Bauer bids for Global’s Midlands stations

LONDON – Bauer Media is in talks with Global Radio to buy five of its Midlands stations.

British Army launches interactive recruitment drive

LONDON – The British Army is putting out a TV and online campaign encouraging potential recruits to think about how they would tackle the type of challenges faced by soldiers.

Twitter flooded with offers as Google speculation eases

LONDON – Twitter has been inundated by approaches from other interested companies following a report last week that it was in late-stage acquisition talks with Google, a deal which now appears some way off.

Prostate Cancer Charity hires Exposure to promote Tour of Britain tie-up

LONDON – The Prostate Cancer Charity has appointed Exposure to develop and manage a fresh integrated campaign to boost awareness of the disease and increase support for the charity.

Prostrate Cancer Charity hires Exposure to promote Tour of Britain tie-up

LONDON – The Prostrate Cancer Charity has appointed Exposure to develop and manage a fresh integrated campaign to boost awareness of the disease and increase support for the charity.

Focus DIY sponsors makeover programme

LONDON – Focus DIY has signed a two-month sponsorship deal with ITV1 for its daytime home improvement programme, 60 Minute Makeover.

Focus DIY to sponsor ITV1’s 60 Minute Makeover

LONDON – Focus DIY is to sponsor ITV1’s daytime programme, 60 Minute Makeover, for two months from 20 April.

IPA Bellwether Report indicates long road to recovery

LONDON – The rate of decline in marketing spend slowed in the first quarter of this year, according to the IPA’s latest Bellwether Survey.

Bellwether survey shows further falls in marketing spend

LONDON – Companies continued to reduce marketing budgets in the first quarter of 2009 but the rate of decline has slowed, according to the IPA’s Bellwether survey.

‘Hey, Guy, Take a Free PC for Being in Our Ad and Talking About How Special You Are.’

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One of the biggest complaints about CP+B’s wacked-out Gates/Seinfeld campaign was that it didn’t really do much to push the product. In fact, it didn’t mention the product at all.

Beer industry rounds on government over tax plans

LONDON – The pub and brewing industry has launched a number of initiatives this month, including projections onto the Houses of Parliament, in an attempt to halt government plans to increase duty on beer.

And in the real world… IBM, further tax rises, record royalties for UK music artists and more.

LONDON – Today’s round-up of the biggest business stories.

WPP’s JWT calls time on its Chicago operation

JWT, the WPP-owned creative network, is closing its Chicago office after 118 years.

MPs call for Brand and Ross to pay BBC’s Ofcom fine

LONDON – Senior government ministers are backing demands to make BBC presenter Jonathan Ross and comedian Russell Brand pay the £150,000 fine that Ofcom issued to the BBC on Friday for its Sachsgate “failures”.

British Army uses Doom-style online video game in recruitment drive

LONDON – The British Army is seeking to attract recruits through a wide-ranging online gaming campaign, intended to develop skills that are used by soldiers.

JWT closes Chicago office with loss of 50 jobs

NEW YORK – JWT is to close its Chicago office, two years after its key account Kraft Foods pulled nearly $200m worth of business out of the agency.

Ethical clothing sales reach £175m

LONDON – Latest research from Mintel finds sales of ethical clothing have more than quadrupled in the last five years, reaching £175m in early 2009.

Consumers “prefer watching ads to paying for content”

LONDON – Online consumers would rather watch advertising in return for music and videos than pay for them, according to research released today.

Introducing the biggest SUV from Toyota

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Advertising Agency: GMASCO, Dubai, UAE
Creative Director: Khalid Radwan
Art Director: Harshad Badbe
Copywriters: Jimmy Arujo, Khalid Radwan
Graphic Designer: Akabar Ibrahim

Via [DubaiLynx]

New finger skate video for Seat

Seat has been inspired by the famous viral video about finger skateboarding and has launched its own one.

For the skateboard lover this print ad with the Jenna Jameson pornstar deck should be most of interest…

advertiser: Seat Ibiza