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Sitemap Front Page Jobs News Pets At Home appoints AWA to help drive its online activities Channel M to move to Salford and plans new productions Designate releases Blackpool The Movie for LBTB Spoken-Image delivers video solution for NHS Gloucestershire Remedia claims largest advertising banner in Manchester BBC apologises for using photo of slain policeman on the 6 o'clock news True North creates new identity for Queer Up North Manchester United signs sponsorship deal with MTN of South Africa Baxter to leave Bell Pottinger in search of a new career change BBC rejects Guardian report that 5 Live move is delayed How-Do weekly Wrap - 19 March 2010 - Nadia Kassas Launch of the inaugural Marketing Society Northern Awards Creative Concern develops brand for Brockholes development New deputy programme director at Key 103 Blackpool Gazette and Herald journalists step up industrial action Multimillion pound internet facility to open near MediaCityUK Fluid Creativity mops up Christy Towels deal Title Role signs first look deal with Outright Distribution Edge Hill spikes journalism course Sharp Project gets new £6.3m grant Lime gets factual for BBC Three Da Vinci scoops trade award for Travel Counsellors campaign Guttridge and Guttridge finally go public with Smoking Gun PR Brazen takes on more Dr. Oetker brands Wonder Associates to help Audiences Yorkshire to rebrand The How-Do B2B PR Forum Celebs and sports folk join BBC presenters for Comic Relief Design agency Pixel8 wins redesign of US magazine website Manchester Airports Group wins national Travel Marketing Award Multitude Media wins Goal.com and two comedians Stop press: Channel M Mason Media picks up I-PAYE and Vextrix Management Trinity Mirror Sport Media operation strikes book deal with Chelsea FC Manchester student scoops nationals on United story More BBC jobs head to Salford Mad Science experiments with Freshfield Co-operative provokes childhood memories for wills and funeral campaign Wythenshawe Hospital beats it with Michael Jackson Lancashire journalists name killer after court challenge Amaze gets creative with Chapel Studios move Flipbook CGI opens for business American Soda toasts Fluid Creativity Elmwood creative director joins The Chase as it looks to next generation Bauer to champion new music Carbon Digital appoints Zeus PR McCann to acquire Blue Banana Agency Blueleaf saddles up with British Cycling Radio Festival to take place at MediaCityUK Junction K donates website to Life Plus Comedy Rocks with Jason Manford on ITV1 Picture Coverage brings Barry Norman out of retirement Editz brings Coronation Street idents home D-Day looms for Channel M as rescue consortium confers Mocha joins with Welsh partners to form BCA Films K7Media shows CBS and NRK around MediaCityUK New CIM chair De Maestri sees regional potential Reading Room wins John Rylands web work, picks up African Fairtrade Network Daily Mirror saddles up for Grand National Manchester United to boost brand in Far East with new sponsorship deal Brava works for Social Business International True North discusses People's History Museum identity Excellent turn-out at inaugural Cheshire Creative Business Forum How-Do weekly Wrap - 12 March 2010 - Aziz Rashid Cube3 provides digital solution for Knightsbridge PLC Origin accelerates with Mercedes, Schumacher and Henri Lloyd Zut Media launches live web broadcasting division Creative Lynx stirs up Northants with North Londonshire campaign Brilliant Media rolls off with Tyre Shopper win Code Computerlove goes on parade for Manchester BBC drama boss looks North for commissions NorthernNet connects SxSW to NxNW Pixel8 signs Manchester United designer Made in Manchester recruits Marc Almond for BBC Radio 2 documentary Liverpool Vision appoints River Media's Corner to board Ryan quits MediaCityUK for new venture Stop press: Michel Huet passes away Danny Moss to leave MMU for University of Chester Manchester Airport to market region with help of public snaps Lingerie designed for mastectomy patients to be promoted by Tangerine MDDA announces support of data visualisation unconference More newspaper awards shelved as uncertainty continues Racy McCann's Durex ad escapes censure from ASA Brookside campaign gathers pace, petition to be sent The How-Do Professional Services Marketing Debate FACT programmes director named a "Woman to Watch" Tyrrell appointed Liverpool head of press MPs urged to get blogging by Liverpool Daily Post and Echo Blue Murder dropped by ITV The Raft heads off to the Lakes and Mountains for Neilson Taylor appointed BBC Head of Entertainment and Events Southport Visiter to office share with local library Ear To The Ground, Kasabian and Umbro team up for England kit launch HGA expands with four new recruits Roland Dransfield wins four new clients Spencer Tunick reveals naked Lowry ambition (UPDATED) Co-operative launches £60m media review Doctor Who comes to Salford Full Marks sees McCann take prizes Jamie Carragher takes editor seat for LFC Weekly Bright Digital secures Clearswift win Coronation Street set to celebrate 50th with transsexual wedding On the Beach books in with Albion for £2m push KP Studios wins first international client after welovewp.com success NWDA looks to banish 'outdated perceptions' with tourism PR push How-Do Awards 2010 - deadline for entries extended to Tues 9 March Vivid turns 10, releases new website Regional Press Awards falls victim to industry travails Bolotin and Barlow invest in hyperlocal future with Inside the M60 Public sector PR specialist The Bridge Group targets Manchester Jason Manford lands ITV comedy show RealtimeUK shows off cutting edge Samurai skills Mobile communications to revolutionise health market, says Telefonica chief JAM saddles up with Equivet ICE claims £200k of contracts for new office Hollyoaks to release World Cup single Health and Safety Executive hunt below the line agency How-Do weekly Wrap - 5 March 2010 - Lee Turner All Out all in for digital as Dragons Den AP returns Flame's Beverley heads to New York with Apposing Milk pours into Manchester Freshfield promotes Spar Lancashire Youth Games Coronation Street hits the stage ID Interactive wins Rochdale Boroughwide Housing brief B2B International sees turnover approach £3.5m Cuts bring a £36m profit at Trinity Mirror regionals Timmins joins Momentum as account manager Manchester prepares for Twestival SASS is wound down, Mosquito takes off Blackman moves to Preston Vision as marketing chief, looks to create city brand GMG Radio moves ad account to KLP Righttxt MD Appleton wins young entrepreneur of the year gong Asian Sound Radio considering Channel M approach Leigh leaves Bruntwood to go it alone All About Manchester to launch digital magazine, targets 20,000 subscribers Manchester United, City and Liverpool FC all make Money