WCRS has won the £15m advertising account for Betfair following a four-way pitch.
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Marks and Spencer’s customers have found themselves out of pocket after its contactless payment system took payments from their cards without permission, according to a Telegraph report.
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According to Rupert Murdoch, Facebook could find itself in a similar situation to ‘crappy’ MySpace.
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International - 18/05/2013
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is contacting over 60 leading online firms to stress the importance of being transparent with consumers about how and why they collect their personal data.
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Yet again the world of banking is in the spotlight. The Co-op is has been downgraded, Metro Bank posted larger than expected losses, and...
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The ABC has claimed that more people tuned to its coverage of the Federal Budget than any other network.
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Sydney’s Plaza has affiliated with New York production house aWHITELABELproduct, creating a liaison that is intended to facilitate creative business in Australia and New Zealand.
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By 2020 half of all Visa’s transactions will be via mobile devices, according to senior VP of new product development for Europe, Caroline Hawkett.
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International - 16/05/2013
Google’s Nothern European boss, Matt Brittin, faced MPs at the public accounts committee this morning over the way in which Google operates in order to minimise its UK tax bill.
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Betting tips website www.bettingexpert.com has unveiled a SMOG (Simple Measure of Gobbledygook) formula, after discovering that some terms and conditions on bookies sites are as complex as Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace.
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Betfair has announced that Arena has won the £15m consolidated European and UK media planning and buying account following a competitive pitch.
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Geoff Wilmot is stepping down as CEO of Centaur Media as part of a board reshuffle following an interim statement revealing a fall in print revenues.
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Johnston Press has announced the appointment of David King as chief financial officer for the company, succeeding Grant Murray.
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Channel Ten has secured the broadcast rights for next year’s Sochi Winter Olympics, after Network Seven withdrew, and the Rio summer games rights remain unsold.
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To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the pound coin this Sunday (21 April) MoneySupermarket has taken a look back at the history of the coin comparing the buying power of the £1 now and at its launch in 1983.
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Online foreign exchange service Fairfx.com has announced the appointments of MBA and PHD to handle its creative and media accounts, as the company looks to compete with its rivals.
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Video search engine Blinkx has announced that its revenue has grown by 73 per cent to $198m, with users watching videos from the London Olympics and the Presidential elections being attributed for the growth.
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After an ad featuring Kerry Katona as the face of payday loan company Cash Lady was banned last week, the former singer is appearing on screens again in a campaign for the same company.
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Almost four-fifths (79 per cent) of consumers feel that their mobile devices are a secure platform to use when accessing sensitive financial information, research from Mojiva has found.
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International - 10/05/2013
Those who were in America when George W. Bush described Al Gore’s economic figures as “fuzzy math,” will remember how whilst he kept...
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Social networking site Bebo is said to have filed a voluntary petition for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy in California, following a continual battle between shareholders.
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International - 10/05/2013
A tripartite hook up between Etihad Airways, Tourism Australia and Virgin is set to bring both a tourism boost and increased regional dispersal within Australia.
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