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Bite acquires Losource Magento team
Manchester-based full service digital marketing agency Bite Digital has announced the takeover of Losource’s Magento team for an undisclosed sum. As specialists on the Magento e-commerce platform the...
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Viking launches new spring campaign with Us and Them
Viking, the direct mail and e-commerce brand owned by Office Depot, has kicked off its new spring campaign across TV and radio. From today (Friday 1 March) the 30 second spots will run on ITV and Sky...
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Lord Sugar steps down as non-exec chairman of YouView
Lord Alan Sugar is to step down from his position as non-executive chairman of YouView in the next few weeks. The video-on-demand joint venture between broadcasters the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel...
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NSPCC, Gatwick Airport and Coca Cola scoop prizes at CIPR #Insidestory Awards
The CIPR #Insidestory Awards, celebrating internal communications professionals, took place last night, with winners including the NSPCC. The event was sponsored by HarknessKennett, PR Academy,...
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Virgin Media TiVo campaign will accidentally 'delete' tonight's Coronation...
Viewers watching tonight’s Coronation Street will be in for a bit of a surprise as Virgin Media plans to ‘delete’ the show in order to showcase its TiVo service. The soap’s opening credits will start...
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Myke Hamilton's #NaughtyToBeNoticed CV creative currently taking the lead in...
The heat is well and truly on to get into The Works section of the 15 March issue of The Drum with over 3,000 votes (positive and negative) cast since going live on Wednesday (27 February). Currently...
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Amazing row, watched by 100, as Sugar quits Desmond's You View
A furious boardroom row between Lord Sugar and media mogul Richard Desmond ended with the owner of Channel 5 shouting "You're fired!" at The Apprentice host in a row witnessed by the acting director...
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Blinkbox CEO blasts Netflix over Hunger Games claims in sarcastic letter
Michael Comish, CEO Blinkbox, has published an open letter to Netflix’sTed Sarando, blasting the claims that Netflix is the exclusive online home of The Hunger Games in the UK. Comish kicked off the...
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Rightmove sees 33% rise in profits thanks to increased revenue from online...
UK property agency, Rightmove, has noted a rise in pre-tax profits for 2012 to £83.2 million from £62.7 million in the previous financial year. Rightmove said the results, which were published in its...
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O2 launches Tu Go app in bid to challenge Skype and other chat apps
O2 has launched an app to allow its users to make and receive phone calls and texts via a tablet, computer or smartphone, without the purchase of credits. Available for Android, Apple's iOS devices...
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Yahoo axes unsuccessful products, including Blackberry app and Yahoo Avatars
Yahoo boss Marissa Mayer has axed a number of unsuccessful products as part of a “spring cleaning”, similar to that of her former employer Google. Products on the hit-list have included its mobile app...
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The Good Whey Co. launches Upbeat with a £2m integrated marketing campaign
The Good Whey Co., owned by dairy producer Volac, is preparing to launch an integrated marketing campaign this May to support its new high protein dairy drink, Upbeat. The £2 million campaign,...
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Paddy Power offers Chelsea, West Brom and Arsenal's 'top benchwarmers' an...
Paddy Power has run spoof ‘apology’ adverts in two national newspapers this weekend in response to its ‘2nd Jobs for Subs’ campaign. Paddy Power ran the Jobs for Subs posters after hearing fan...
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Ad of the Day: Boots - Mother's Day Thanks
This charming commercial has children thanking their mothers for the things they'll do for them in the future. Okay, that sounds weird... watch it and you'll see what we mean. It's the first of this...
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Little Red, Branson's UK airline, set for launch (complete with Irn Bru)
When Virgin Atlantic launches its UK domestic flying programme at the end of this month - to be known as Little Red - Scotland will be the main beneficiary. But Glasgow, the country's second busiest...
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Apple named the world's most admired company for sixth year in a row
Apple has remained ahead of Google and Amazon, to take the top spot in Fortune’s Top 50 World’s Most Admired Companies List. It is the sixth year in a row the tech company has taken the lead, while...
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Amazon under fire after allowing sale of ‘Keep Calm and Knife Her’ t-shirts
Amazon has been left scrambling to remove offensive t-shirts being sold by American clothing company, Solid Gold Bomb, on its UK site. The t-shirts had been emblazoned with slogans such as ‘Keep Calm...
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Facebook to reveal newsfeed makeover at media event next week
Facebook has given its newsfeed a revamp which will be unveiled at a media event at its Menlo Park California headquarters next week. The event, taking place on March 7, comes just weeks after it...
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Ad of the Day: Compare the Market - Angry Trousers
A glorious follow-up to the first ad in the new campaign for the advertised site, which once again sees a befuddled Robert Webb infuriated by a dynasty of aristocratic meerkats stealing his thunder....
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Leona Lewis named The Body Shop brand ambassador as she launches new make-up...
The Body Shop has announced that Leona Lewis, of X-Factor fame, has become its new brand ambassador which has been cemented by the launch of her new make-up and fragrance collection for the company....
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