robin O'Neil, previously Media.com's media director, to the newly created role of head of online trading. O'Neil will report to Group M's chief operating officer, Nick Theakstone.

Media: City AM to launch news service.
October 6, 2006... City AM is to launch a news service, called 'CITY M' Mobizine, which will deliver news to mobile phones.

Media: National Magazine Company acquires Handbag.com.
October 6, 2006... The National Magazine Company has acquired Handbag.com from Press Holdings. The Handbag group publishes getlippy.com, allaboutyou.com, gomamatoday.com and handbag.com.

Media: Telegraph Group to launch trade campaign.(Brief article)
October 6, 2006... The Telegraph Group is launching a trade campaign targeting agencies in London, Manchester and Leeds. The eight-week campaign, called 'What Brands Want', was created by Hall Moore CHI and Naked Inside.

Media: IPC ignite! to launch replacement team.
October 6, 2006... IPC Media's men's magazine division, IPC ignite!, is to launch a Sponsorship & Brand Solutions team. The team will replace the business development team.

Media: London Underground offers sponsorship.
October 6, 2006... London Underground is offering advertisers the chance to sponsor the London Underground map in a two-year deal worth pounds 2.7 million.

Media: Smooth FM signs sponsor for weekday drivetime shows.(Brief article)
October 6, 2006... The Guardian Media Group's Smooth FM brand has signed the heating specialist Worcester to sponsor both its weekday drivetime shows, which broadcast across London and the North-West.

Media: Sony BMG will partner BT Vision.
October 6, 2006... Sony BMG will partner BT's next-generation TV service, BT Vision. Sony will supply music videos to the service, which is due to launch before Christmas.

Media: Emap Music to launch first download-only album.(Emap Music )(Brief article)
October 6, 2006... Emap Music is to launch its first download-only album in conjunction with its women's magazine New Woman. The album will be available online and via 'text2buy' over a mobile phone.

Media: Target Media wins Exco campaign.(Target Media has won the media planning and buying business)(Brief article)
October 6, 2006... Target Media has won the media planning and buying business for the exchange bond company Exco. The pounds 100,000 campaign will consist of internet, outdoor, press and direct mail activity.

Media: PHD North appointed by Novogen.
October 6, 2006... PHD North has been appointed by Novogen to handle the launch of the Novogen Menopause Test Kit.

Media Headliner: Five's landlady finally plays digital catch-up.
October 6, 2006... The chief executive of five, Jane Lighting, is adamant the channel hasn't missed the digital boat, Darren Davidson writes. In just over one week's time, five will belatedly enter the multi-channel market. On Sunday 15 October and Monday 16...

Media Lifeline: Newspaper freebies.
October 6, 2006... Newspapers use everything from CDs, DVDs and now posters to tempt readers. 1981: Fitful promotional tactics based around star prizes such as holidays and cars have long been standard fare in the newspaper industry. But The Sun kicks off a...

Media: Perspective - Is the clock ticking on a Universal and Initiative merger?(Universal McCann )
October 6, 2006... Last week's news that the Interpublic Group agencies Universal McCann and Initiative had lost the General Motors pan-European media account was a massive blow for IPG, hot on the heels of Universal's loss of the gigantic US GM business last...

Media: All about ... 20 years of The Independent.(Company overview)
October 6, 2006... Two decades on and profitability remains elusive, Alasdair Reid writes. The launch issue of The Independent, on 7 October 1986, splashed with the headline: 'Conservatives try to halt sterling slide.' It was hardly one to set pulses racing....

Media: Things we like.
October 6, 2006... ENTOURAGE ON ITV2 No, not Microsoft's bafflingly named bells-and-whistles e-mail software, but the latest HBO hit to reach British screens. Full marks to ITV2 for nabbing the rights to the funniest and most incisive show about Hollywood's...

Media: Double Standards - 'The website E! Online is my guilty pleasure!'.(interview with Jeremy Verba)(Interview)
October 6, 2006... Two heads of user-generated content sites reveal how they are going to increase revenue, keep their site users safe, and predict what the 'next big thing' is going to be. JEREMY VERBA - chief executive, Piczo - Who are your biggest...