League top twenty Mediaedge:cia consolidates SPAR account with sponsorship task BJL ends TBWA's decade-long reign with Crown Hussain joins Crains as media, environment and education reporter Blackpool journalists vote for strike action Iris Manchester designs Adidas Originals at Foot Locker NorthernNet gets digital with Origin Creative Ditchy stays on at Real Radio with new contract Freelance sports photographer dies after covering match £1m in contract wins for EMS in 2010 Murray quits Beijing in search of Doctor Who and Jaffa Cakes Pyjamas rage for Southport Champion Tapeless technology for Royal Manchester Children's Hospital documentary BP execs head back to Second Life with Corporation Pop TUC reveals Jack Duckworth as ambassador in campaign against public sector cutbacks Games industry in Liverpool gets a boost with TMP ICE appoints Newman as director of strategic communications Glorious appointment a straightforward decision for Zig Zag Seamans to join Lancashire County Council to head communications They've got to be kidding - Pelican to promote goats milk Warrington Guardian staff told to go to the nearest pub if they need the toilet Blueleaf helps plug Leek online Manchester United Supporters Trust signs Obama's digital team to take Green and Gold global End of the road for frank, as agency announces closure Along Came Baby looks to grow up fast with Zeus PR Rio Ferdinand dusts off his ballet shoes for True North Reading Room wins IMA best in class, releases Riverside Museum site Katona back on TV with Channel 4 deal Box Pro comes out swinging in fight for online business Bauer stations win Race for Life Film and gaming wins for Electromedia Liverpool FC magazine Well Red set for launch Newsquest tackles the paid content conundrum with e-editions Pixel8 reveals locations4business.co.uk How-Do weekly Wrap - 26 February 2010 - Michael Di Paola Staniforth supports Nissan QASHQAI's guerrilla drive Paver Smith wins Miss England North West titles suffer across the board in latest ABCs, ABCes more positive BusinessDesk.com gets an unfortunate case of the 'full shits' Amaze rings changes, as Bradshaw departs and The Chase merges with advertising operation Scarlet TV's demise leaves Delia Smith, and a lot of others, out of pocket English Heritage appoints PR agency for Cumbria Fido taken on to handle all Nichols consumer PR Government set to increase funding for news consortia by £7m Nosey Parker iPhone app marks new territory for Stardotstar Regus opens new telepresence suite in Manchester Express Newspapers calls it a (news) day in Manchester Fresh (Group) on the acquisition trail Jacob leaving Juice FM to join Absolute Radio Motionlab launches dedicated SEO/PPC/Marketing operation Taylor succeeds Simmons as marketing director at Transform NWV+M pitches London producers and buyers for North West film locations Seven North West venues shortlisted in national awards Design Foundry launches Bemoneywise for social landlord Regenda UTV Media (GB) appoints Nicola Cameron as Group SPI Chris Brassington leaves 2ergo Splinter develops interactive display for ACC Liverpool McIlroy goes All Out to the BBC BBC appoints Richard Burgess as head of sports news Coface appoints SKV to promote Country Risk Conference Studio North picks up University of Manchester and LICA projects Mediavest and Biss Lancaster help launch Greggs £4m campaign 3SixtyMedia turns to FORscene for new production Tangerine adds Sikkens to its AkzoNobel brand portfolio Trafford awards JCDecaux large-format contract Lastminute.com looks to increase Manchester presence Nice-Pak appoints Mere for national Halo and Sani+Hands brief Sale of MEN contravened original Scott Trust deeds Booth heads to Stage9 Lakestar turnover leaps to £2.6m, headcount to 30 Wilson Cooke launches new site for Liquid Plastics Liquid fuels Warburtons' green drive Warburtons invests £1m in ChippidyDooDaa and SnackaDoodle Pelican picks up Honeytop Bell Pottinger put up front for Soccerex New supporter built website scores for FC United CBG Group signs Peppermint Wigan Warriors agrees sponsorship deal with Worthington's David Tennant and Red join forces for Single Father on BBC One MEN NUJ chapels to merge ahead of Trinity takeover Northern Design Collective secures place on Highland Council framework What have a Pussycat Doll, a Banjo and Chipmunk got in common? Lewis PR launches consumer and travel division, signs Emma Bridgewater Manchester Evening News launches first ever paid digital content How-Do weekly Wrap - 19 February 2010 - Lucy Oliver The Student Support Centre turns to iQ Media for comms support Corrie's Maggie Jones memorial service at Salford Cathedral New digital projects for Fudge and Fluid in Edinburgh and Stockport MediaVest picks up £1m Freemans search business A quiz and celebration of 35 years of Piccadilly radio The Crewing Company plans to open in Manchester Everton FC task It's About Websites with a digital design commission Law firm DWF appoints Bell Pottinger North Hughes departs Astra Zeneca to head up Media 1 Liverpool Sound City announces first conference themes Radio production in the North conference back in March The Office of Fair Trading to consider Trinity and GMG Regional Media deal Cumbria Tourism to launch first ever TV ads UCLan unveils Joel Arber as new marketing chief, announces repositioning Weber Shandwick wins NorthernNet PR task Righttxt opens in Liverpool, looks to create eight jobs Calling all budding Blu movie makers Church of England goes online to engage with a new flock Wayne Rooney vs Wayne Rooney in new Powerade push Hidden looks to digital expansion with Trubow appointment Councillors banned from using Twitter at Salford City Council meetings Former Bolton Evening News sports editor 'Parky' passes away BJL chosen as one of eight agencies at Shanghai World Expo Baltic Creative board members announced MEN aiming to substantially increase its Twittering Muso Magazine turns to Young for redesign North West Broadcasting industry: a special report Two new staff at Souters Conker Media head Lee Hardman to exec produce Hollyoaks RealtimeUK employs Avatar technology to help sell its services Twenty four North West companies chosen for @North initiative McCanns beats London agencies to FSCS account British Heart Foundation charges EMS with awareness drive Salford journalism students go to prison Nigel Sarbutts launches social media agency BrandAlert Manchester City puts Craig Bellamy up front for latest marketing push Northwest Vision and Media looks to clearer branding with Love IPB Communications appointed by Bolton Council TheBusinessDesk announces six figure investment package, turnover of £1m Radio DJ Pete Price targeted by fake blogger, police take action It's no prank - Steve Penk becomes legally ordained minister James Wilson picks up Best Newcomer at Radio Production awards A