Lurpak to sponsor UKTV Food programme strand
Marketing WeekLurpak is to sponsor a programme strand on UKTV Food for six months in a deal negotiated by Carat and IDS. Shows in the strand include The Naked Chef and Food Heroes.
Lurpak is to sponsor a programme strand on UKTV Food for six months in a deal negotiated by Carat and IDS. Shows in the strand include The Naked Chef and Food Heroes.
Heart 106.2 FM, the Chrysalis Radio Group-owned station, has become the number one station in London with a weekly reach of 1.9 million and a 6.4 per cent share of listening, according to Rajar figures for the third quarter of 2005.
Barclays and East Midlands accountancy firm Cooper Parry have ended their dispute over the advertising strapline ‘Now there’s a thought’ after reaching an out-of-court settlement ahead of a court date that was set for December.
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is seeking an agency to handle the £3m advertising account for the recruitment side of its business.
The ‘virtual’ marketing body for commercial TV has often seemed rather ethereal. Now, with a heavyweight chairman, an office and the prospect of some staff, Thinkbox needs to get moving So Thinkbox, the marketing body for commercial television, is finally to get its own premises and permanent staff. No one could accuse the TV industry […]
Ill-judged comments by prominent males should not be allowed to obscure the fact that motherhood and work can co-exist. Sue Farr calls for a balanced debate on what’s fairer for the sexes Oh dear! Neil French’s unfortunate (and now infamous) comment that female creative directors are “crap” has resulted in his equally unfortunate sacking. His […]
Motorola’s marketing chief has hit out at global advertising networks, saying they are too conservative and produce sub-standard creative work. In an exclusive interview with Marketing Week, the mobile phone manufacturer’s chief marketing officer Geoffrey Frost (pictured) says using a mixture of creative hotshops is more effective than retaining a global network. Frost has dumped […]
Marketing Week would like to point out that Rachel Thompson is Flymo brand manager for consumer outdoor products outside North America and not head of marketing services for outdoor products at Electrolux, as reported (MW September 25).
Accantia, the owner of the Simple and Lil-lets brands, has been put up for sale by private equity group Duke Street Capital for &£300m. Investment bank Citigroup has been appointed to sell the company, which was bought by Duke Street last year for &£225m.
BAA says that planned job cuts will not significantly affect its marketing department. Some 700 jobs will go as part of a cost-cutting drive at the company.
Animal Defenders International, an animal rights group, is challenging the government ban on political advertising that has seen charities such as Make Poverty History banned from advertising on television. The case will be heard next year.
Kraft Foods is launching Terry’s Caramel Bite this month.
MyTravel, the package holiday company, is to close 110 of its high street Going Places outlets. There are over 600 Going Places travel agents and the company says it aims to have a more manageable portfolio of 500 and that staff will be redeployed within the group.
Virgin Mobile has appointed Chrysalis Group chief executive Richard Huntingford as a non-executive director. Huntingford has been chief executive of Chrysalis since 2000.
IPC Media has appointed Jackie Newcombe as managing director of IPC Southbank and Wallpaper. She is currently publishing director of Marie Claire.