Media: Strategy Analysis - Narnia turns curiosity into DVD sales.(Digital videodisks)
October 6, 2006... Brand: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe DVD Client: Lucy Manning, Disney group brand manager Brief: Launch the Chronicles of Narnia DVD in the UK Target audience: Housewives and children Budget: pounds 2...

Media: A moment with Marquis.(Alastair Gornall services)
October 6, 2006... I visited my old associate Alastair Gornall, the chief executive of Reed Exhibitions, in Richmond the other day. He proudly showed me its new offices. No more than 50 paces across the road from the old building, the contrast could not have been...

The World: Detroit - McKinney faces pitch to keep dollars 70m Audi account.(Scott Keogh appointed at Audi AG)(Brief article)
October 6, 2006... Audi has called a review of its dollars 70 million creative account. McKinney, the incumbent, will pitch against Fallon Minneapolis, Bartle Bogle Hegarty New York and Bell & Partners, San Francisco. Audi's new chief marketing officer, Scott...

The World: New York - Saatchis New York promotes creative directors.
October 6, 2006... Saatchi & Saatchi New York has promoted Jan Jacobs (pictured, top) and Leo Premutico (bottom) to become executive creative directors. The pair joined the agency in May 2005 from Saatchi & Saatchi London, where they were both creative...

The World: Budapest - Omnicom launches PHD alongside OMD Hungary.(Omnicom Media Group )(Brief article)
October 6, 2006... Omnicom Media Group has launched PHD, its second media network, in Hungary. Based in Budapest, it will have separate offices, staff and systems from its sister network, OMD, but will share research, buying and digital resources. Imre...

The World: Singapore - McDonald's pounds 10m business switched to DDB.(Brief article)
October 6, 2006... Just days after ending its 15-year relationship with Leo Burnett in Singapore, McDonald's has handed its entire creative business in the city to DDB. The regional business is estimated to be worth around pounds 10 million. DDB is the...

The World: Beijing - Andersson promoted to senior China creative role.(Nils Andersson appointed at Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide Inc)(Brief article)
October 6, 2006... Nils Andersson, Ogilvy & Mather's Beijing-based executive creative director, has been promoted to the position of executive creative director for the whole of the Greater China region. Andersson, who will retain his role as the regional...

The World: Minneapolis - Cannes winners to be Fallon creative directors.(Hans Hansen and Eric Sorensen appointed at Fallon Minneapolis )(Brief article)
October 6, 2006... Fallon Minneapolis has appointed Hans Hansen (pictured, top) and Eric Sorensen (bottom) as its joint creative directors. The pair will be joining Fallon from the Minneapolis agency Carmichael Lynch, where they recently won a Cannes Lion for...

The World: Amsterdam - VNU Group to sell off Business Media Europe.(VNU Group to sell its Business Media Europe group)(Brief article)
October 6, 2006... VNU Group, the Dutch media company, has announced it intends to sell its Business Media Europe group. The group has operations in The Netherlands, UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain and Belgium through seven wholly-owned companies. It...

The World: Hamburg - Dolz takes over as COO of Initiative Germany.(Marianne Dolz becomes chief operating officer)(Brief article)
October 6, 2006... Dirk Wiedenmann, the joint chief operating officer and chief executive of Initiative Germany, has handed his responsibilities to the former managing director, Marianne Dolz. The promotion frees Wiedenmann to focus on his European duties,...

The World: Tokyo - MindShare and Asatsu win pounds 120m Unilever account.(Unilever Group; MindShare; Asatsu Inc.)(Brief article)
October 6, 2006... Unilever in Japan has split its pounds 120 million media planning and buying account between MindShare and Asatsu-DK. The move dispatches the incumbents Initiative and Hakuhodo. The account was previously split between Initiative on...

The World: Sydney - Leo Burnett's Marsh steps down to write sequel.(Nigel Marsh appointed at Leo Burnett Company Inc.)(Brief article)
October 6, 2006... Nigel Marsh is stepping down as the chief executive of Leo Burnett in Australia. He will now become chairman of the group. The day-to-day running of the business will be handled by the Sydney managing director, Tim Castree, and the...

