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Helen Weisinger to leave EDC group marketing role

- Helen Weisinger, the group chief marketing officer at EDC, is to leave the business at the end of May, as the responsibility for new business and marketing falls back to the group's individual agencies.

Santander reviews £27m media account

- Santander, the UK retail and corporate bank, has called a review of its £27 million media planning and buying account, currently held by Carat.

Ian Millner to remain MAA chair as it shakes up board

- Ian Millner, chief executive of creative agency Iris, is to continue as chairman of the Marketing Agencies Association (MAA) for another year as part of widespread changes to the trade body's board.

EE adds Dare to agency roster to develop digital

- EE has added Dare to its agency roster with a brief to work on its digital proposition, following a competitive pitch.

Bodyform owner in global media rethink

- SCA, the consumer goods company that owns brands including Plenty and Bodyform, is reviewing its global media planning and buying account.

Microsoft finds that half of Britons do nothing about online privacy

- Research for Microsoft's first ad campaign to raise awareness about online privacy found that although 84% of people are concerned about it almost 50% are doing nothing about it.

Thomas takes Dare into new territory

- Dare's new chief executive wants to rebuild the agency after big account losses and senior departures.

UKTV widens Really's appeal to men

- UKTV is to update the on-air identity of Really, its free-to-air lifestyle channel, around the positioning of 'Really Gets You', from Wednesday 15 May in a bid to expand the channel's appeal to men.

Dyson hands £120m global media to Mindshare

- Dyson, the British technology company behind the bag-less vacuum cleaners, has appointed Mindshare to its £120m global media account after a competitive pitch.

Tim Allan claims PM failed to define Big Society message

- Tim Allan, the managing director of Portland Communications and former press adviser to Tony Blair, has criticised the way David Cameron sold his Big Society concept as a "poor example of effective political communication".

M/Six promotes Harris and Barnes to joint MD

- M/Six has promoted Dan Harris, the client development director, and Ross Barnes, its digital director, to the roles of joint managing directors following a period of rapid growth.

Ferrero embarks on global media review

- Ferrero, the Italian chocolate company, has called an international review of its media planning and buying business, putting the UK incumbent, MEC, on alert.

TalkSPORT hires Mills as sales chief

- UTV Media has appointed Adam Mills, the former managing director of Admedia, as the sales director of talkSPORT, following the departure of Adam Bullock earlier this year.

Omnicom posts 2.9 per cent organic revenue growth in Q1

- Omnicom has reported the strongest organic revenue growth of the major holding groups in the first three months of 2013, while Havas was the only one whose revenue declined.

Zurich hires IPG for creative, media and digital duties

- Zurich Insurance Group has awarded its global integrated advertising, media and digital account to Interpublic Group after a pitch.

EDF Energy reviews European media account

- EDF Energy, the energy company majority owned by the French state, is reviewing its media planning and buying account across Europe.

Havas returns to growth in UK, despite 'sharp downturn' in Europe

- Havas, the marketing group, has reported flat revenue in the first three months of 2013, although BETC London's Bacardi win helped organic revenue grow 0.7% in the UK.

Blinkbox campaign targets LoveFilm Instant and Netflix

- Blinkbox, the film-streaming service owned by Tesco, is turning up the heat on LoveFilm Instant and Netflix with a campaign that highlights selected films on its platform can be viewed over a year before they become available on other rival sites, without a subscription.

Panasonic brings 'everything you love' into one place

- Panasonic is launching an international multimedia campaign to highlight the way viewers can customise the home screen of the brand's Viera TVs.

Subway flatbread ad promotes the power of choice

- Subway is to launch a TV ad showing how choice can influence people's lives, as part of a £2m new ad campaign to promote its new low-fat flatbread range to healthy eaters.