Chief Productions production to debut on National Geographic Sustainable design support service New Frontiers launches in Manchester Blueleaf commissions Zeus PR to raise awareness Mark Thompson unveils a package of new BBC Northern initiatives IQ Media produces DVD programme for 3M worldwide Latest ABCs see Lancashire Life remain UK's biggest selling county magazine How-Do weekly Wrap - 12 February 2010 - Ruth Shearn EMS on the road to beating Chlamydia Hollyoaks clear out continues as Marquess replaces producers GAP feasts on KRO deal Scruffs back at CBJWT GMG Radio recruits Gregory to head commercial production Industrial action looms at Johnston Press in Blackpool Richard E Grant works for Mi and The Chemists BBC to celebrate the North ahead of MediaCityUK move An obese Becky Want - fat chance of fair treatment? Team goes green at Paver Smith Inspirational media and creative women connect via NorthernNet Manchester City Council appoints Vision Twenty One Mando to redevelop Riverside's web presence Findel Education looks to Iris for digital Ten Alps' Kent TV to be turned off Durex online sex community launches with Ora! Beedham swaps Momentum for Refinery and Magnet Corrie's Blanche Hunt bids farewell in typical style North West Creative & Media Industries plc – the first AGM Warburtons to bake up £10m brand push to toast the competition Code Computerlove appointed as Berghaus digital agency NUJ reacts to MEN sale, calling it "a very serious development" New monthly title comes to Manchester, and Liverpool soon, with Viva launch IAS to teach the world about B2B Marketing in Dummies deal GMG Regional Media to be sold to Trinity Mirror, Dodson and Spratt depart Copify.com launched by ex-Rippleffect and NuBlue staffers CTI focuses on SEO for New Business drive Marquess makes presence felt at Hollyoaks, as axe drops on three Context chosen by Voice Technologies Health cash plan provider Health Shield appoints Fresh Create Rainford appointed head of communications for BBC Children's and Learning John West launching its biggest marketing campaign to date Turn On Television to open second US satellite office New look and content for the Daily Post MediaCityUK welcomes MK-V and Web Potential to the Pie Factory Manchester agencies to help Iceland find its new face Giggleswick School tasks Absolute Media to develop new website Major new commission for Red with BBC Boy George drama CBJWT created fourth most effective ad of 2009 Sparkle takes The Making of Liverpool to National Portrait Gallery The Skinny denies imminent Manchester launch Jacobs to join GMG Radio as commercial head Ten Alps to launch Teachers TV in Thailand, looking at further developments MEN claims success on Palm Pre Yates appointed as MD and CEO of Getupdated RealTimeUK expands with four new faces KMP appointed by TUI Travel for innovative Trek America social web project MediaVest gets the call for £11m National Accident Helpline brief How-Do weekly Wrap - 5 February 2010 - Richard Catlow w00t!media adds Drowned in Sound and Pitchfork Brazen promotes 24 hour Best Western social media giveaway Freshfield wins four new clients Think PR brings in two new recruits Omega-3 brand Equazen eye q appoints driven Biss Lancaster tucks into Greggs Two marketing managers leave Bauer Radio Salford City Council answers Life In Salford newsletter claims News consortia quizzed about jobs at ITV News Rajars - Real gets foothold as Revolution rolls on Trio of wins for Paver Smith BBC review to lead to dedicated online sports channel? Scarlet TV goes into administration Manchester Airport a world leader in social media... Staniforth raids SKV for Price Dacre joins Trinity, PA, CN and Ten Alps for regional news bid Ten Alps secures funding to launch Newton science channel, looking to acquire SEO firm James Russell triumphs at Professional Photographer of the Year awards Slater Heelis aims to build brand loyalty with new look and social media push APS signs John Holmes as new director Clock strikes with over £200k of new business Error sees city tax payers foot extra £420k bill for Marketing Manchester Nicol joins PHD North as managing partner Birchall joins University of Salford's media department Accidental Leaders programme returns BBC Switch holds open auditions in Manchester Greater Manchester stations get Community Radio grant NWDA gives £630k research grant to MediaCityUK Strong trading but losses remain at Media Square Stephensons appoints Rumpus Communications Hemisphere creates All About Audiences from Arts About Manchester Liverpool Echo's Bright blunder causes cancellations, red faces and Swift media coverage Wirral Gob launches - the newspaper that's all mouth and no trousers Ten Alps looks to Asian expansion with 10 titles from Reed NorthernNet to showcase digital firms across the North through Knowledge Bank How-Do MarketPlace now open for business SASS and MD Waddington part company, staying quiet on plans Sandy Lindsay and Anna Heyes honoured at Women in Business Awards TheBusinessDesk rolls onwards and outwards with new launch As We Forgive Them comes to life online with Independent and MIM The force is strong in this one - New Rippleffect site for West Mercia Police Sky 3D football coming to Withington this weekend Kellogg's looks to social media for Krave Moneysupermarket.com hits the big screen with Omid Djalili £8m Gala Coral business to quit MediaVest Growth continues at theEword Online migration leads to 1,500 job losses at Shop Direct Fresh numbers up to 54... and £8.25m Search School opens at MMU, optimised by local agencies Five fresh faces for Biss Lancaster Plumbs keeps it in the family with new TV push True North makes senior appointments How-Do weekly Wrap - 29 January 2010 - Richard Hayes Tangerine hits the tiles with InterfaceFlor Blueleaf launches Creative and Digital brands TBWA's Sharp resurfaces in Huddersfield Mills Media wins 121 new contracts Phew! North West Apple iPad angle Three North West campaigns win Grand Prix awards Design Force provides a different view for Lancashire County Council Concave passes from Tangerine to Renegade BBC Radio Manchester is looking for love Profitable trading at Sport Media Group Latitude appoints Lowery as its new head of SEO United Utilities leaks stop at Origin Latitude loses head of SEO, as Heaps opts for Epiphany Newsquest stays quiet on rumours of job cuts in Blackburn Hoban replaces Hamilton on BBC Radio Merseyside for Drivetime show Blow for BBC as Carrington quits CBeebies ahead of MediaCityUK move LBTB reveals the power of 'Twendering' Preston becomes first UK city to launch iPhone app for blue plaque sites Kids Allowed seek Truth, agency beds in with Durex Ixis expands to meet Drupal requirements Brava celebrates Year of the Tiger with new site Wolfe gets Out There with first client for Journey9 Deekay named on NHS marketing recruitment