Campaign articles from September 1991

Campaign archives from September 1991

BMW on brink of European deal. (contemplating on single agency network for European advertising campaign)
September 27, 1991... BMW on brink of European deal BMW, the German luxury car maker, is reported to be on the verge of deciding whether to assign all its advertising in Europe, including the UK, to one agency network. If it does, the French-based agency...

Top agencies set for 130 million sterling pounds link-up. (FCB to take over Creative Business)
September 27, 1991... Top agencies set for 130m [pounds] link-up Britain's advertising industry is bracing itself for another big agency merger amid reports that FCB, formerly Foote Cone and Belding, is set to take over the Creative Business. Industry sources...

Lefroy and French share 400,000 pounds sterling Y and R packages. (ousted chief executive Tim Lefroy and chairman Richard French receive severance pay from Young and Rubicam Inc.)
September 27, 1991... Lefroy and French share 400,000 [pounds] Y and R packages Richard French and Tim Lefroy, the ousted chairman and chief executive of Young and Rubicam, are believed to be receiving severance payments of around 200,000 [pounds] each -- French...

Flamboyant boss takes ex-clients to court for 1 million pounds sterling. (Chris Joseph of Hook Advertising; Telepoint consortium made up of Barclays Bank PLC, Hutchison Telecommunications Ltd., Philips and Shell)
September 27, 1991... Flamboyant boss takes ex-clients to court for 1m [pounds] Outspoken agency boss Chris Joseph has slapped a 1 million [pounds] law suit on a former client and faces court action himself over allegations of falsely claiming IPA membership. ...

Laura Ashley chief seeks shop. (chief executive Jim Maxmin is scouting for an advertising agency)
September 27, 1991... Laura Ashley chief seeks shop Laura Ashley is planning a return to international image advertising as it attempts to reverse its fortunes and appeal to working women. The company's newly-appointed chief executive, Jim Maxmin, fresh from...

Amex goes on ad offensive. (American Express's multimillion pound advertising campaign)
September 27, 1991... Amex goes on ad offensive American Express is launching a multimillion pound TV and press advertising offensive through Ogilvy and Mather in a bid to shrug off recessionary blues and get cardholders spending again. Although neither the...

Milkybar Kid rides again in first Still Price campaign. (television commercial for Milkybar white chocolate of Nestle produced by Still Price Lintas)
September 27, 1991... Milkybar Kid rides again in first Still Price campaign The Milkybar Kid returns to television on 1 October in an eight week national campaign through Still Price Lintas to celebrate the brand's 30th anniversary. Nine-year-old Simon...

Mathews starts up Holt-style venture. (Roger Mathews of Focus Independent Management Services establishes Focus on Print to compete with Bob Holt's Production Link International)
September 27, 1991... Mathews starts up Holt-style venture Focus Independent Management Services, the parent company of the controversial production independent, Focus on Film, is launching a subsidiary, Focus on Print, as a rival to Bob Holt's Production Link...

Cowan Kemsley Taylor picks up 1.6 million pounds sterling double win. (contract value with Ginsters Cornish Pasty and Kiddi Group baby products business advertising accounts)
September 27, 1991... Cowan Kemsley Taylor picks up 1.6m [pounds] double win Cowan Kemsley Taylor has scooped 1.6 million [pounds] of new business this week with the appointment to handle the 1.1 million [pounds] Ginsters Cornish Pasty account and the 500,000...

BBC gets reprieve on Tory ad imposition. (British Broadcasting Corporation Ltd.)
September 27, 1991... BBC gets reprieve on Tory ad imposition The Conservatives are set to abandon the idea of forcing the BBC to carry advertising to keep down or abolish the licence fee, according to Government sources. Although advertising will be one of...

BBH shifts roles to replace lost chiefs. (advertising agency Bartle Bogle Hegarty replaces resigned chairman Jerry Judge and joint managing director Tim Lindsay)
September 27, 1991... BBH shifts roles to replace lost chiefs Bartle Bogle Hegarty moved quickly this week to promote top management and to redefine roles following the departure of its chairman, Jerry Judge, and joint managing director, Tim Lindsay. The...

