Two Government roster agencies have won accounts to promote Scotland’s next census in 2011. The Governments creative advertising and PR framework agencies were invited to pitch for the contracts, which saw The Gate appointed to work on the... Read more
SMG has announced it has reduced its debt, although it has also recorded less than half of last year's profits. The company has reduced its debt from £157million in 2006 to £47million after a ‘transformational year’ in... Read more
Global Radio has agreed on a price to acquire GCap Media, after four months of negotiations. GCap claimed to own almost 30 per cent of the UK radio advertising market and the new deal is set to take Global's market share up to almost 50 per cent... Read more
STV has announced that it is to revamp its new media department, with several new roles about to be advertised as it looks set to focus on its online offering. The company will base the team around its main website, stv.tv, delivering news, sports... Read more
But would you buy a telephone from someone who sounds a bit crackly when you call to order? Or get in a plumber with leaky taps at his own house?What does your agency website say about you? Is it a dazzling testimony to your team’s Flash... Read more
The reason our agency has enough visibility to attract the attention of larger or overseas agencies is that we participate in a large number of online forums and blogs, and submit work to international compendia of design. Just because we’re... Read more
This is because unethical SEO techniques go against search engine rules and regulations meaning websites that have been ‘illegally’ optimised will eventually be removed from search engine listings. This will have a massively... Read more
In an industry with such potential for high profitability, CyberDrum investigated why so much of the money churning through the digital sector is being lost straight to the trash can, rather than filling agency inboxes.Companies “sacrificing... Read more
Phillip Lockwood-Holmes, digital media director, WhitespaceThe digital day starts with The Guardian on the laptop over breakfast unless my toddling daughter Meg is already awake. Over the weekend I’ll keep checking my team on Fantasy Premier... Read more
Of course it will be of no surprise to anyone reading CyberDrum that multiple channels and new technologies mean that an average consumer is no longer sitting passively in front of the telly, waiting patiently for their daily hit of being sold to.... Read more
As first reported on The Drum website, Billy Mawhinney is to become the new creative director at Manchester’s BJL.He began his career with JWT and held positions with Bartle Bogle Hegarty, CDP, Still Price Lintas, Ogilvy & Mather and... Read more
Edinburgh-based Navyblue Design has closed its Leeds office, just one year after opening, following the departure of one of its design directors.Chairman Phil Jones admitted that opening in Leeds was a gamble, taking advantage of an opportunity... Read more
Edinburgh and London-based Navyblue has announced a major restructure with the aim of positioning the company as an 'international brand communication' agency. The move will see the group's Leeds office close and changes at the London office... Read more
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The Drum launches its new and improved websiteOne of the key features of our new site is that you can now select which region of news you want to view by clicking either England and Wales or Scotland on the home page. Or you can view the entire... Read more
The Foundry has been appointed to handle Enco foods accountThe Foundry will provide packaging, web and above-the-line activity. Sarah Cheal, newly appointed new business director at The Foundry, said Enco is keen to raise its profile.The Foundry... Read more
Hard cases make for bad law, and the statute books are filled with complicated rules intended to make life easier, but which often have precisely the opposite effect. The TUPE provisions are a case in point; essentially a good idea with its heart... Read more
Stuart Bell has been appointed to the role of director in charge of Manchester at Feather Brooksbank.In further moves at the agency, Feather Brooksbank TV account manager Sean Japp has joined MediaVision Edinburgh as head of TV. The move means... Read more
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