roster Hillsborough TV producer appointed to tragedy's documents panel PR appointment at The Design Foundry Tarmac pours in to Mando Group Touchpoint hires Coffin as business development manager Market Creative reveals new retail concept for G Plan Chris Evans suspended for a week from Radio Wave Ear to the Ground loses over a million pounds Fudge develops front end for YourGuide sites Printing presses stop at Lakeland Echo Alexander investigates AstraZeneca and Seroquel for Radio 4 SKV scoops major win with three-year Road Safety GB contract Merseyside's most wanted fall prey to Echo's arresting idea Best Practice in Public Sector Communications – A One Day Conference – Tues 2 March Nigel Dove to be new marketing chief at NWDA CTI invests in Augmented Reality UPDATED: Major changes in the pipeline for MEN free weekly titles? Pay walls + hyper-localism = the future? UTV unveils experienced team to help capture Border and Tyne Tees Back to school for Design Force European football beckons for Bird with CAFE win Danny Boyle set to stage a monster hit? Of Time And The City scoops New York gong University of Bolton to launch Writers Lab Dom Rodwell joins CBJWT as digital creative director Coronation Street favouritism claim mars NTA win, Ofcom to get involved? Mrs Peppercorn's Magical Reading Room to be shot in Marple Bridge Manchester United checks in with Turkish Airlines for sponsorship deal Mango returns to comedy for The Skills People MediaVest salvages £4m direct business from Phones 4u How-Do weekly Wrap - 22 January 2010 - David Al-Hadithi Conservatives won't support ITV news consortia Manx Life relaunches O'Halloran returns as MEN commercial director Mediaedge wins £4m Shearings account Priest lives the simple life for BBC Two series Echo overturns banning order to name teenage murderer Cuckoo Design makes Wheatley deputy managing director Mediaburst's "crack team" unveils new site Objective North quits Manchester John Simm and Robert Glenister join Moving On cast Fluid Creativity puts Hyper Chips into gear New wins and new faces at GyroHSR Co-operative appoints 11 North West agencies, retains TBWA as lead creative outfit New recruits swell Paver Smith ranks Mando promotes Fromm to creative director, welcomes new staff on board North West digital firms secure berths for South by South West Reform celebrates three new business wins Manchester United takes title of first club to ban players from Twitter Andy Bartholomew leaves MediaCom North My Mad Ex gets online push as alternative to divorce sites Ten Alps and Trinity consortium makes the grade with colleges Seagulls ruin plan to move Coronation Street to MediaCityUK? MPTE confirms London agency for £650k local transport plan PR brief Senior posts made redundant as Co-Operative restructures marketing department Brands hit the pavement in Keep Britain Tidy study McIlheney named PPA chief executive Freshfield expands with healthcare and energy specialisms Manufacturing boost from Junction K Denbighshire searches for rugged outdoor business types Marquess produces Hollyoaks as Allen looks at new drama Creative Concern gets the walls talking for Whitworth Art Gallery New Bitesize wins for Weber Shandwick Context appointed by Nisyst United's Falk launches Star Sports Marketing Reading Room reveals University of Nottingham's new website Synergy takes Gamma back to the 90s RedStar helps JD Sports, Blacks and Debenhams on to eBay Desperately seeking digital creative - LBTB looks to Easter campaign The Studio finds a home at The Hive Peppermint Digital unveils Manchester Grammar School site Jenkins departs Merseytravel for Bank of America Confidence growing, with online and direct 'leading the recovery' Steve Penk criticised after playing Jump for 'troubled' woman on bridge Electromedia creates TV commercial for fostering in Sheffield Swarbrick joins MediaVest to head marketing and new business Luvthecity gives away city centre apartment for a year Northern Digitals rethinks admission policy after popularity of BBC event Manchester Airport to take off on the small screen for first ever ad campaign Nina Mack takes you through her new agency, WorshipDigital Profits slump for MEN Media Video: Rippleffect creates social explosion for Bongal Three new accounts for JAMpr aka wins Tate Liverpool and Picasso task How-Do weekly Wrap - 15 January 2010 - John Ryan Livesey to present new North West football show Walker Media wins Haribo from Mediaedge:cia 3 million up for grabs at Plastic Electronics Conference Senior management changes at KMP Digitata Challinor joins Refinery from Clock Creative Listen up as Market Creative rebrands Earex Former MEN Weekly staff launch Rochdale newspaper Childrens producers invited to Salford seminars Champion expands with Crosby and Litherland paper From pastry to TV as Pie Factory turns three Paver Smith unveils 2009 figures, sees 36% growth Mason Williams to launch Schwarzkopf hair colouring brand DCMS clears three bidders to battle for Borders news consortium Latitude a shoe-in for Sarenza UK launch The Hub wins key social marketing campaign from COI iknow-uk looks to develop UK wide consumer site, appoints home for marketing task British Council looks to establish £1.8m framework Radio City reveals massive online gains The Beatles Story gets fresh global release, thanks to Rippleffect Wilde leaves Mando for Interactive Dimension in Preston Brazen to turn tables on Tony Murray today Steve Penk slams the BBC over Chris Evans Cheetham Bell JWT creates new First Direct campaign Brews up as BJL brings Typhoo to Coronation Street How-Do Awards 2010 – a date for your diary How-Do Awards 2010 – a date for your diary Love Manchester gives Manchester Confidential some competition New addition at The Little Black Book Central Radio bought by Niocom BDM Bella Design launches 3 new websites Tower FM licence pre advertised by Ofcom Creamfields dances to Corporation Pop's tune ParkerSandford promotes TV Vet's Pets' Kitchen Kinofilm looks for sponsors and industry support Uniform animates Crafts Council exhibits Management buys Latitude out of administration New appointments at Weber Shandwick, Zeus and Viva TBWA launches Cancer Research initiative with EA Key 103 shuffles DJs as Justin Moorhouse steps into drivetime slot Flame Digital goes into administration AWA, Rattle, MadeWith and Go Create become One ICE appoints Milligan-Croft as new creative director The second annual How-Do Mobile Marketing conference – Friday 26 Feb 2010 McCann claims 50% growth for standalone digital outfit Metro Fudge and The White Room to build digital platform for Creative Islington Three fresh faces for Peppermint ITV restarts MediaCityUK talks? Manchester agencies come together to launch SAScon, a unique search and social media conference BBC outlines vision for MediaCityUK with new site NHS Knowsley appoints Finn