Cyprus lines up agencies for tourism review. (Cyprus Tourist Board)
September 27, 1991... Cyprus lines up agencies for tourism review The Cyprus Tourist Board has shortlisted agencies for a four-yearly statutory review of its 1.5 million [pounds] (Media Register) TV and press account. The business has been at Chess...

Delaney wraps up Wedgwood. (Delaney Fletcher Slaymaker Delaney Bozell is awarded Wedgwood PLC's advertising contract)
September 27, 1991... Delaney wraps up Wedgwood Delaney Fletcher Slaymaker Delaney Bozell has been awarded the 1 million [pounds] giftware division of Wedgwood, formerly with the Manchester agency, Buchanan. Wedgwood's parent company, Waterford, has...

Equity members agree to fees based on ratings. (British actors' equity association; acting fees in television advertising)
September 27, 1991... Equity members agree to fees based on ratings Actors gave a new method of calculating their pay for commercials work the thumbs up in a ballot held last Friday. Just less than 70 per cent of the 7,392 actors voting in the Equity ballot...

Burnetts kills off Barclays' ghost. (Leo Burnett produces new television commercials for Barclays Bank PLC)
September 27, 1991... Burnetts kills off Barclays' ghost Barclays is unveiling its new-look personal sector advertising this week, six months after quitting Yellowhammer in favour of Leo Burnett. Three new television commercials will roll out between now and...

Rhino picks Elan instead of Securicor. (Rhino Communications gains advertising contract of Elan overnight delivery company)
September 27, 1991... Rhino picks Elan instead of Securicor Rhino Communications has resigned its 750,000 [pounds] Securicor Omega express parcels business, for which it successfully repitched just three weeks ago, to take on a rival courier account. The...

Nursing revamps look. (new advertising campaign to improve the image of the nursing profession)
September 27, 1991... Nursing revamps look A 2.6 million [pounds] campaign to improve the image of the nursing profession is being launched by Laing Henry Hill Holliday this Thursday -- its first work since landing the account in February. A 30-second and...

Perrings in hunt for shop to lead national push. (furniture company)
September 27, 1991... Perrings in hunt for shop to lead national push Furniture retailer Perrings is looking for an agency to handle its 500,000 [pounds] account as a prelude to a possible national campaign. Newly-appointed marketing director Sharon Godsave is...

Baby ad: 'public neutral.' (public opinion survey on Benetton's newborn baby poster)
September 27, 1991... Baby ad: |public neutral' Benetton's controversial poster featuring a new-born baby failed to shock the majority of the British public despite being slammed by the Advertising Standards Authority, according to a major new survey. Market...

Outdoor bodies back watchdog. (self-regulatory body for the outdoor advertising industry)(Great Britain)
September 27, 1991... Outdoor bodies back watchdog The outdoor advertising industry is forging ahead with plans to set up a self-regulatory body after voting in favour of the plan at a crucial private meeting last week. Ken Miles, director general of the...

Halifax rebuilds image. (Halifax Building Society)
September 27, 1991... Halifax rebuilds image The Halifax building society is about to mount a huge corporate rebranding operation spearheaded by some of the most spectacular financial advertising ever seen on TV. In one ad, hundreds of people form human...

Bowman Harris to promote Argentine airline. (Aerolineas Argentinas)
September 27, 1991... Bowman Harris to promote Argentine airline Aerolineas Argentinas, the national airline of Argentina, has appointed Bowman Harris to run its first advertising campaign for eight years. The agency picked up the account after a five-way...

Schwartz moves to Grey from BDDH. (McCormick Foods Schwartz chooses Grey Advertising Inc. drops Butterfield Day Devito Hockney)
September 27, 1991... Schwartz moves to Grey from BDDH Grey has scooped the 1.6 million [pounds] McCormick Foods Schwartz account. The business moves from Butterfield Day Devito Hockney which had handled the account for two years. BDDH is not thought to...