The World: Digital networks evolve to meet client demand.
October 6, 2006... As the global market takes shape, will there be a place for micro networks or will they feel the squeeze? Procter & Gamble's recent decision to consolidate its hefty European digital advertising budget into three agencies of record gave...

The World: Insider's view - The Philippines.(outsourcing in the Philippines)
October 6, 2006... Manila is fast turning into the outsourcing capital of the world. Could advertising be the next industry in its sights, David Guerrero asks. Happy hour starts around 8am in some parts of Manila, and finishes at 12pm. Clubs are packed until...

Close-Up: Live issue - Why pitching for clients is a never-ending story.(advertising agencies)
October 6, 2006... As companies seek greater accountability, agencies will have to accept increasingly protracted pitches. As long and drawn-out pitches go, Yell.com definitely takes the biscuit. 'Shambolic' is how one agency chief succinctly describes the...

Close-Up: Live issue - Can alcohol ads continue to survive?
October 6, 2006... The ASA's rulings against Smirnoff Ice and WKD may set a difficult precedent, Noel Bussey says. This week, both Diageo and Beverage Brands (UK) felt the force of the Advertising Standards Authority's power. The alcohol manufacturers saw...

Close-Up: 24 hours with ... David Hackworthy.(partner at The Red Brick Road)
October 6, 2006... Name: David Hackworthy Job: Partner, The Red Brick Road Professional mission: Put the Id in idea Personal mantra: Too much talk is barely enough 8.30am Get to the office and discuss with Paul Hammersley where the agency will be in...

Editorial: Drinks advertising needs to be 'whiter than white'.(Editorial)(Brief article)
October 6, 2006... As warning shots go, it was a loud one. When the Advertising Standards Authority banned two drinks commercials last week, it was not messing about. The first was a campaign for WKD, the Beverage Brands product, which has taken a very...

Editorial: Split leadership decision could backfire.(leadership problems after Draft FCB merger)(Editorial)(Brief article)
October 6, 2006... There's nothing like a fudge to get a newly merged agency off to a bad start. Howard Draft has decided, after months of deliberation, to split the leadership of the merged Draft FCB London between the former leaders of its constituent parts....

Opinion: Perspective - It's time to stop moaning and love the TV medium.(Editorial)
October 6, 2006... 'The answer's a 30-second TV ad. Now what's the question?' OK, it's an advertising agency cliche. It smacks of old-school advertising, and creative superiority. And I'd be amazed if anyone ever vocalises such a sentiment these days. But I'd...

Opinion: On the Campaign Couch ... with JB.(Column)
October 6, 2006... Q: A marketing director writes: 'Both I and my company's ad agency are keen to kill off our brand icon, a loveable mutt. He's old hat, irritating and says nothing about our brand. The trouble is, he's modelled on the chairman's family pet and...

Diary: On the QT ..(Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide Inc.)(Brief article)
October 6, 2006... A prize of two slices of toast goes out to any eagle-eyed reader who noticed Mark Cadman's dig at his old employers in last week's 24 Hours With as he gloats about his free Friday breakfast at Euro RSCG. Hopefully, the food tastes as good...

Diary: Thinkbox needs to think again about office move.(Thinkbox is in the process of expanding its workforce )(Brief article)
October 6, 2006... Diary applauds the news that Thinkbox is in the process of expanding its workforce and as such has outgrown its Wigmore Street address. It does, however, feel slightly apprehensive about its choice of new location, Centre Point, which,...

Diary: Matalan copycat catwalk ad lacks original thinking.(Diary entry)(Brief article)
October 6, 2006... This is not just a set of copycat models prancing around to Louie Louie. This is Matalan's downmarket answer to Twiggy, Erin O'Connor & Co in last autumn's classy and successful Marks & Spencer ad. Now we here at Diary know that the last...

Diary: Cool brands will go cold after appearing in book.
October 6, 2006... If The Fonz was an adman today, he'd slide off the side of his jukebox at the sight of some of the brands packaged together in CoolBrands. Featured in the tome are brands so funky and hip even your grandmother will have heard of them. In:...