Communications Slow news day, or snow news day... Wash joins with Peepshow to push Teesside High School Kasabian help Ear to the Ground launch MySpace Music Snowed in viewers looks to soaps for salvation Urbis bids farewell with 'best of' exhibition LOVE poaches Hughes from St Lukes as new creative head Phones4u calls £10m media review No business like snow business for Warrington How-Do weekly Wrap - 8 January 2010 - Ian Ross Snow news is good news Bryant appointed UK editor at TheNextWeb Code Computerlove drives off with The Car People Northwest Vision and Media appoints Delivery Manager for Creative Services CTI sees success from Nesta's "creative credits" Uber appointed by Children’s Mutual after competitive pitch 50 Cent wants to be in Shameless Snow gives Real Radio online boost Sportech Spots the Ball for Trinity Mirror Magic win sees SKV strengthen Bond to VisitBlackpool driven appointed by Subway for regional push All white on deadline as Chorley Guardian doesn't flake out Morson Group looks to Mere PR Reading Room lands berth on Buying Solutions roster Refinery tools up for Ryobi re-brand BBC @North to discuss £500k commission opportunities Hollyoaks and Coronation Street put on ice GMPTE contacts Twitter, reviews strategy after rogue account activity Britain's Biggest Heists set to steal onto small screens Taylor Technology hands global task to Scott Partnership Stardoll Network appoints TPC Media for regional sales Paver Smith claims £110k of new business IAS wins place on £5m UKHO roster The Chase wins £200k Yorkshire Water brief Twitter snow joke for GMPTE Liquid just the ticket for ACC Liverpool Paedophile plot for Shameless Manchester Evening News back in the ABCs TBWA\Manchester launches multi-million pound Co-op campaign Santander reopens account with Fresh Group Weber Shandwick launches a bitesize campaign for My Wedding Magazine CTI appoints head of search engine optimisation CN Group joins Ten Alps and Trinity Mirror in news bid Porter leaves Crain's The breast digital support from Iris Manchester Scouse lessons for Michael Portillo from Sport Media editor Mixed response as less than half of BBC staff opt for Salford Free Manchester Evening News only 2 days a week Bill Daring chairman of KMP Digitata dies It has been a busy year in How-DoLand magneticNorth launches new Marketing Manchester website - updated A Question of Sport celebrates 40th anniversary Ninethirty blooms with Southport Flower Show win Ten Alps Communications opens Northern Ireland office Learning business lessons from Rage Against the Machine BBC Radio 5 Live arrives early in Manchester White Park Bay brings more titles to the iPhone Fabretti "leaves" Amaze to set up Gabba with Smith & Smith boss Paver Smith nets European Football Congress London Weekly has Manchester and Liverpool plans Rapport Creative promotes low carbon community All Out brings together Martin Sheen, Elvis and Nixon Places for People launched by Mando Manchester Evening News tweets from the councils Telegraph's Bond succeeds Bose as BBC Sports Editor ITV staff join Welsh regional news consortium bid King replaces Surrell as regional Bauer boss UTV confirms interest in Border and Tyne Tees pilot BDB gets global task from Food Health for Ireland Write Angle handed Unique brief Giggs wins sports personality of the year award... that's Rhodri Giggs The Fattest Man in Britain arrives this weekend Of Time and the City one of the year's best films Glasgows celebrates 10 years of FSA How-Do weekly Wrap - 18 December 2009 - Sarah Dillistone Tangerine recruits staff from Brazen, Triangle, SASS... and the USA UTV confirms closure of Central Radio Nick Porter voted one of the 50 most powerful people in UK events industry O'Brien defects from public sector to head specialist team at Kenyon Fraser Three business wins for Cuckoo Refinery helps Mothers Against Violence fight knife crime Mando to donate profits to charity Sneak preview of BJL's TV campaign for Love2Recycle Breaking news: GMG looks to sell Manchester Evening News to Trinity Mirror? Hubbub reveals agency roster and industry supporters Over £8m in funding now confirmed for Media Enterprise Centre at MediaCityUK Blooming True North beds in Visit Chester & Cheshire BJL to roll out seven-figure campaign for Love2Recycle Carlisle as UK Capital of Culture? Another new title takes off with Big Spark Your Events merges with OWL Corrie's Vicky Binns takes on role of Suzie Pugh for Independent kids drama Paver Smith picks up Manchester briefs Coming to a screen near you... Durex Play ad from McCanns Cube3 runs Lancashire Probation campaign ICG PR manager welcomed with sloppy client kiss Artemis announces 30% growth in turnover Vivid helps young people hit back at tobacco industry Bazaarvoice appoints Lewis for UK and France Hitsearch markets MatchesFashion Wordsworks breezes in with Vestas contract Ice continues expansion with another new office Gencia provides Bluetooth Beer Goggles for Wrexham drinkers BBC journalism training website goes public Big Spark targets NHS with relaunched newspaper, hits the streets with another Independent Line up revealed for Nations and Regions Media Conference What is the single of the decade? Cahoona launches online quest for number one Guardian iPhone app gets 2ergo treatment The Raft lands big cheese Journalists set for crappy Christmas presence? COI recruits Access to improve skills in workplaces Profits surge at Ten Alps Camera fault ruins Royle Family Christmas TSL to open MediaCityUK office Northwest Vision and Media hunts agency partner to push NorthernNet BJL fights boozing culture in Cheshire and Merseyside Scott Partnership wins SmartKem start-up Alistair Sim loses employment tribunal against LOVE Out There Events loses Laura Wolfe Groundbreaking social media film to chart life in the North West Ho Ho Ho Yellow Snow to make a splash on the iPhone STAN offers Johnsen & Jorgensen the right package Blackburn looks to social marketing and McCanns for healthier future Imperial War Museum looks ahead to 2010 with Hemisphere and Don McCullin MEN claims iPhone success, Twitters theatre gongs TPC joins with Jazz for £10k giveaway How-Do weekly Wrap - 11 December 2009 - Steve Smith Vimto looks to driven for Sunkist Origin Creative gets designs on British Land Express Newspapers could lose regional reporters Retired Liverpool journalist gets debut novel published Virgin Trains and Capita Symonds turn to GDR Ubiquity wins 8 new clients 20:20 Mobile puts it into Context RT @GMPolice you’re nicked - as police twitters live Fiona Guy becomes Impact Media MD McBride appoints driven for Surcare Truth Design raids Love for Sutherland Questions raised over Porter's future at Crain's, as disciplinary proceedings initiated All Out reveals Obama and Pete Seeger connection on Radio 2 Manchester City Council stands by social media use in face of