Grade urges C4 strategy switch. (Michael Grade bats for Great Britain's Channel 4 to begin commercial broadcasting)
September 27, 1991... Grade urges C4 strategy switch Channel 4 has to adopt some of the culture of the commercial world, said its chief executive, Michael Grade. Speaking in an emergency session at last week's Royal Television Society Cambridge Convention,...

Glaxo breaks 2 million pounds sterling drive. (Glaxo Inc. exceeds two million pounds sterling advertising expense promoting anti-ulcer Zantac)
September 27, 1991... Glaxo breaks 2m [pounds] drive Glaxo is mounting a pound ad blitz for its flagship anti-ulcer drug Zantac as it intensifies the battle with rival pharmaceutical companies for the hearts and minds of Britain's doctors. The group is...

Hilton launches ad revival as slump hits hotels. (Hilton UK's color press and poster campaign through Senior King)
September 27, 1991... Hilton launches ad revival as slump hits hotels Hilton UK is to advertise for the first time since its takeover by the Ladbroke Group in 1987. It is launching a 500,000 [pounds] colour press and poster campaign on 1 October through...

Sony plans blitz. (Sony Consumer Products' pre-Christmas advertising campaign)
September 27, 1991... Sony plans blitz Sony Consumer Products is ploughing a record 10 million [pounds] into an above-the-line pre-Christmas campaign with Bartle Bogle Hegarty. The agency has dropped last year's use of celebrities, including Emo Phillips,...

Modelling agency sets out stall for freelancers. (Marco Rasala's new company Real People supply freelance advertising creatives and account directors)
September 27, 1991... Modelling agency sets out stall for freelancers The modelling agency, Marco Rasala, has branched out into supplying freelance advertising creatives and account directors with the setting up of a new company called Real People. The...

FCA Mavity goes ahead with move. (relocates to St. George's Square in Pimlico, London, England)
September 27, 1991... FCA Mavity goes ahead with move FCA Mavity will become the latest agency to desert London's West End by moving to St George's Square in Pimlico next week. FCA's chairman, Roger Mavity, said: "Pimlico is the thinking man's Canary Wharf." ...

Hamlet airs swan-song. (last television advertising by Collett Dickenson Pearce for Gallaher's tobacco product Hamlet)
September 27, 1991... Hamlet airs swan-song Hamlet, one of the UK's most famous ad campaigns, goes off air next Wednesday in compliance with the EC ban on television tobacco advertising. Collett Dickenson Pearce, Gallaher's agency for the 27 years of the...

Is generic magazine advertising worthwhile? (panel discussion)
September 27, 1991... Is generic magazine advertising worthwhile? Mark Edwards asks if the PPA should follow the example of the NPA Read any good magazines lately? The imminent launch by the Newspaper Publishers Association of a generic campaign...

Sopp has a selling style all of his own. (Rod Sopp markets men's magazines 'The Face' and 'Arena" advertising space)
September 27, 1991... Sopp has a selling style all of his own Belinda Archer talks to the shy man who put men's magazines on the map There is an advertising sales person who doesn't believe in self-promotion. Ironic, really, since he has more genuine...

Why Times may change but still stay the same. (Sunday Times)
September 27, 1991... Why Times may change but still stay the same The front page of last weekend's Sunday Times excitedly trailed its new classified section and the value for money contained in its 142 pages for 80p. Much lower key was the Times's new-look...

The spectre of De Deo hanging over Y and R London. (Joe De Deo worldwide president of Young and Rubicam advertising network controls the firm's London office as well)
September 27, 1991... The spectre of De Deo hanging over Y and R London Bernard Barnett assesses the man whose influence pervades all things Y and R Advertising people are renowned for their optimism. "We don't have problems, we have opportunities," they...

