Chris White leaves Nestlé Rowntree UK
Marketing WeekNestlé Rowntree UK managing director Chris White has left the company after less than two years. It is thought he has another job to go to in a similar role.
Nestlé Rowntree UK managing director Chris White has left the company after less than two years. It is thought he has another job to go to in a similar role.
EasyJet has handed the job of commercial director to Saad Hammad.
Online gambling company Sportingbet is looking for its first European marketing director as it develops its products across the continent. The role has been created to oversee the work of marketing teams across the company’s different brands throughout Europe. The company offers a range of gambling and poker sites including Sportsbook.com and ParadisePoker.com, and has […]
The New Zealand government has launched a campaign to convince ex-patriots living in the UK to pack up and head home. The campaign, launched in London by illuminating New Zealand House, aims to remind New Zealanders living abroad what they are missing. A website – newzealandnow.info –has been set up and a London-based marketing company […]
Oxfam says the creative work carried out on an aborted advertising and direct marketing push will be used as part of a broader campaign designed to attract volunteers and campaigners to the charity. The work, created by EHS Brann and featuring celebrities including Vic Reeves and Rachel Stevens, is believed to have cost &£240,000 and […]
Unilever is understood to be talking to roster shops about a possible pan-European review for the Hellmann’s Mayonnaise brand, worth an estimated &£15m. The move could weaken Lowe’s place on the Unilever roster. It handles the &£6.5m business in the UK and the balance in Europe. It also handles the Unilever-owned Sure deodorant brand. Ogilvy […]
Hooper Galton has won the £3m advertising business for Nestlé FoodServices following a three-way pitch. The account includes the Maggi, Chef, Herta and Nestlé Bakery brands.
Alfa Romeo is in talks with direct marketing agencies about its below-the-line account. The company, like its parent Fiat, uses Arc, but marketing chief Roland Ellison says work is handled on a project rather than retained basis. Ellison refuses to comment on a possible review, but the car marque is understood to be in talks […]
The Disability Rights Commission has appointed McCann Erickson Manchester to handle its advertising.
Beechwood has been appointed by Matalan to handle its advertising business, estimated to be worth &£13m. The agency won the account after the retailer parted company with Euro RSCG London.
WWAV Rapp Collins, Triangle and incumbent Joshua have been shortlisted to pitch for the Post Office’s in-branch and promotions account as part of the review of its &£15m advertising business.
General Motors has begun a pan-European pitch for the launch of its Antara sports utility vehicle. Roster agencies Delaney Lund Knox Warren & Partners and McCann Erickson will pitch for the business, along with two unnamed agencies.
Beattie McGuinness Bungay has won the £8m advertising account for Sky One after BSkyB ended its relationship with Wieden & Kennedy.
Clemmow Hornby Inge has been appointed to handle the advertising business for Weight Watchers UK’s range of food. JWT, which handles the Weight Watchers meetings account, will be unaffected by the appointment.
Ogilvy & Mather, Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe/Y&R and TBWA/London have been shortlisted to pitch for Adecco’s £20m global advertising business, which has gone into research.