MEN exclusive You've got to be kidding, right? Communications folk are Britain's healthiest executives The advertising sector in the North West, a unique report Manchester places itself at vanguard of climate change agenda, powered by Creative Concern Cheshire East hunts for new roster of publishers, designers, ad agencies, PRs and more PushON helps Anthony Worrall Thompson with recipe for festive success Ethos PR boosts staff numbers Mando work of art to deliver regeneration through inspiration Greater Manchester Police takes lead on rape campaign Durex online sex community powered by Code No regional news would mean more X Factor says Grade Iris wins Orange UK retail account VMA plans for international growth Business Edge tabloid to launch in New Year Liverpool Direct workers banned from reading Daily Post blog Manchester could be at the forefront of the next digital age Ofcom raps Global Radio following iTunes complaint Fast track business training for digital sector Tributes ready for Stuart Hall, broadcasting legend £1m funding investment to create new Games Centre at MediaCityUK MediaCityUK to be served with 10 gigabits network All change at MadeWith, as MD Mack departs for new launch and Ward signs up CTI launches e-commerce platform for Best4Amtico WordCamp UK 2010 comes to Manchester ICE turns ten, and grows to 50 GLS pushes people power for Hondas from Holdcroft Momentum throws the book at new Guy Ritchie film Netflights jets to BJL TheEword offers a free digital consultation Absolute success with Wallpapercentral Staff and presenters go in City Talk shuffle CheethamBell JWT reveals new Gamestation ad Visit Manchester surfs on a Google Wave Pendragon and Sputnik breeze in to support Yes2Wind Fat Media heats things up with Encona chilli slider Edward Stourton takes over at Radio Four's Sunday Creative and digital industries get £1/2m in funding How-Do weekly Wrap - 4 December 2009 - Nina Webb A sparkling debut for the first How-Do b2b Digital Marketing Forum Shameless run extended, as series number eight gets green light BBC Radio Merseyside loses drivetime host Hamilton for one year, hunts for new presenters CTI expands with seven new recruits Manchester Confidential lays its subs cards on the table PushON recruits via i.studio UKFast hosts first Digital Entrepreneur of the Year Awards In tribute to Coronation Street's Blanche Hunt, aka Maggie Jones Dooh Media gets switched on at The Printworks Simon Callow to play Oscar Wilde as The Independent launches new drama brand Regional agencies confirm places on COI roster £15m NorthernNet project aims to connect creative and digital firms across the North Bus from Bentley roars off with headlines, fuelled by RMS Parker Sandford ATTAINs Capper from LBM RAB ups presence in the regions, appoints Dunham to new role in Manchester Betfred puts money on new talkSPORT deal Natural Building Technologies turns to Triangle Coronation Street has TV's best writing No win no fee for Context Absolute tackles testing times with driving website Weber Shandwick mothballs Leeds office, moves staff to Manchester Co-Operative ditches customer magazine in favour of digital Luvthecity to move to 10 new urban areas by the end of 2010 How-Do breaks through the million mark Manchester Confidential tech team launches Manchester Markets online Archie Gemmill vs Zinedine Zidane. Brazen and PushON drive Hyundai to the World Cup's best moments Liverpool Vision decides on latest supplier roster GyroHSR gives SGB face-lift Expansion, new starters and wins at theEword Cheeky monkeys at Kings Arms go bananas New Football League show kicks off on BBC One Christmas Pinball from Matmi Fudge on the menu for Michelin starred chef Stage9 Marketing appointed by Utilise TDS Fat Media dines out on social media success 4 recruits chosen for BBC comedy director course STARS shines with new Manchester University website The Raft moves offices as two more join Acrobat offers outside broadcast production course Journalist and travel writer Moorhouse dies aged 78 Hold on to your credit cards... Monday to be busiest day of online shopping this year McCann in final showdown for FSCS, launches Aldi Christmas campaign Whamoosh push through Weber sees Jonathan Ross, Wogan and Page 3 girls sign up Christopher Eccleston to star as John Lennon in new BBC drama Destination Staffordshire picks agency roster Domestic violence charity Refuge gets help from Code, and Chris Rea, Helen Mirren and Fiona Bruce Ci Research thanks but no thanks to Barack Obama as US president misses print deadline Manchester City makes another big name signing Honesty the best policy for new magazine The Buzz, as expansion beckons CN, an English firm, cleans up at Scottish Magazine of the Year Awards Access Point looks to Paver Smith for growth How-Do weekly Wrap - 27 November 2009 - Christian Spooner The 2009 How-Do Media 100 revealed IAS B2B named Agency of the Year Border and Tyne Tees will be ITV news pilot BBC drama chief takes over at Coronation Street Murray Walker joins Roary the Racing Car Hayward joins Golley Slater as consumer specialist New Aherne comedy gets Christmas airing Triangle takes an international look for Promethean Web developers to learn Technique Bright Digital wins Etisalat brief BBC Radio 2 series for Made in Manchester Phil Wood joins The Revolution Origin relaunches online UCLan appoints digital champion to bring it closer to businesses 2ergo welcomes former O2 director as media chief Hollyoaks courts controversy with child killer plot NUJ to buy shares in Trinity Mirror, JP and ITV News channels swell in Cumbria as interest floods in McCann Manchester sees the light Brava launches website to help Liverpool businesses Origin flush with pride after monster campaign Cyclone Challenge rides into Pelican We’re watching you as Eye Tracker shows customer behaviour Peter Bourhill wins £1/4m for unfair dismissal A dash of Peppermint for Styles & Wood Paradox shot at The Pie Factory ITV's Tonight marks return of Russell Watson Acrobat works on new Denby and Monsoon range The Market Creative sits back with G Plan Deep cuts at Media Square as turnover tumbles Larkin named University of Salford communications director Coogan gets Vic and Bob treatment at Christmas Penny the social marketing penguin takes to ICE magneticNorth appoints new board Brazen builds excitement for LEGO, launches auditions for chief model builder Laterooms founder Walsh launches booking site to benefit ill and underprivileged Code to remix Global Underground online Manchester welcomes work of 'Britain's best ever graphic designer' Alan Fletcher Rippleffect unwraps Leeds this Christmas Lee Cooper appoints 999 as lead marketing agency Peter Kay to headline The Brit Awards Thierry Henry shamed by Love's handy work on the sidelines Stardotstar sweeps BIMAS, other regional contenders miss out Bauer Media