Sega takes to WCRS's creation of a child hero. (Sega Europe's advertising agent WCRS creates video game hero "Jimmy" for video films advertising efforts)
September 27, 1991... Sega takes to WCRS's creation of a child hero Fiona Plant looks at Sega's choice of a cool character to reach school children Sega Europe's marketing manager, Simon Morris, boasts of a 50,000-strong sales force with a presence in...

Party battle takes to posters. (Great Britain's political parties battle with posters)
September 27, 1991... Party battle takes to posters The Tories and Labour are sharpening their knives, writes Charlotte Smith Harold Wilson is said to have cursed the day he agreed to a knocking-copy poster in the 1970 election which put the Conservatives...

Focus allays fears of creative conflict. (Focus on Film and its new company Focus on Print offers cost advisory and television commercials production and print media advertisment discounts)
September 27, 1991... Focus allays fears of creative conflict Stefano Hatfield on a new production independent which has created a stir For a company which claims it is not aggressively threatening anyone, Focus on Film has antagonised a lot of people. And...

Leagas's ads do the talking. (Leagas Delaney advertising agency's own video and print commercials)
September 27, 1991... Leagas's ads do the talking Bernard Barnett finds the agency's creativity elegantly understated When you visit the Advertising Agency Register to see what Leagas Delaney has to offer, you are presented with a smart pack in designer...

Vico stirs up mash market. (French farmer cooperative expands mash potato market in the United Kingdom)
September 27, 1991... Vico stirs up mash market Susan Litherland looks at Mr Mash, advertising for the first time in the UK Potato mashers are in a dreadful plight. They are about to be made redundant by a French, quality instant potato. That's the...

Clients can't hide below-the-line during recession. (companies resorting to sales promotions and direct mail can not expect long term success without advertising)
September 27, 1991... Clients can't hide below-the-line during recession I have nothing against direct marketing except that it takes money away from advertising. David Ogilvy, the founder of Ogilvy and Mather, has always professed to be keener on direct response...

Young and Rubicam: a major worldwide force.
September 27, 1991... Young and Rubicam: a major worldwide force It is to be hoped that Young and Rubicam has finally settled its management problems with the announcement that two senior people at Bartle Bogle Hegarty are to move there as chief executive and...

End of an era on a G-string. (television commercials series for Galaher's cigar Hamlet which uses Bach's symphony music ends due to law on tobacco advertising)
September 27, 1991... END OF AN ERA ON A G-STRING CDP's classic series of TV commercials for Hamlet ends next week after 27 years. Stefano Hatfield reports One dark, rainy night in 1964 two Collett Dickenson Pearce creatives -- copywriter Tim Warriner and art...

Automotive press. (automobile industry periodicals and advertising campaign)
September 27, 1991... AUTOMOTIVE PRESS New car sales slump fails to dent optimism and innovation of the motoring magazines AUTO EXPRESS Alex McKibbin, advertisement manager, says: "Moving our printing from Germany to the UK in July has given us even...

Creativity league. (creativity ratings of European advertising aencies)
September 27, 1991... CREATIVITY LEAGUE Apparent stability at the top of the creativity league for European agencies disguises the fact that there is turmoil elsewhere, created mainly by an increasing trend towards takeovers or federations among hitherto domestic...

Top 300 European agencies. (advertising agencies)
September 27, 1991... TOP 300 EUROPEAN AGENCIES Last year a quarter of the Report's European Top 300 agencies were British, this year they make up a fifth. Seven of the top 10, including the number one agency, are French. For how much longer can London claim to...

Euro networks.
September 27, 1991... EURO NETWORKS Running to stand still was the name of the game for the European advertising networks last year. Eurocom was catapulted to the top of the league and all eyes turned to Paris as a pivot for European strength. Charlotte Smith...

Euro-bonds. (with the establishment of European single market in 1992 independent advertising agencies face bleak prospects while the multi-nationals are expected to fare well)
September 27, 1991... EURO-BONDS While the established agency multi-nationals boast of their readiness for 1992, the domestic independents face an unpleasant truth about the European bandwagon: united they stand, divided they fall. Tracey Taylor reports A glance...

