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The online bank picks sister agencies to handle its pounds 30m below-the-line work.
The online bank Egg has appointed Claydon Heeley Jones Mason and its sister digital outfit, Agency Republic, to handle its pounds 30 million below-the-line account.
The account will be shared equally between the two Omnicom-owned agencies. The agencies' triumph follows a four-way battle that involved Tequila\London in the final shootout.
EHS Brann, the incumbent on Egg's digital account, which it had handled since 2003, was knocked out at an earlier stage, along with Craik Jones Watson Mitchell Voelkel. The pitch was overseen by the AAR.
Claydon Heeley and Agency Republic will be responsible for developing the bank's online and offline direct response activity.
The appointment follows the bank's decision in the summer to increase its marketing spend by pounds 7 million to pounds 42 million, in order to boost awareness amid increasing competition from rivals such as the Mint card.
The direct business was previously held by Lowe Plus, the Draft London-aligned conflict shop. Lowe Plus was set up in 1998 to take on the financial services launch in addition to HSBC. It lost the HSBC account in a global through-the-line review this year but will continue to trade as usual, with ...