appoints Euro RSCG Biss Lancaster for Big City Network Keep Britain Tidy wins three awards for anti-litter campaign News and Star offers Live webchat: Cumbria under water ITV1 commissions Maverick for series on Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital Elegant Resorts to launch its own lifestyle magazine Salford students to help redesign BBC Bitesize website Shaun Wright-Philips next up in MCFC's Big Four campaign Owen Oyston v Peter Bourhill due to be heard on Monday Northwest Vision and Media offers careers advice for the games industry How-Do weekly Wrap - 20 November 2009 - Michelle Greene Industry collaborates for online radio player University of Salford takes lead in digital education Ten Alps, Trinity Mirror and PA consortium to bid for ITV News pilot Communique boss Sarbutts goes as Burson Marsteller restructures BJL celebrates Art in Advertising at The Lowry Cheshire goes on demand with new channel National Broadcast School launches Talent Project in Salford Quays Mason Williams wins Henkel pitch Brazen gets 3 golds at CIPR North West PRide Awards CBS Outdoor uses sonic posters for Manchester Camerata Bolton News reporter uncovers cannabis farm Bruntwood appoints Kate Harrison as new marketing director BBC Comedy North to produce The Inn Mates for BBC3 True North’s Rigby off to Oz while Studio North recruits Dennison BBC launches @North – a new digital initiative The MPA begins search for a new identity The Sharp Project commissions Mi to make a film Matmi develops I’m a Celebrity game for ITV ICE and Coventry NHS to tackle COPD The publishing industry in the North West of England - a special report Flame Digital creates new online presence for Vale Holiday Parks Our Life appoints Chameleon Interactive after five-way pitch Hasgrove says profits will be down but business picking up Launch of the 2009 How-Do Media 100 Origin wins Royal London annual report brief It’s a wrap as Saville designs Manchester Christmas paper Latitude wins 6 figure Victor Chandler account North West places its faith in online reviews says Weber Shandwick Sainsbury appoints Access Point for third party promotions Brilliant gets behind the wheel of Subaru's £1.5m Autumn campaign Media ownership rules should be relaxed says Ofcom Mason Williams Digital gets switched on Bolton leaves Radio 4's Sunday after a decade Refinery works on Dulux Trade brand review Fast Web Media on target for George Digweed site ITV regional news pilots may begin next year Cherrygood appoints Mason Media Newspapers should set up PR agencies The Street wins 4 awards at RTS North West Kev Seed returns to Liverpool with Juice FM Evoid gets new look from Smiling Wolf Punk grabs Gok Wan PR op North West Bauer stations get rights to Lily Allen concert Russian posting for CW Advertising and ITFX Behaviour change required to maximise public sector budgets National social media conference set to debut in Manchester Banc secures new SEO contracts Weber Shandwick looks to create news hub and appoints Park as head of media GGR Group relaunches online with Cuckoo North West has best design agencies in the UK... Sensei looks to CTI for guidance MAG, IWMN and Sean Sutton capture raw emotions of war Student Pot Noodle bun fight in Manchester with JAM Inspector Morse rises again, for a shot at Cluedo Regional heavyweights to judge D&AD How-Do weekly Wrap - 13 November 2009 - Sandra Tinker The Public Services Communications Awards - and the winners are... Former Archant Life boss becomes National Trust general manager in York Refinery redecorates ICI Paints point of sale branding International broadcast workshops in the North West London weighting is justified for BBC relocation says personnel boss Ad revenue decline at Trinity Mirror eases Mobile industry signs health deal with University of Manchester Moving On team talks to Indie Club Bonfire marketing campaign deemed success by emergency services FPA turns to Duffy and Shooting Star PR Shameless commissioning editor becomes C4 head of drama Big Issue takes military cover BBC's Salmon nets MIF board position Gustav Klimt does it again for True North, Corporate Culture works for NHS Mind blowing new MOSI work from driven Elementary my dear Liam... 'Dr Watson' heads to Shameless Toasted residents in the Pie Factory Major SKV expansion in the works, powered by social media and film wins Manchester gets £600k of added Christmas presence, thanks to Dinosaur, Amaze, mN and Barry Purves NUJ to take on the big issues in Southport Milton Keynes gets Mark Chester and District Housing Trust launches new website with Odyssey If the Face fits - as Think Publicity opens staffing agency Peter Kay to do Amarillo follow up for Children in Need Threadneedle Property Investments call in Concept McCann TBWA and Red C win IPA Effectiveness Awards Zeus wins APOD legal brief Bella Design launches new site for Quatro Destinations Liverpool are top of Premier League Trinity Mirror plans to close final salary pension scheme Scientists call for ban on alcohol sponsorship of sport Paul Abbott to headline exposures festival in Manchester Refinery creative director quits for Foundry role Rick Astley infects Apple iPhones Young Muslim women get empowered through Studio North New recruitment agency Jigsaw launches in Manchester Liquid launches Medicash B2C push The Write Angle recruits ICG's Butcher BBC staff moving to Salford set to keep London allowances Newcastle United signs Ampersand Liver to take over from Livesey on BBC Radio Lancashire Forget the UK, Blue Chip Marketing is now the world's best SP agency Lancashire Evening Telegraph on eBay... and in Hyndburn The Neighbourhood wins MEN's young business of the year gong UK's first glossy for the cosmetic surgery and beauty industry launching out of Macclesfield Digital switchover sounds death knell for TVs Gordon Brown on Key 103, Afghanistan... and John and Edward from the X Factor Police Mutual lands with Cuckoo, as online overhaul beckons Fresh Group walks down the aisle with Morrisons MIM claims Independent experiment a success Tangerine acquires Juice Digital How-Do weekly Wrap - 6 November 2009 - John Leach Boyle to direct mountaineering film 127 Hours World Lacrosse Championships are Made in Manchester Gavin and Stacey creators deliver Anthony H Wilson lecture Inventive IT launches hotel room booking App for iPhone Ice launches anti smoking campaign for Deborah Hutton charity Soya Health Foods becomes Tribeca May through Touchpoint ITV predicts ad revenue increase in December Foursquare launches in Manchester CTI signs 2 year deal with Mercuri Unions threaten industrial action following Liverpool cuts 3SixtyMedia turns to FORscene for The Lakes Kellogg's confirms switch to Leo Burnett, JWT to lose business by 'year end' Kai Wayne Rooney gives first interview to Brazen CBJWT awaits confirmation of Kellogg's shift to Leo