BBH duo defect to Y&R to oust French, Lefroy. (Bartle Bogle Hegarty; Young and Rubicam; Richard French and Tim Lefroy; Jerry Judge and Tim Lindsay)
September 20, 1991... BBH duo defect to Y&R to oust French, Lefroy The long-running management saga at Young and Rubicam took an astonishing turn this week with the leaking of the appointment of two top Bartle Bogle Hegarty executives, Jerry Judge and Tim Lindsay,...

Sorrell bawls out Banks over false O and M rumours. (Martin Sorrell, head of WPP; John Banks, Banks Partnership; Ogilvy and Mather)
September 20, 1991... Sorrell bawls out Banks over false O and M rumours The head of WPP, Martin Sorrell, has instructed the group's law firm, Calow Easton, to send a warning letter to John Banks, the founder of the Banks Partnership, with the intention of...

Colletts in shock COI loss. (Collett Dickenson Pearce loses government contract from Central Office of Information)
September 20, 1991... Colletts in shock COlloss The Home Office has shocked Collett Dickenson Pearce by firing the agency from its 4 million [pounds] Crime Prevention account without warning. GGT, Leagas Shafron Davis Chick, Ogilvy and Mather and Delaney...

Kraft decides to move 5 million pounds sterling Kenco into BSB Dorland. (Kraft General Foods)
September 20, 1991... Kraft decides to move 5m [pounds] Kenco into BSB Dorland The 5 million [pounds] Kenco coffee business is tipped to be moving into BSB Dorland after the failure of a last-ditch effort by Young and Rubicam to keep the account. Dorlands...

Crown boosts Still Price. (Crown Berger Paints; Still Price Lintas)
September 20, 1991... Crown boosts Still Price Still Price Lintas has picked up the Crown Berger Paints account, worth an estimated 4 million [pounds], following a protracted secret pitch against Cowan Kemsley Taylor. Both agencies are believed to have been...

McCanns 'thwarted' Rubins. (Jack Rubins, chairman of McCann-Erickson)
September 20, 1991... McCanns |thwarted' Rubins Jack Rubins, chairman of McCann-Erickson, decided to quit when the agency's worldwide management thwarted his plans to build up new defences against the media independents, particularly Carat in Europe, sources...

Guinness measures out 20 million pounds sterling.
September 20, 1991... Guinness measures out 20m [pounds] The covert 20 million [pounds] Guinness media centralisation review has ironically ended with the account sliced in two. Rather than pool its entire budget through one buying-point, Guinness has...

Focus on Film stakes its claim with FBA buyout. (Film Budget Analysis)
September 20, 1991... Focus on Film stakes its claim with FBA buyout Focus on Film, the controversial new production independent, has bought Film Budget Analysis, Europe's largest advertising film production consultancy. The newly merged operation now gives...

JWT promotes duo to joint chief posts. (J. Walter Thompson; Dominic Proctor and William Eccleshare)
September 20, 1991... JWT promotes duo to joint chief posts Dominic Proctor and William Eccleshare, who for the past nine months have operated as joint deputy managing directors of J. Walter Thompson, have been promoted to joint managing directors. The move...

Emery quits TSMS for top ITN commercial position. (Dick Emery, joint managing director)
September 20, 1991... Emery quits TSMS for top ITN commercial position Dick Emery, joint managing director of the UK's largest television sales house, TSMS, is quitting to join ITN. After a fortnight scotching rumours of his planned departure, Emery has...

O&M keeps hold of Cotton Council. (Ogilvy and Mather Worldwide)
September 20, 1991... O & M keeps hold of Cotton Council Ogilvy and Mather has kept the $7 million Cotton Council International account in the family by switching it out of O and M Partners into the main advertising agency. Last July the Cotton Council...

Mother's Pride revamps image with family scene. (British Bakeries to relaunch white bread loaf)
September 20, 1991... Mother's Pride revamps image with family scene British Bakeries is relaunching Mother's Pride white bread with its first advertising for the brand since the mid-Seventies. The 2 million [pounds] television campaign through J. Walter...

