Business News - November 2012

    • Thursday, 29 November 2012

      CSM Sport & Entertainment come 1st & 2nd in Marketing Magazine Sponsorship Agency Table

       Fast Track has retained its position at the top of Marketing Magazine’s sponsorship agency list for a seventh consecutive year.The influential list that ranks sponsorship agencies in order of annual fee income placed three companies of CSM, a division of Chime Communications PLC, in the industry’s top 15.In addition to...

    • Friday, 23 November 2012

      The Coronation Festival at Buckingham Palace

      Stuart Higgins Communications is delighted to announce that they will be handling all media relations for The Coronation Festival 2013. This unique event will see the Gardens of Buckingham Palace opened to the public to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of The Queen’s Coronation (11*-14th July 2013).Over 200 companies awarded the Royal...

    • Friday, 23 November 2012

      Comparethemarket.com: Coronation Street

      As part of Comparethemarket.com's sponsorship of Coronation Street, VCCP has created a film showing Russian meerkats composing an ode to Weatherfield. In the work, the brand character Aleksandr Orlov performs with a meerkat band. Release online, the film gained 1.2 million views on YouTube overnight. It will also be shown...

    • Thursday, 22 November 2012

      Fast Track Celebrates At Field Marketing & Brand Experience Awards

      22 November 2012International sports marketing agency Fast Track led the way with a trio of awards for ‘Most effective sponsorship activation in sport and Leisure’ at the Field Marketing & Brand Experience awards held at London’s Marriot in Grosvenor Square on Wednesday.Fast Track won the ultimate Grand Prix prize for...

    • Thursday, 22 November 2012

      Facts International makes a grand presentation to Kent Air Ambulance

      Today leading local research provider, Facts International, presented charity Kent Air Ambulance with a cheque for £1000 in support of their great work helping save lives in the region.Voted as charity of choice by Facts International’s staff, Kent Air Ambulance was appointed as Facts’ official charity in September 2012 and...

    • Thursday, 15 November 2012

      CIE Group Announces Appointment of Nunwood European MD, Sarah Houghton, as Board Director

      CIE, Chime’s Insight and Engagement Group, has today announced the appointment of Sarah Houghton, a commercially minded business leader with over 20 years’ experience in the sector, as Director at CIE Group. Houghton’s previous position was at Nunwood Consulting, where she was most recently the Managing Director of Europe, also...

    • Monday, 12 November 2012

      Fast Track Appointed To Deliver Sainsbury's 2013 School Games

      13 November 2012International Sports Marketing Agency, Fast Track, has been appointed by the Youth Sport Trust (YST) to deliver the Sainsbury’s 2013 School Games finals which are to be hosted in Sheffield from 12-15 September 2013.Following a competitive pitch process Fast Track were selected to deliver the overall event management...

    • Monday, 12 November 2012

      SABMiller appoints Good Relations for global Pilsner Urquell account

      Drinks manufacturer SABMiller has awarded the Pilsner Urquell global consumer account to Good Relations.A SABMiller spokesperson said: "The Pilsner Urquell global brand team is working with Good Relations, who will provide content development and additional PR elements to help tell the story of this unique beer!"The brief will include strategy...

    • Wednesday, 07 November 2012

      Fast Track Sailing return from a successful inaugural Nord Stream Race in the Baltics

      The Fast Track Sailing team have returned from managing the first edition of the Nord Stream Race, a race across the Baltic Sea from Saint Petersburg to Helsinki, Gotland (Sweden) and finishing in Greifswald, Germany for their client Saint-Petersburg Yacht Club.Five Swan 60s completed the 750 nautical race through the...

    • Wednesday, 07 November 2012

      Essentially client Nick Evans signs new contract with Harlequins

       Last season's RPA Players Player of the Year, Aviva Premiership winner, and Essentially client Nick Evans has re-signed a three-year deal to stay at Harlequins until 2016.Widely regarded among the best fly halves in world rugby, Nick made the first of his 16 appearances for New Zealand against England in...

    • Tuesday, 06 November 2012

      Harris + Hoole Appoints VCCP Share As Its Social Media Agency

      VCCP Share has been appointed by the new coffee shop brand, Harris + Hoole, to oversee its social media strategy as it grows its estate following the launch of shops in Amersham, Uxbridge and Ruislip. VCCP Share successfully pitched against two other undisclosed agencies with a proposal that uses social...

    • Tuesday, 06 November 2012

      VCCP Launches New Remembrance Day Campaign For Ancestry.co.uk

      Saturday saw the launch of VCCP’s new TV campaign for family history website Ancestry.co.uk, showcasing the wealth of military records available to search on the site, many of which will be free to access in the lead up to Remembrance Day.The campaign, entitled ‘Blacksmith’s Boy’, aims to inspire people to...

    • Tuesday, 06 November 2012

      Research CEO to represent Industry on CAA panel

      London, 6.11.12: Leading industry figure, Crispin Beale, CEO of CIE, has been appointed to the newly formed Civil Aviation Authority Consumer Panel in a move to provide a more holistic consumer perspective on the CAA's work. As the head of one of the leading research agencies in the UK, Crispin’s...

    • Tuesday, 06 November 2012

      Government Minister Visits Ashford Based Research Agency Facts International

      Facts International, one of the UK’s leading research providers, today played host to Damian Green MP for Ashford and Minister of State responsible for Policing and Criminal Justice.Arranged by Kent Invicta Chamber of Commerce, Mr Green visited Facts International to better understand its role as one of Ashford’s largest private...