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HSBC in £5m services push
HSBC is rolling out a £5m ad campaign to encourage customers to view it as more than a transactional bank.
TUI managing director to take marketing lead
TUI is to adopt a top-down marketing structure, with incoming managing director Johan Lundgren taking direct control of brand strategy.
Tetley trials T4KIDZ line
Tetley Tea is looking to extend into the children's market with the launch of a caffeine-free Redbush and Honeybush tea brand, T4KIDZ.
Drinks brands set to unite on recycling
Coca-Cola is among a group of beverage brands that are in talks aimed at creating a single recycling message to appear on all canned drinks.
Kallo Foods hires Cairns
Kallo Foods, the organic and natural food company, has appointed Patrick Cairns to the role of chief executive.
F1 sponsors call for top marketing role
Formula One sponsors have called for the sport to appoint its first marketing chief.
Government to report on failed ad campaigns
The government is set to release details of ad campaigns that fail to gain Cabinet Office approval, as part of a drive for greater transparency in public sector marketing.
BBC under fire from cardinal over news balance
The BBC has come under fire ahead of next week's UK visit by the Pope after the Catholic Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh called the Corporation unprofessional, radically secular and socially liberal.
Ten-year-old Friends Reunited in need of guidance
Friends Reunited, the UK's first mass-market social networking site, turns 10 years old this month, with a new home and a ready-made extended family to boot, but analysts remain far from convinced about its future.
Successful brands of the future: content is key
The recent UK Ofcom study on what and how people in the UK spend their media time is very revealing and a clue to where and how brands will live in the future.
Telegraph unveils online fashion and shopping site
Telegraph Media Group (TMG) has launched Telegraph Fashion, a fashion and beauty website.
BBC launches social iPlayer
BBC has launched its new look iPlayer, which allows users to link the platform to their social networks.
UK mobile firms to merge networks
Customers of Orange and T-Mobile will soon be able to hop between the two mobile networks as the firms merge their networks.
The X Factor tops 10 million viewers
'The X Factor', the Simon Cowell-fronted fame show, continued to dominate Saturday evenings as its average audience rose above the 10-millon mark, according to unofficial overnight figures.
Book published via social network in Random House experiment
Book publisher Random House is publishing its first interactive story on a social networking platform as a collaborative venture with teen network Stardoll.
Phones 4u to sponsor Hollyoaks
High street mobile retailer Phones 4u has signed a six-figure deal to sponsor Channel 4's youth drama 'Hollyoaks' for three months from 1 October, following the end of the deal with current sponsor and camera brand, Nikon.
Pepsi axes Pepsi Raw variant
PepsiCo has dropped its Pepsi Raw brand extension from its product range, citing a lack of success in the grocery area following an initial launch in bars and pubs.
GQ promotes Barriball to associate publisher
Condé Nast title GQ has appointed Justin Barriball as associate publisher, while Vanessa Kingori has been promoted to associate publisher of brand extension GQ Style.
Public to choose winner of new YouTube Ad of the Year award
The most creative and engaging ads on YouTube and on TV will be rewarded with the launch of the YouTube Ad of the Year award, in association with Campaign, with the winner chosen by consumers.
Ketchum's Kopp warns against limiting social media
HONG KONG - Following Ketchum Greater China's 30th anniversary, digital strategist Cynthia Chan and Ketchum Digital partner and global director Jonathan Kopp warns the industry against limiting social media to consumers or children.
Clinique runs AR ad in Marie Claire
Cosmetics brand Clinique has launched an augmented reality campaign in conjunction with Marie Claire, to promote the new eye serum, Repairwear Laser Focus Wrinkle & UV Damage Corrector.
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