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Kiss overtakes Capital in London

Daniel Farey-Jones — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 08:40:00 GMT

LONDON - The London radio battle took a twist in the second quarter, with Kiss pushing Capital into fourth place and Heart and Magic sharing top spot, according to the second-quarter Rajar radio listening figures.

League Table: Customer publishing leagues

David Tiltman — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMT

As an industry on the rise, and under a resurgent APA, customer publishers must tackle the problem of undervaluation.

Marketing League Table: New media Top 100

Drew Barrand — Wed, 03 Nov 2004 00:00:00 GMT

Digital marketing is expanding rapidly as agencies deliver measurable results for clients that now understand how to use the medium.

Market Research: Research leagues Top 65

Wed, 14 Jul 2004 00:00:00 GMT

Research can bring valuable returns for clients, and 2003 saw it consolidate its position within the marketing mix, says Drew Barrand

PR LEAGUE TABLES: Consumer shops gain momentum - Growth in 2000 means consumer PR is well placed to tackle tough market conditions

Thu, 17 May 2001 12:00:00 GMT

One of the best-known UK consumer public relations specialists, Freud Communications, is rumoured to be negotiating a buyout from its immediate parent, the Omnicom-owned ad agency, Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO. The agency confirms that it is in talks about its future, but at the time of going to press would not say any more on the matter. However, the whispers of a management buyout have caused surprise in PR circles for two reasons. First, the highly successful AMV is generally recognised to have bought its way into below-the-line marketing services very shrewdly. Its other subsidiaries include PR agency Fishburn Hedges, direct marketing agency BHWG Proximity, and the multi-discipline Clarke Hooper. As the chairman of one top London PR shop puts it: 'AMV is reckoned to be the most benign of parents.' Second, any demerger flies in the face of expectations. On the face of it, it seems unlikely that Omnicom, one of the major international communications groups, should be willing to release one of its stars, when the market trend is toward consolidation. Such a development would be new to PR, but is not without precedence in marketing services. Last year, the direct marketing, sales promotion and advertising agency Interfocus bought its way out of the Lowe group, and promptly linked up with the North American group Maxxcom. The directors of Interfocus, it seems, were more ambitious for the future of their agency, in terms of size and positioning, than the parent board. So it may be that as the marketing services sector continues to rationalise, more examples will emerge of entrepreneurs who taste life in big corporations and decide it's not for them. One thing's certain: Freud has established a unique positioning in consumer PR (see panel page 68). Relaunched as an independent,...

PR LEAGUE TABLES: Consumer shops gain momentum - Growth in 2000 means consumer PR is well placed to tackle tough market conditions

Thu, 17 May 2001 12:00:00 GMT

PR LEAGUE TABLES: Top 50 consumer audience - As more brands look for innovative ways to raise their profile and put a strong message across to consumers, PR strategies play a greater role. Here we look at general consultants and specialist sectors

RICHARD THOMPSON — Thu, 21 May 1998 00:00:00 GMT

Fifty PR companies claim to obtain at least pounds 500,000 of income from targeting the consumer, which goes some way to explaining the importance of this area to the industry.

EXHIBITIONS: Good show - The UK exhibition industry is growing in every which way - and the signs are it is a period of sustainable growth in line with the economy. Conor Dignam reports

CONOR DIGNAM — Thu, 25 Sep 1997 00:00:00 GMT

The exhibition business in the UK is booming. More than ten million visitors made their way through 710 exhibitions across the UK last year, the highest number of visitors ever recorded.