The Accrington Observer, a paid for weekly newspaper owned by MEN Media, has launched a competition to find ‘highstreet honeys’ from within its catchment area. However, the idea, although seemingly very popular locally, has not been well received in all quarters.
Manchester’s BJL has come through a pitch against Connectpoint and Propaganda to pick up the advertising account for Halewood International’s Lambrini drinks brand.
Connectpoint has arranged for client Sandtex to apply a coat of the firm’s white masonry paint to the White Cliffs of Dover in a bid to restore them to their natural chalky brilliance.
How-Do today announces the shortlist for its inaugural Creative and Media Awards. Seventy three companies spanning the 13 categories on offer will now await the judges’ decisions at the Awards Dinner at Manchester United FC on Thursday 24 April.
The Lancashire Telegraph has launched a new service which offers free text breaking news alerts to readers in an initiative which the paper believes is the first of its kind in the UK.
The Bolton News has launched a new initiative which will initially see five computerised screens in Bolton and Bury delivering the latest news and features from the paper and its website.
Steve Connor, the chief executive of ‘issues based’ communications firm Creative Concern, has spoken to How-Do about his agency’s new Leeds office and his desire to open up a ‘Northern Way’ solution to marketing.
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