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Twitter UK registers paltry profit of just £16.5k
Ubiquitous microblogging service Twitter has recorded a dismal set of accounts for its UK operation, notching up a negligible £16.5k profit in Britain. It is unclear whether this meagre showing is an...
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Cineworld appoints Response One and TDA for customer engagement brief
Cineworld has selected data specialist Response One and marketing agency TDA to handle its customer communications, following a three-way pitch. Response One and TDA will now focus on the...
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KFC fears millions of dollars’ worth of advertising has been undone by...
It has been suggested that KFC is worried that the image taken by Ibrahim Langoo of a ‘wrinkled brain’ found inside a piece of chicken, which has now gone viral, may have undone millions of dollars of...
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npower renews Opus Trust Marketing's communications contract until 2016
npower has renewed its customer communications contract with Opus Trust Marketing, extending the contract by a further three years. The renewal will see Opus Trust Marketing continue to print and mail...
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Brighton Fashion Week 2013 appoints Cult PR to handle PR and sponsorship
Brighton Fashion Week 2013 has appointed Cult PR to help with national PR and sponsorship, as the event relaunches and rebrands. The agency will handle national print, digital and broadcast press as...
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Waitrose LOVE life Prep & Portion range launches with identity and packaging...
Waitrose has worked with Pearlfisher to create the name, tone of voice, and graphic and structural packaging for its Waitrose LOVE life Prep & Portion range of kitchen utensils. Following the...
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John McCririck seeks £3m from Channel 4 over ageism
Former racing pundit John McCririck is set to seek damages worth £3m from Channel 4, over claims his contract was stopped because of his age. In a statement, the ex-presenter said: "Channel 4 and...
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Chemist Direct selects Albion to develop new brand idenity and e-commerce...
Online chemist Chemist Direct has appointed digitally led creative agency Albion to develop a new brand identity and redevelop its e-commerce platform. Albion won the account without a pitch and will...
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Mumsnet appoints eCircle for eCRM campaign
Mumsnet has announced the appointment of eCircle to handle its eCRM campaign. The agency will use eCircle’s proprietary email marketing software, eC-messenger, to build automated and personalised...
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Ad of the Day: Abbey Insurance - If You're Abbey And You Know It...
A generic slice of bland insurance cheesecake served up with a side order of sickly singing. This tells us nothing about why we should choose Abbey, and with nothing visually interesting to digest...
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Telegraph Media Group unveils its first Blippar iPad advertisement with...
Telegraph Media Group has unveiled an augmented reality ad on its iPad edition for Virgin Atlantic, as part of the airline’s 'Flying in the face of Ordinary' campaign. The first Blippar ad on the iPad...
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Ear to the Ground reveals new strategic direction and opens new London and...
Communications agency Ear to the Ground has announced it is to take a new strategic direction from January 2013, focussing exclusively on helping brands connect with sport and music fans. Major...
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Talksport eyes location-based ad targeting for international output
Talksport is eyeing location-based ad targeting for its global football service TalksportLive following its launch last year. The sports radio broadcaster, owned by UTV Media, opened up its Barclays...
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Selfridges invites customers to celebrate ‘the power of quiet’ with...
Selfridges has unveiled a range of ‘de-branded’ products – including Heinz Baked Beans and Marmite – to celebrate ‘the power of quiet’ in its Quiet Shop; with a silent room set to be open on Friday....
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David Bowie releases new single online without fanfare, with album cover...
Yesterday morning, David Bowie released his new single "Where are We Now?" in a video on his website, without any fanfare or hype: the stark opposite of what other major bands have done when they came...
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Feline Fayre unveils new webiste and Facebook campaign devised by Sphere Digital
Family run cat food company Feline Fayre has worked with Liverpool-based Sphere Digital to create a new look website. Sphere Digital was asked to design a fun, clean and modern look for the site based...
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Topps Tiles announces 12-month sponsorship deal with ITV’s Daybreak
Topps Tiles, the tie and flooring retailer, has revealed it will be the new sponsor of ITV Daybreak's national weather forecast programme. Topps Tiles has sponsored Daybreak’s regional weather since...
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11 DWP civil servants sacked and 116 disciplined for using Twitter and Facebook
Since 2009, 11 civil servants from Iain Duncan Smith’s Department for Work and Pensions have been sacked for using social networks and blogging whilst at work, whilst 105 have faced disciplinary...
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ASA bans sexually suggestive ad for MTV’s The Valleys
The ASA has banned an ad for MTV’s Cardiff-based reality TV series The Valleys for being inappropriately scheduled before the TV watershed. The ad, which depicts several scenes of real or implied...
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Play.com closes direct retail business to become marketplace-only
Jersey-based online retailer Play.com has announced that in March it will shut down its retail business to become a marketplace-only, meaning it will no longer sell directly to consumers. Play.com...
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