Brand Republic today

13 April 2012

05:17PM
News

PLMR appointed by Arthritis Research UK

PLMR has been appointed by Arthritis Research UK for a brief to raise the profile of arthritis and other musculoskeletal conditions in Parliament.

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04:57PM
News

Luxury clothing label Beulah brings in Rain Communications

Fashion and lifestyle specialist Rain Communications has been chosen to help luxury label Beulah London reach the fashion-conscious consumer.

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02:42PM
News

Healthy snack brand Bear launches debut campaign

Bear, the healthy snack brand, is to roll out its first ad campaign supporting its Bear Nibbles brand, which will showcase the strapline, "Nothing but naked nature", in a move to drive up brand awareness.

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02:01PM
News

NEWSPAPER ABCs: Sunday's Sun loses a quarter of launch circulation

The Sun's Sunday edition has lost a quarter of its sales since launch, according to figures from the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) today, with the tabloid newspaper averaging a circulation of 2.43 million in March.

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02:00PM
News

Tobacco branding ban debate: reaction from all sides

Following the Government's decision to consult on 'debranding' cigarette packets, we gather reaction from all sides of the debate.

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01:24PM
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NEWSPAPER ABCs: Mixed month for dailies as Indy nears 100,000 copy level

March proved a mixed bag for daily newspapers, according to the latest ABC data, as The Independent's bulk reduction strategy pushed it down to 100,672 copies.

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11:50AM
News

Twitter ads turn fans onto twisted thriller

Book publisher Random House has run a paid-for Twitter campaign to promote the UK launch of 'Fifty Shades of Grey', the erotic thriller by EL James.

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11:22AM
News

TfL blocks 'gay cure' bus campaign flagged by CBS Outdoor

A bus ad campaign promoting a "gay cure" was prevented from running last night after CBS Outdoor flagged the potentially divisive posters to Transport for London (TfL).

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11:20AM
News

Hubert Burda launches women's lifestyle mag LandLove

Hubert Burda Media has launched a bi-monthly gardening and craft magazine called Landlove, aimed at serving the lifestyles of women aged 35 plus.

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11:04AM
News

BMI marketers' jobs at risk in £173m BA takeover

Around 150 marketing and sales roles at loss-making airline BMI are under review as part of the carrier's integration with British Airways.

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10:45AM
News

Morrisons' marketing director Lancaster resigns

Morrisons corporate marketing and operations director Richard Lancaster is leaving the company for an undisclosed job, seven months after being handed a wider remit by the supermarket.

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10:34AM
News

Sonos to sponsor Geoff Lloyd's Hometime Show

Sonos, the wireless hi-fi system, has signed a deal to sponsor 'Geoff Lloyd's Hometime Show' on Absolute Radio from Monday (16 April).

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09:56AM
News

Weetabix launches campaign for new golden syrup variant

Weetabix is launching its first ad campaign for the brand's golden syrup variant next week (16 April), under the cereal's "Fuel for big days" strapline.

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09:50AM
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Google profit surges as UK revenues rise 19%

Google's net income for the first quarter has risen 60.7% to $2.89bn (£1.81bn), while revenues from the UK climbed 18.7% year on year to $1.15bn (£721m).

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09:40AM
News

Govt wants tobacco firms 'to have no business' in UK

Health secretary Andrew Lansley has said the Government wants tobacco companies to have "no business" in Britain and will launch a consultation into stripping cigarette packets of all branding, according to an interview in The Times.

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09:25AM
News

Trading places: this week's people moves

Neil Francis moves on from the agency he founded while News International promotes from within to replace departed sales director Ian Dowds, in Brand Republic's round-up of this week's people moves in advertising, marketing and media.

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09:19AM
News

CIPR and PRCA respond to IPCC attack on Met Police

The CIPR has called on the Met Police's comms unit to start rebuilding trust, after the Independent Police Complaints Commission's scathing attack.

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09:00AM
News

Campaign Viral Chart: Dramatic surprise at the top of the chart

A hidden-camera viral advert, in which a sleepy town square turns into chaos on the push of a button, has taken the top spot in this week's chart with more than one million shares in the past seven days.

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09:00AM
News

Budweiser partners with ESPN for FA Cup programmes

Budweiser, the beer brand, has signed a multi-platform deal with Disney-owned sports broadcaster ESPN, which will expand their partnership to include two new ad-funded programmes.

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08:52AM
News

Wireless networking firm Xirrus hires 3 Monkeys

Global wireless networking firm Xirrus has called in 3 Monkeys to communicate its story beyond the trade press.

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08:40AM
News

Gavin Brice appointed to key role at CBS Outdoor

CBS Outdoor UK has appointed Gavin Brice to a top executive role that involves him overseeing the company's relationship with key stakeholders such as Westfield and Transport for London (TfL).

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08:30AM
News

Barclays uses 'angry boy' viral to push Pingit app

Barclays has rolled out a viral campaign to promote its Pingit app, which allows users to send and receive money using mobile phone numbers.

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08:30AM
Research

Being uncomfortable with social media

Half of businesses feel their social media skills are either below their industry average or very poor, write Ines Nadal and Tara Beard-Knowland, Ipsos ASI.

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12:00AM
News

Hotline: Forever Beta appointed by Phones 4u

The integrated creative agency Forever Beta has been appointed by Phones 4u and the continental sandwich biscuit Bahlsen to work on brand strategy and creative communications respectively.

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