Hitachi takes new Euro ad approach. (Hitachi's new advertising campaign for camcorders)
September 20, 1991... Hitachi takes new Euro ad approach Hitachi is overriding existing European agency arrangements to launch its new camcorder range across the Continent through Hakuhodo. The Japanese electronics giant is providing funds directly from Tokyo...

Simons uses rap for Wrangler ads. (Simons Palmer Denton Clemmow and Johnson)
September 20, 1991... Simons uses rap for Wrangler ads K-Bazz, a black rapper from the Bronx, is the star of Simons Palmer Denton Clemmow and Johnson's third ad for Wrangler jeans, which breaks next week. Shot in Los Angeles, the commercial, which will be...

Former ABM chief joins Hall Harrison. (John Lawson formerly of Allen Brady and Marsh)
September 20, 1991... Former ABM chief joins Hall Harrison John Lawson, the former managing director of Allen Brady and Marsh, is joining Hall Harrison Cowley Maidenhead as managing director. He fills a post that has been vacant since March when Nick Bacon...

Should BSkyB be allowed to advertise on ITV? (British Sky Broadcasting) (panel discussion)
September 20, 1991... Should BSkyB be allowed to advertise on ITV? Mark Edwards looks at the background to the row over BSkyB's latest ads Just imagine opening up a copy of the Sunday Express only to be greeted with a double-page spread informing you that...

An iron fist in a velvet glove. (interview with the Observer's advertising director Nicki Hill) (interview)
September 20, 1991... An iron fist in a velvet glove Belinda Archer meets the Observer's Nicki Hill -- a |brilliant sales operator' You clock the MaxMara shoulder pads first. Then you spot the "despicably long legs", as one admirer calls them. And then,...

BSkyB must go to the movies to increase viewers. (British Sky Broadcasting advertising campaign) (column)
September 20, 1991... BSkyB must go to the movies to increase viewers If you've seen the latest British Sky Broadcasting advertising campaign for its movie channels you'll know it is a radical departure. Instead of the brash and breathless Sun-style...

Delaney threatens radical changes at the troubled D&AD. (Tim Delaney's bid for company president)
September 20, 1991... Delaney threatens radical changes at the troubled D & AD John Tylee assesses Tim Delaney's chances in the D and AD presidential race To anybody who has watched the often chaotic and sometimes farcical goings-on within the D and AD...

Sky defends new ads against 'petty' objections. (interview with David Evans, marketing director for British Sky Broadcasting) (interview)
September 20, 1991... Sky defends new ads against |petty' objections Susannah Richmond talks to Sky's David Evans about his recent ad campaign David Evans, the director of marketing and distribution for British Sky Broadcasting, is not riled about the...

Agencies watch their backs. (concern over proliferation of monitoring services)
September 20, 1991... Agencies watch their backs Margaret Patrick looks at agency reactions to a new breed of middlemen The whistleblowers who have made headlines recently by claiming that clients can be "ripped off" by agencies have also made the...

A new award - but this one's different. (IPA Media Award)
September 20, 1991... A new award -- but this one's different David Pattison explains why the IPA Media Award will stand out from the rest Recently Campaign has announced a new industry award, the IPA Media Award, sponsored jointly by Campaign and Express...

FCA takes a simple approach. (FCA Mavity)
September 20, 1991... FCA takes a simple approach FCA's honest articulation is interesting and brave, says Bernard Barnett FCA Mavity's showreel has a genuine point of difference which at first sight seems arty and self-indulgent: the talking heads are...

Saatchi and BR get unfair flak for 100mph claim. (Saatchi and Saatchi)(British Rail)
September 20, 1991... Saatchi and BR get unfair flak for 100mph claim The advertising industry has perpetrated some outrages in its time, and still does occasionally, but nowadays it is more sinned against than sinning. Only this week the Sunday Times castigated...

