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RKCR appoints Fallon's Moon as analytics chief

RKCR appoints Fallon's Moon as analytics chief

Chris Moon, Fallon's head of analytics, has been hired by Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe/Y&R in the same role.

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McCann London picked to run London Live campaign

McCann London picked to run London Live campaign

The London Evening Standard has picked McCann London to promote its upcoming local TV channel, London Live.

 
 
Jo Hagger joins The Lighthouse Company

Jo Hagger joins The Lighthouse Company

Jo Hagger, the European vice-president of marketing at SapientNitro, is joining headhunting firm The Lighthouse Company as the head of technology and content search.

 
 
Ben Sutherland to head performance at Vizeum UK

Ben Sutherland to head performance at Vizeum UK

Vizeum UK has hired Mindshare managing partner Ben Sutherland as its head of performance, replacing David Beale.

 
 
Sage by Heston Blumenthal hires MBA

Sage by Heston Blumenthal hires MBA

Sage by Heston Blumenthal, a new range of appliances from the celebrity chef, has appointed MBA to handle its UK advertising account.

 
 
Comparethemarket reviews CRM account

Comparethemarket reviews CRM account

Comparethemarket.com is holding a pitch for its CRM business, currently held by Havas EHS, in the second review of its creative roster this year.

 
 
Cigarette giant looks for ad agency

Cigarette giant looks for ad agency

British American Tobacco is looking for an advertising agency to handle a campaign to support the launch of its Vype electronic cigarette next year.

 
 
Diageo launches Cîroc vodka pitch

Diageo launches Cîroc vodka pitch

Diageo is looking to expand its roster with a search for an advertising agency to handle its vodka brand Cîroc.

 
 
Govt seeks shop for Think! activity

Govt seeks shop for Think! activity

The Department for Transport is looking for an advertising agency to continue its Think! road-safety campaign, ending a decades-long relationship with Leo Burnett, in the first major brief issued to the Government's new creative framework.

 
 
JWT London hires Barber as head of broadcast

JWT London hires Barber as head of broadcast

JWT London has hired Laurence Barber from Mother as its head of broadcast, replacing Anthony Falco.

 
 
AMV lands government brief to increase electric car sales

AMV lands government brief to increase electric car sales

Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO has won a pitch to create a campaign to boost sales of low-emission cars.

 
 
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Pitch update

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Now picks up Freesat advertising business

Now picks up Freesat advertising business

Freesat, the satellite TV service, has appointed Now to handle its ad account.

 
 
Sousa plots launch of Mother office in Brazil

Sousa plots launch of Mother office in Brazil

Mother has promoted the creative director Gustavo Sousa to partner and tasked him with planning the launch of an office in Brazil.

 
 
Don't outlaw kids' ads, industry tells Miliband

Don't outlaw kids' ads, industry tells Miliband

The advertising industry is to urge Labour to drop plans to include a Swedish-style ban on advertising to children in its manifesto at the 2015 General Election.

 
 
Rolls-Royce kicks off global creative pitch

Rolls-Royce kicks off global creative pitch

Rolls-Royce, the luxury car brand owned by BMW, is reviewing its global advertising business, currently held by Partners Andrews Aldridge.

 
 
M&S's agencies confident of future despite exit of Sharp

M&S's agencies confident of future despite exit of Sharp

Marks & Spencer's agencies were confident this week that no agency review would take place imminently, despite the retirement of the brand's executive director of marketing, Steven Sharp.

 
 
ASA rejects calls to censor Ikea ad

ASA rejects calls to censor Ikea ad

Ikea's ad featuring a family at war with their garden gnomes has escaped an Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) investigation, despite the ad watchdog receiving almost 50 complaints.

 
 
Metro launches gaming site with £1.9m ad campaign

Metro launches gaming site with £1.9m ad campaign

Metro, the free newspaper owned by Daily Mail & General Trust, is backing its new online gaming platform, Metro Play, with a £1.9m national ad campaign using the tagline "More rewarding ways to Metro Play".

 
 
Grand Visual bolsters management team

Grand Visual bolsters management team

Grand Visual has hired Ben Putland as production director and Jeremy Taylor as account director.

 
 
DigitasLBi and Razorfish appoint international leaders

DigitasLBi and Razorfish appoint international leaders

DigitasLBi and Razorfish, the Publicis-owned digital networks, have appointed international leaders.

 
 

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