Business News - November 2007

    • Friday, 30 November 2007

      Fast Track Appointed By HSBC To Manage British & Irish Lions Tour To South Africa

      Fast Track were instrumental in assisting and securing the sponsorship deal for HSBC and will now be tasked with the activation and delivery of the bank’s contractual rights around the prestigious Lions tour of the newly crowned World Champions.The team at Fast Track have already been hard at work to...

    • Thursday, 29 November 2007

      The Rocco Forte Collection hires SFW for CRM drive

      The first activity of an initial nine month test phase will break in September and will focus on the opening of two new Rocco Forte hotels; Le Richemond in Geneva and The Charles in Munich.Commenting on the appointment Caroline Frankel de Rosnay, Brand Marketing Director said; “Firstly, we want to...

    • Wednesday, 28 November 2007

      Search Relations launches as new reputation management agency

      Search Relations will be the first agency to fuse search with public relations expertise to help brands manage their reputations and communicate more effectively through this channel. PR offerings are overwhelmingly focused on press coverage with often very weak ‘online PR’ add ons. Meanwhile search, which is responsible for almost...

    • Tuesday, 27 November 2007

      Good Relations Wins Courts Brief

      Good Relations will focus on communicating the effectiveness of the scheme - Simply Speedy, Summary Justice - to professionals working across the criminal justice system including the Police, Crown Prosecution Service, magistrates, probation officers and defence solicitors.The programme of activity will include visits to a number of criminal justice areas...

    • Monday, 26 November 2007

      Good Relations – a PRCA award winning team

      As well as winning the public affairs category Good Relations was also short listed for “Campaign of the year” for their work on “Winning DTR”. Good Relations developed and implemented a political and media campaign to support the Metrix consortium in winning a multi-billion pound contract with the Ministry of...

    • Friday, 23 November 2007

      RAF Collection launches new marketing campaign by BMT

      The RAF Collection, which was launched only six months ago, is inserting its 20 page colour catalogue, designed by BMT, in national press including the Sunday Times and Evening Standard as it gears up for one of the busiest periods in retail, Christmas. The new brand which is allowed to...

    • Thursday, 22 November 2007

      ING Direct launches new TV campaign through VCCP

      The TV ad is part of the £5m annual spend ING Direct runs through its creative agency VCCP, and is due to break during late November on TV channels including Channel 4.The ad uses the chain graphics from the press campaign, which have been adopted to symbolize the fact that...

    • Tuesday, 20 November 2007

      Indian Animation Studio Appoints Bell Pottinger for AIM IPO

      DQE is seeking to raise approximately $60 million of equity capital, including approximately $35 million of new money. Evolution Securities Ltd has been appointed as NOMAD and E*TRADE Securities Ltd are joint broker.DQE is an award winning animation production company engaged in the production of 2D, 3D and flash animation,...

    • Friday, 16 November 2007

      Fortnum & Mason appoint VCCP for Search Engine Marketing campaign

      The fine food and wine emporium which celebrated 300 years of trading last month has awarded VCCP Search its account for both natural and paid search. With its £25M store refurbishment now complete a new website has been launched as Fortnum & Mason seeks to enlighten a new generation of...

    • Thursday, 15 November 2007

      Bennetts hands account to VCCP

      VCCP will be tasked with developing the already strong bike insurance business with new TV idents, press and online ads as well as track-side creative, at the British Superbike Championship. Bennetts is officially the UK's number one - Based on independent online research by Consumer Intelligence in July 2007, Ranked...

    • Monday, 12 November 2007

      A Close Call For Teamspirit Pr

      Close, the specialist factoring and invoice discounting subsidiary of City Merchant bankers Close Brothers, awarded the contract to Teamspirit PR after a three-way pitch in October 2007. The agency, which is part of Teamspirit - one of the UK’s leading integrated financial services agencies - has been tasked with promoting...

    • Monday, 12 November 2007

      VCCP launches O2’s ‘Your O2 Numbers’ campaign

      The £4m campaign breaks with a 30 second TV ad on November 12th on most major networks and will be supported by a heavyweight outdoor, radio and magazine presence. There will also be online and in-store promotional activity.‘Your O2 Numbers’ is inspired by the thought that there are certain numbers...

    • Wednesday, 07 November 2007

      Bell Pottinger Wins Business With Major Uk Vitamin And Supplement Company

      Seven Seas, one of Europe's leading manufacturers of quality health supplements, has retained two Chime companies, Bell Pottinger USA and Bell Pottinger Business & Brand to drive consumer awareness to Seven Seas’ two key products, a multivitamin called Multibionta and a fish oil supplement called Cod Liver Oil Plus. Bell...

    • Monday, 05 November 2007

      Financial Services Specialists Teamspirit Grow

      Kevin Scott, formerly group account director at Navigator Response Advertising, has joined the agency as Managing Director, while Tamsin Stevens also comes in as Project Manager from Denvir Marketing.Both appointments add to Teamspirit’s unique offering as the only agency in Scotland working purely in the financial services arena across all...

    • Friday, 02 November 2007

      The Debt Advisor appoints Bell Pottinger North

      Bell Pottinger North will deliver a planned programme of public relations activity across the UK to raise the awareness of the various brands in the highly competitive debt advisory market. Bev Budsworth, managing director of The Debt Advisor, commented on the appointment: “It’s great to have Bell Pottinger North on...

    • Thursday, 01 November 2007

      Good Relations wins communications for British Shooting

      As well as promoting the achievements of Britain's top competition athletes in shotgun, rifle and pistol, Good Relations will also advise on dealing with issues which affect the sport such as the current ban on handguns. The British Olympic squad has five places for the Beijing Olympics and the sport...