Netcars, the website which advertises used cars for sale, has appointed Manchester's Tangerine PR and its sister agency Juice Digital to handle its PR and social media.The appointments follow Netcars acquiring financial investment from Airtours... Read more
Mulberry, purveyor of fashionable holdalls and other accessories, has hand bagged its rivals at the British Fashion Awards by scooping the top designer brand gong.It capped a strong showing for the firm with their brand ambassador Alexa Chung... Read more
New online clothing company Noluur Cashmere has worked with Eskdale Solutions to design its website and an online marketing campaign.Eskdale, which like Noluur is based in Langholm in the borders of Scotland, was tasked with creating "an... Read more
With his sense of humour intact and ever an eye for an opportunity Bernie Ecclestone, commercial head of Formula One, has transformed his recent mugging into a marketing tool.On November 25 Ecclestone was relieved of his personalised Hublot... Read more
Cheshire agency Origin Creative has appointed Paul Fabretti, co-founder of Manchester social media agency Gabba, as director of digital strategy.Fabretti, a former social media specialist at Amaze and ex-client services manager at KMP, will lead a... Read more
Nesta, The National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts, has published the first ever map of British creativity by pinpointing the UK’s leading “creative hotspots.”Analysing the employment make up of major urban... Read more
Stella Artois has become one of the first brands in the UK to utilise Apple’s new iAd mobile advertising network.The Belgian beer brand is launching the festive themed campaign to target iPhone and iPod users, allowing them to interact with... Read more
French tyre manufacturer Michelin has announced that they are hot on the trail of a window thief who snaffled three stained glass windows from the firm’s warehouse in the 1980’s.A confidential hotline and website have been set up by... Read more
Studio Output has created an 'interactive flyer' as part of its monthly artwork for the Ministry of Sound nightclub.Along with the usual print flyers and press ads, the Nottingham and London agency has created a 'Granimator' pack using the... Read more
Former labour spin doctor Alastair Campbell has waded into the stushie surrounding WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s incarceration at Her majesty’s pleasure in Britain’s largest prison, Wandsworth.Writing on his blog Campbell... Read more
Stirling agency Pocket Rocket has designed the packaging for Machrie Moor, a new peated malt Scotch whisky from the Isle of Arran Distillery. The brand takes its name from a "windswept and mystical" peat bog on the west coast of Arran,... Read more
Marketing agency Cube3 has shot its own interpretation of the nativity to mark its move to Manchester after 11 years in Bolton.To commemorate the move, the agency has shot a nativity video called A 5tar is 6orn, documenting its move to 56 Princess... Read more
Newcastle-based Superkrush Films has produced a film to showcase Newcastle City Library’s Heritage Lottery Funded Taking Liberties project.Taking a look at the themes of struggle, protest, values, rights amongst refugees, asylum seekers and... Read more
Cheshire agency driven has hired TBWA team Jennie Birchall and Kyna Griffiths as deputy creative directors.The move reunites the pair with driven founders Nick Brookes, Neil Griffiths, Graham Drury and Chris Lear, who were colleagues at TBWA... Read more
MSN Games, the recently re-launched videogame website, has become the first UK host of an exclusive trailer for the upcoming Warner Bros game, Batman: Arkham City.The clip comprises only the second piece of content to be released about the game in... Read more
The Drum can reveal that the Manchester office of GyroHSR has ended its exhaustive search for a new creative director with the appointment of CheethamBell's Dom Rodwell.Rodwell had been at Manchester-based CBJWT since the beginning of the year,... Read more
Palace officials are throwing in the towel in the face of a rising tide of memorabilia loosely associated with the upcoming marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton, by banning tea towels.All dish cloths emblazoned with images of the happy... Read more
Sally Keith, chair of CIPR North East, comments on what Robson Brown's closure means for the region and its team.The closure of Robson Brown is very sad for the PR and Advertising communities in this region. Robson Brown has been a leading... Read more
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