Gallaher rolls out a mild and mellow alternative tobacco. (product announcement)
September 20, 1991... Gallaher rolls out a mild and mellow alternative tobacco Amber Leaf is for those in need of a mild smoke, writes Robert Ashton The two million roll-your-own smokers in this country have a new choice of tobacco. Gallaher, which with...

Europe's newest major client. (Bob Grierson leaves McCann-Erickson to join Ferrero of Italy)
September 20, 1991... EUROPE'S NEWEST MAJOR CLIENT Veteran advertising chief Bob Grierson is to leave McCanns to join one of Europe's biggest advertisers. Gail Amber highlights his career and discusses his imminent move to Ferrero Bob Grierson is finally going to...

Mummy's in a meeting. (stresses and strains of working mothers in advertising)
September 20, 1991... MUMMY'S IN A MEETING For working mothers life is a constant balancing act between job and family. Fiona Plant discovers how they cope and how agencies are addressing their needs The advertising industry is rapidly changing as agencies are...

Pan-European business boost eases the pain of budget cutbacks on the home front. (economic aspects of the market research business)
September 20, 1991... Pan-European business boost eases the pain of budget cutbacks on the home front AGB Chris Collins, managing director of AGB United Kingdom, says: "I was appointed MD in February. My brief is to consolidate the selling opportunities...

Graduates still face hard times as cuts continue.
September 20, 1991... Graduates still face hard times as cuts continue With little sign of light at the end of the recessionary tunnel, the top 12 agencies are prudently taking on 16 per cent fewer graduate trainees than last year. Saatchi and Saatchi, D'Arcy...

Fynn does FA work and football writing in his spare time. (Alex Fynn, soccer journalist)
September 20, 1991... Fynn does FA work and football writing in his spare time As Charles Saatchi reflects on the yo-yoing fortunes of his 21-year-old empire, perhaps he will cast his mind back to the days when his schoolboy ball-playing skills first exposed his...

Court's sea link turns Navy shoot into a cruise for the crew. (Mike Court, advertising director)
September 20, 1991... Court's sea link turns Navy shoot into a cruise for the crew "Join the Navy and see the world. Differently" may be the line for Young and Rubicam's new Royal Navy recruitment film but for joint creative director Mike Court it was just a case...

New Ferrero chief heralds European agency network. (Bob Grierson)
September 13, 1991... New Ferrero chief heralds European agency network Bob Grierson, one of McCann-Erickson's top European managers, is joining Ferrero, the world's third-largest confectioner, as its corporate communications boss. The appointment could lead...

Telegraph poised to name agency for ad comeback. (Daily Telegraph promotional strategy)
September 13, 1991... Telegraph poised to name agency for ad comeback The Daily Telegraph is understood to be on the brink of hiring a permanent agency for its 5 million [pounds] business, replacing its caretaker agency, Davis Wilkins. Collett Dickenson...

Grocery giant gives BMP the nod on media buying. (BMP DDB Needham to land CPC UK's media account)
September 13, 1991... Grocery giant gives BMP the nod on media buying BMP DDB Needham is tipped to land CPC UK's 10 million [pounds] centralised media account. The grocery giant is believed to have plumped for BMP to handle media buying on its portfolio of...

Industry detects an upturn. (advertising industry)
September 13, 1991... Industry detects an upturn The first signs of a sustained increase in advertising spend are creeping into the market. A brace of forecasts by City stockbrokers is predicting slow but steady growth through 1992, and some media buying points...

Nine fight for WH Smith update. (advertising agencies seeking contract)
September 13, 1991... Nine fight for WH Smith update D'Arcy Masius Benton and Bowles's 21-year hold on the 10 million [pounds] WH Smith account is under threat as the High Street retailer attempts to brush off its dusty image. Weeks of strong denials of a...

Production companies send out a call to arms.
September 13, 1991... Production companies send out a call to arms A worried production industry has been stung into action by the arrival of the new Focus on Film marketing consultancy (Campaign, 6 September). The Advertising Film and Videotape Producers'...