Places Matter!, the Architecture and Built Environment Centre for the Northwest, has selected Reading Room to deliver its next generation website.Launched in May 2007 and primarily funded by NWDA, Places Matter! is a major programme to drive up... Read more
Weekly Wrap: Fraser Bradshaw, Managing Director, McCann Erickson Communications House, BristolSo, will the competition be a fair one? Undoubtedly in a recession it’s going to be gloomy. Clients will be looking to make their money go further... Read more
Brian Beech, managing director of London-based PR firm Biss Lancaster's Manchester and Edinburgh offices, has been appointed joint MD for the entire company.Beech has been promoted alongside Holly Ward, who now has responsibility for the agency's... Read more
Tourism body Visit Wales is to hold a pitch for its marketing account, currently held by Wieden & Kennedy and Partners Andrew Aldridge. The agencies appointed to the £7.5million account will be tasked to work on brand strategy and identity,... Read more
The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association is launching a new direct campaign to encourage donations to help 'fit and kit' the charity's new national training school.Cheltenham-based direct-to-digital agency TDA has devised the campaign which... Read more
It is a year since Stratstone Aston Martin dealership in Wilmslow, Manchester welcomed its new neighbour in the form of advertising agency Driven. With its suitably automotive sounding moniker Driven, spearheaded by former TBWA-ites Nick Brookes,... Read more
Radisson SAS Hotels and Resorts has appointed Teviot to create its rebrand to Radisson Blu. The Edinburgh based brand specialists has work with Radisson SAS for a number of years and will see the company aim to becoming on of the fastest growing,... Read more
The Drum understands that the Scottish creative team for recruitment firm TMP is to be made redundant. It is thought that seven members of the agency, including its three man creative team led by its creative director Guy Gumm, will finish in... Read more
Triple One Digital, part of the Media Quarter group of companies, has created the website for Scotland’s newest music festival, the Homecoming.Media Quarter has not only created the booking website, but also the branding and strategic... Read more
Axis Animation was founded in 2000 by a team of four artists and animators - Richard Scott, Dana Dorian, Stuart Aitken and Graham McKenna. With over 30 staff and a turnover of £1.8m, it has grown quickly in recent years.Yet, despite being... Read more
Tourism body VisitScotland is currently tendering for the provision of full agency services (creative, media, on-line and brand strategy) for the long-haul international markets of USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. The contract, currently... Read more
Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park Authority has appointed The Big Partnership to handle its PR account.Following the agency’s reappointment to the Scottish Government’s PR roster the agency has been briefed to handle the... Read more
The new brand identity for the Edinburgh International Science Festival has been designed by Edinburgh agency Redpath. This is the first rebrand since the previous identity was created over a decade ago. Red Path was appointed to create the new... Read more
Stirling based The Thistle Shopping Centre has appointed Madisonsoho as its new creative agency. The Birmingham based agency won the six figure account following a four way pitch and is already working on creating a multi-platform campaign which... Read more
Part of the appeal might be that adding a PR arm is not much of a risk, according to marketing guru, Carl Hopkins. “It’s an easy set up and an easy sell with high conversion rates,” he reasons. “In lots of cases it’s... Read more
M-FOURManchester Joint Health Unit/NHS ManchesterWorthwhile campaign although I bet a lot of lattes were consumed developing a creative which passed the political correctness monitors. Despite the live longer, spend more time with the grandkids... Read more
Dear Uncle Carl,The agency I work for has been appointed by a client that I consider to be morally bankrupt. It’s not an account that I’ll feel comfortable working on, but I’m just a humble creative, and can’t afford to... Read more
BBC World News has appointed BrandNew to create a website for World Challenge, its global competition recognising small businesses and projects that have improved their communities.The website, which will go live on 16 February, will act as an... Read more
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