This summer’s closure of Poulters, a Leeds advertising stalwart of 39 years and a name many people in the industry still proudly display on their CVs, was always going to make for dispiriting headlines.But while the demise of such an... Read more
Here’s a conversation to have down the pub next time you’re with your colleagues – why does there seem to be fewer ‘characters’ in the media and marketing industry nowadays? Where are the people who bluster into the... Read more
The Central Office of Information (COI) is set to establish a new roster of regional agencies to better meet the needs of its clients with regional marketing requirements.The Regional Integrated Agencies framework will also include agencies that... Read more
Consolidated Communications Management has successfully pitched to handle the PR brief for NHS Health Scotland’s Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) immunisation programme. The programme will help prevent cervical cancer - the second most common... Read more
Scottish PR consultancy Weber Shandwick has ended off its Summer by gaining five new clients across its four Scottish offices within the past month. In the North, Weber Shandwick has been appointed by Viking Energy, the company representing the... Read more
Scotland’s latest PR agency, Cowbrough Communications, is set to fill one of the market gaps left from recent cutbacks at the government’s economic development agency, Scottish Enterprise.The new venture, launched by former Scottish... Read more
Not surprisingly this week, it’s a challenge to find some positive news among the UK’s continuing story of financial doom and gloom.An estimated 4,000 Paralympians will compete in the games and I have to agree with TV pundit Clare... Read more
The Glasgow: Edinburgh Collaboration initiative has appointed The Big Partnership to promote the benefits of better collaboration between Glasgow and Edinburgh and profile the cities as centres of business investment and development in the UK.Big... Read more
Cheshire-based Mere PR has facilitated a six-figure health partnership deal for HealthSure with Manchester City Football Club.The two-year partnership, which will see HealthSure become the official health partner to Man City, aims to offer the... Read more
McLaughlin Gibson Communications has won a four way PR pitch to represent Barrie & Hibbert, the leading global risk management consultancy firm.The agency has been appointed by the Edinburgh-based firm to help build their profile as global leaders... Read more
Paul shares his views in this today's Weekly Wrap.In much the same way as politicians businesses have to ‘talk the talk’ to attract customers – and our industry is founded on this basis. They also need to ‘walk the walk... Read more
Eventually the board got on board, the company concentrated on the goal of delivering this very specific experience and annual revenues grew from $1.5 billion in 1996 to $4.6 billion in 2003 and net income grew from $143 million to $761 million... Read more
But maybe a new music orientated social networking site, Tickall, has found the answer.Tickall is a social networking site with a difference. While its mission is to force ticket touts out of business through the use of cutting edge technology,... Read more
Festivals Edinburgh, the organisation behind 13 of the city’s festivals, is launching a search for both a brand agency and an ongoing communications agency as it approaches the launch of Edinburgh Festivals, a new ‘umbrella... Read more
The marketing challenge facing AkzoNobel is encouraging people, whether everyday consumers or painting and decorating tradesmen, to buy paint products they don’t really need. With people struggling to sell up and move home and less demand... Read more
Yet whilst we sit and amuse ourselves imagining ever more irrelevant, banal things to blame on said crunch, there is no denying the situation is one that merits genuine concern for the wider economy. Fears of eventual recession and a massive rise... Read more
Add to this the ambassadorial powers that consumers are finding from the internet and, if your brand is not genuine, you are likely to be found out quickly... and often ridiculed.So, what does this mean for marketers foraging in a saturated... Read more
The amiable Scot is fast approaching a year at Morrisons after joining from Prudential, where he was marketing director, in October 2007. He acknowledges that he has made the move into retail at a precocious time for the industry, but smiles when... Read more
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