Earlier this week retailers reported the lowest sales growth for 19 months. This, coupled with high interest rates, suggests that retail may be in for a bruising time over the crucial Christmas period and beyond.Elmwood’s Richard Simpson... Read more
Scott Wylie, client services director at Frame, has left the advertising agency to join start-up media firm Purple Dog TV.Purple Dog has secured a contract with First Bus Glasgow to install a new television system that will screen a mixture of... Read more
Scottish design industry stalwart Erick Davidson has sold his design consultancy Tayburn to a management buyout team after months of speculation that such a deal was in the pipeline.The MBO team is made up of managing director Simon Farrell,... Read more
Dog Digital has created a new online health information service for NHS 24. The site has been created to enable users to access a health library of ailments, tests, treatments and operations.The project meant a complete overhaul of the content of... Read more
Edinburgh-based internet design firm Storm ID has secured a three year partnership contract with the UK Health and Safety Executive.Storm won the HSE contract as part of a competitive tender process to become its rostered digital partner, which... Read more
Tictoc Design has appointed Flash developer Tomek Augustyn to its digital team as it wins two new accounts. Augustyn, who joins from Design is Central, will work between Tictoc’s creative and technical teams, covering all aspects of the web... Read more
Bigmouthmedia has appointed Pamela Brankin as UK marketing manager. Brankin joins from Ambergreen – a rival Edinburgh-based SEM agency – where she held the role of marketing manager, and coordinated Ambergreen’s rebrand.The... Read more
Synergist, specialists in job management and costing systems for agencies and consultancies, has launched a new website designed and built by Wilmslow-based Pavilion Communication.Synergist’s new site is focused on clearly explaining the... Read more
Italian premium door brand, Silvelox has concluded a five-way pitch for its UK marketing account with the appointment of Leeds-based agency Propaganda. Silvelox UK managing director Ian Chubb revealed the agency would be developing advertising and... Read more
Jaguar and Land Rover have launched a series of campaigns to increase customer retention and drive new customer acquisition in both brands’ global aftersales markets.The activity, which consists of online and offline ads, direct marketing,... Read more
Sustainable community developer BioRegional Quintain has appointed Leeds-based fuse8 to consult on a huge £200million regeneration project in Middlesbrough.The account win is phase one of a 15 year project in line with the town’s... Read more
A £100,000 scheme has been sealed today aiming to cement Bristol’s reputation as a hub for creative business.Cash has been ploughed into two projects, ‘Light up Bristol’ and ‘Media Sandbox’. The scheme is... Read more
Ocean’s George Square digital screens are providing the backdrop to Glasgow’s celebration of winning the 2014 Commonwealth Games. The announcement that Glasgow has been chosen over Nigerian city Abuja was made at 12:45 by the... Read more
“The Nottingham scene continues to be buoyant,” says Mike Conwill, co-founder of CHC Choir, “although it is evident the nature of the work is changing. “There is an increasing emphasis on the digital offering being a lead... Read more
Propaganda has already drawn up a shortlist to fill the role of creative director, following the surprise departure of incumbent, Stuart Anderson, who left the role “by mutual consent” just as The Drum went to press.Anderson was... Read more
Ergo Computing has appointed Palmer Hargreaves Wallis Tomlinson as its preferred marketing partner following a competitive pitch.Ergo supplies bespoke IT hardware and solutions to a variety of specialist markets. PHWT will start working with Ergo... Read more
Digital marketing agency Amaze is believed to be on the verge of acquisition by Hasgrove, despite Amaze reputedly going into administration this week.While both parties are yet to reveal details of the circumstances, it has been reported that... Read more
Creative Spark has tackled the brief ‘to bring music to the people of Salford’ to celebrate Salford City Council\'s £20million partnership with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.The Manchester design agency was invited to... Read more
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