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LONDON – Vauxhall is backing the launch of a Corsa-branded music festival with a social networking campaign targeting consumers in their 20s and 30s.

LONDON – GCap Media’s plans to sell off its DAB digital radio multiplex have been put on hold following its decision to engage in talks with suitor Global Radio.

LONDON – Profits at Havas have surged ahead 81% to €83m (£63.4m), as the group continues to circle UK marketing services group Aegis.

Advertising Agency: Gate, London, UK
Copywriter: Paul Alderman
Art Directors: Paul Alderman, Paul Anderson
Typographers: Paul Alderman, Jonathan Madden

LONDON – Chime Communications has reported a rise in pre-tax profits of 25% to £13.8m for 2007, and said that it sees no slowdown in growth for 2008.

LONDON – FA Cup semi-finalists and Coca-Cola Championship promotion contender West Bromwich Albion is inviting offers to become the club’s new main sponsor from next season onwards.

LONDON – Gordon Brown is pushing for all TV and cinema ads for alcoholic drink brands to run with an end frame promoting responsible drinking, in a proposal that has prompted criticism from the drinks industry.

LONDON – Boots is drawing up a global promotional strategy intended to establish its No7 Protect & Perfect Beauty Serum as an internationally recognised brand.

LONDON – Marketers are being encouraged to target consumers via social networks by signing up to Jam, an initiative developed by digital agency i-level.

SHANGHAI – Tang Wei, the actress famed for her debut role in Ang Lee’s controversial “Lust, Caution”, has reportedly been banned by an increasingly watchful SARFT from mainland media – a decision which looks set to scupper her recent endorsement of Pond’s skin products.