Diary: Water-cooler monitor.
October 6, 2006... WHAT TOPICS HAVE THE INDUSTRY BEEN DISCUSSING THIS WEEK? THE TALK TIME SPENT Dark days at Initiative. The loss of Vauxhall would be 39 mins 10 secs a blow to any agency, but when it's...

Diary: Pick of the week - RKCR/Y&R - Marks & Spencer kids.(Brief article)
October 6, 2006... Noel Bussey feels a little bit of sunshine enter his life when he sees the Marks & Spencer kids ad by Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe/Y&R: 'OK. So the soundtrack has a lot to do with the fun of this ad, but so what? Too many ads these days...

Diary: Turkey of the week - RKCR/Y&R - Actimel.(Brief article)
October 6, 2006... Francesca Newland really dislikes Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe/Y&R's spot for strawberry-flavoured Actimel: 'I can't bear it when agencies use crazed women to convey the desirability of a new product. Remember the one where a woman scraped...

Death of the account man.(scarcity of good account managers)
October 6, 2006... The demise of the account person has been greatly exaggerated. John Tylee reports on the changing aspects of their role and why agencies can't do without them. What makes a great account manager? It's not as simple a question to answer as...

The Work: New campaigns - UK.(General Motors campaigns for the launch of its new Corsa model)(Eurostar U.K campaigns for its travel services)(SCA Hygiene campaigns for its newly launched toilet papers)
October 6, 2006... ONE TO LOOK OUT FOR VAUXHALL CORSA - NEW CORSA. C'MON! CREDITS Project: New Corsa. C'mon! Client: Olivia Danan, brand communications director, General Motors Brief: Establish the new Corsa as the most stylish and fun-to-drive car...

The Work: New campaigns - The world.(Tourism Victoria launches campaign for tourism in Melbourne)(Li-Ning footwear campaigns for newly launched sports shoe)(Method launches a magazine campaign for its cleaning products)
October 6, 2006... TOURISM VICTORIA - MELBOURNE - AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND CREDITS Project: It's easy to lose yourself in Melbourne Client: Tourism Victoria Brief: Promote Australia's capital as a sophisticated, stylish and romantic city Creative...

The Work: Private view.(print advertising)
October 6, 2006... CREATIVE - Jim Thornton, executive creative director, Leo Burnett London The private view from my window - well, not that private really, seeing as I share it with 1.3 million motorists (source: Thornton Tedious Meeting Traffic-Flow Data...

Movers: Appointment at Iris.(appointment of Luke D'Arcy as marketing director)(Brief article)
October 6, 2006... Luke D'Arcy - Iris has poached D'Arcy as its group marketing director to drive its global expansion. He joins from the McCann WorldGroup-owned digital agency Momentum, where he was the marketing director for Europe, the Middle East and...

Movers: Appointment at AOL.(America Online Inc)
October 6, 2006... AOL has appointed Clare Messenger as the head of travel and lifestyle of its interactive marketing department. Messenger joins from the contract publishing agency Square One, where she was the head of consumer advertising. Her career also...

Movers: Appointment at I-level.(appointment of Peter Suchet as marketing director)(Brief article)
October 6, 2006... I-level has recruited Peter Suchet (pictured) as the marketing director across the digital media agency and its advertising operation Generator Consultancy. Suchet has held a variety of roles within the ad and marketing industries during...

Movers: Appointment at Publicis Groupe.(Brief article)
October 6, 2006... Publicis Groupe has strengthened its management team with several appointments. Fabrice Fries joins as the general secretary. Fries is replacing Claudine Biename, who is retiring in 2007. Jean-Michel Etienne has been promoted to executive...

Movers: Appointment at Flourish.(Flourish direct marketing agency)(Brief article)
October 6, 2006... Flourish, the Bristol-based direct marketing agency, has hired Michelle Robinson (pictured) as a copywriter. Robinson joins from Golley Slater, where she worked on integrated campaigns for clients such as Mitsubishi Motors Europe, the...

Movers: Appointment at IPC Media.
October 6, 2006... IPC Media has promoted Gareth Beesley to associate publisher of Uncut and Loaded, its music and men's monthly magazines. Beesley has worked at IPC for seven years in a number of positions across different divisions. He joined in 1999 as a...