Posts made in April, 2014

on Apr 28, 2014

By Stephen Lepitak RadiumOne “is bigger than one man” EMEA managing director Rupert Stains has said, as the company has re-entered talks with TechCrunch about renewing its sponsorship of an event in New York and is speaking to client Condé Nast following controversy surrounding the company’s founder and former CEO, Gurbaksh Chahal. Chahal was fired by the board over the weekend following charges he faced of assaulting his girlfriend, which reportedly including him punching her over 100 times, a charge he has publicly denied. He was immediately replaced by COO Bill Lonergan on Sunday 27 April. Speaking to The Drum, Stains described the Read full story › Source: The Drum...

on Apr 28, 2014

By the drum The Wow Company, the accountancy firm that specialises in the creative industries, has recently released the findings of its latest annual agency benchmarking study, which shows that recruitment and relocation proved to be the biggest factors to agency growth over the last 12 months. The Wow Company works with hundreds of creative agencies, from start-up to £5m turnover, and with access to financial data from so many companies, they’re able to annually collate information anonymously and share key trends, stats and averages to allow agencies to benchmark themselves against their peers. They’ve recently combined this data with the results of a nationwide Read full story › Source: The Drum...

on Apr 28, 2014

New film to showcase the changes children want to see to help boost sustainability. Read full story › Source: Marketing Week...

on Apr 28, 2014

By Michael Feeley The House Crowd, a new crowdfunding platform for property investment, has appointed Weber Shandwick Manchester as its PR agency. Headquartered in Hale, Greater Manchester, The House Crowd brings people power to the property market by allowing consumers to invest as little as £1,000 in domestic properties purchased specifically to be refurbished and converted into a high yielding rental property. Frazer Fearnhead, director at The House Crowd, said: “As an alternative to other typical investment opportunities such as Isas and savings accounts, we provide higher returns and access to a tangible asset class – a house! The team at Weber Shandwick impressed Read full story › Source: The Drum...

on Apr 28, 2014

By Natalie Mortimer Nokia’s former CEO Stephen Elop has revealed that the Nokia branding will not appear on future smartphones after the company was acquired by Microsoft last week. During an online live chat on the Nokia Conversations blog, Elop, now executive vice president of the Microsoft devices group said: “Now that we are one company, the marketing and product folks will lay in the plans for the shift to a consistent brand.” He continued: “While we are not ready to share precise details, I can assure you that it will not be the “Nokia Lumia 1020 with Windows Phone on the AT&T LTE Read full story › Source: The Drum...