Burnett Manchester United nets new sponsorship deal LinkDirect scores huge BT contract Trinity Mirror announces further job losses for Merseyside, Daily Post looks set to suffer A historic day? Granada leading the digital TV revolution Ricky Hatton hopes to establish heavyweight brand Comtec heads to the ICC to fight Swine Flu Salford Advertiser launches its 'most important campaign ever' Just Search has Hope for the future Robert Harwood-Matthews back to TBWA, and the UK, as agency president Brazen scoops Diamond award for Chicago Town Love Me Do as Beatles Story aims for Indian tourists New Mind partners with Together Online Agencies form M460 alliance to aid technology sector Zeus retained by uber Movie Foundry creates visuals for Granada documentary Multi coloured swatch top for Corporation Pop Beverley Knight goes digital with Manchester Web Design £4.8m marketing boost for North West tourism Kirkwood becomes Eastenders executive producer Victoria and Albert Museum appoints Hit Search CTI to tackle drug-driving in Ireland, alongside driven and Mason Media Facebook providing 'countless splashes' for North West Evening Mail PRWD gets ResPublica think tank rolling online Neilson books in with the Raft Lake only regional agency to make Keep Britain Tidy roster How-Do edges ever closer to the million mark Social media novel November in Manchester launches today Liverpool Biennial decides on Thoughtful approach Gencia aims to combat youth misbehaviour with Dignity PHD North scoops £1.6m Canary Islands Tourism account New McGovern drama The Accused commissioned by BBC Are you getting a bum deal? NW marketing pay below national average Asda introduces online virtual assistant Amy, powered by KMP Kisky and co devise iPhone app for virtual gifts this Christmas Lewis becomes Tangerine's first marketing director in sweet move British Council looks to recruit new roster in £7m push Fresh Style for Golden Square with And Digital site Lancashire sees big green light bulb idea come out in the Wash Flame Digital revamps Supponor online How-Do weekly Wrap - 30 October 2009 - Jo Meek Code measures up with Hillarys ecommerce site Liverpool premiere for Lennon film Nowhere Boy First Internet gives IL2L a makeover World’s fastest car gets driven Opal appoints IAS b2b marketing Co-operative Amaze graduates with new site Mixed news as Rajars released today Taylor leaves Love for Fudge Think Publicity wishes you a Superlambanana Christmas Healthy times for Ice with 6 new NHS contracts Marr on Morrissey for BBC Inside Out The Good Reputation Company launches out of Souters and media4change Tony Murray and the Waffen-SS: The Alternative Wrap is back Fabretti's blog up for BIMA Liverpool and Manchester United top of the (Facebook) league Sayers the Bakers Twit or Tweet for Halloween Fancy a (Media) city break? Holiday Inn books in with the BBC et al Manchester council workers get social media crash course University of Glamorgan establishes framework, enrolls SMRS Origin unveils first work for Salford Mando secures United Utilities for up to the next four years Coronation Street gets added soap, as Imperial Leather signs up Finding your true spot Kickworldwide signs Brian Barwick Calum Best on being brought up by an alcoholic Fudge redesigns Total Compliance site McCann takes a shot at the flu vaccine Want to read the MEN? We’ve got an App for that Sport Media Group sees the positive despite turnover dip Mobile Baby as one tonne computer goes pocket sized Surrell to resign as Bauer North West boss CTI heads home after Northern Quarter fire Agencies collaborate for firework campaign Stockport to host UK's first seminar on leading public sector comms teams Martin Bell comes out of retirement for BBC MAG documentary Mi brings The Point to life in animated fashion Firebox appoints w00tmedia The return of Tony Murray Major PR push for UCLan in the pipeline, seeks agency support Ian Craig, MEN's political editor for 25 years, passes away MIM launches Turing drama with The Independent, listen here LFC perfume aims to capture 'beauty and elegance' of footballers wives Wilson Cooke's face fits for Whamoosh push to revolutionise greetings cards 2Ergo develops Arsenal FC iPhone app The Hub scoops a DBA Design Effectiveness Gold award Radio City wins gold at the Promotions & Marketing Awards 2009 Place North West traffic climbs above 10,000 unique visitors Rio Ferdinand-backed film premieres last night The BBC’s Patel’s yob kickings – released on film Public service communication – is customer focus going more local? How-Do weekly Wrap - 23 October 2009 - Nigel Papworth Innova Clothing launches online with world first, tailored by Code Computerlove Whitchurch Herald saved after sale to NWN Code develops Hollyoaks Music site for Matalan Best blogs in Manchester revealed Fluid appoints Silcock as new creative director Coup for Northwest Vision and Media as gaming pioneer Ian Hetherington joins board MKM to sell remainder of UK business to CPP Markey only regional representative in 29 under 29 Beattie to push free school meals scheme The Saturdays join Cheshire Oaks marketing team SKV flies flag for region with PR Week gold PushON to launch new web presence for Dr Beckmann Cooper leaves The Visitor for Fat chance in new industry Salford Star launches bid to get back into print Shearings brings in Barker Northwest Vision and Media calls for Digital Shorts entries Amaze continues expansion with Underwired deal Manchester Science Festival PR gets off to electrifying start Sage takes GyroHSR to Ireland DRAWN set to premiere at Salford Film Festival IVE Global looks to build on Insulslab win NHS Bolton launches National Alcohol Improvement Programme website Large Publishing launches new title for Manchester students New Fast Company Programme to help businesses get investor ready Restructuring sees Michelle Turner leave the Telegraph Over 300 now due to attend the inaugural Public Services Communications Awards Brazen PR promotes two to its board as Guttridge departs Brennan appointed editor of Runcorn and Widnes Weekly News Pam Cavannagh speaking at this week’s Indie Club session Two North West films nominated for BFI awards BBC Radio 5 Live unveils new weekday schedule prior to 2011 Crains Manchester Business launches E-dition Liquid helps ASICS reach out to the world's B-boys Sparkle lands BBC Children in Need music video and E4 A chat with Paul Bason of Creative Manchester Cube3 digital offering expands with Allen SKV reveals sequel to Blackpool viral hit Revolution leads to 'significant loss' for HKR North West agencies harbour high hopes for BIMA GMG supports troops, targets bullies and campaigns for the environment SKV crosses Coronation Street with Mona Lisa to create the ultimate Chav Vinci Fresh start for Kohler Daryl with Tayburn Behind the scenes at The Distillery Citypress gets Intempo Ten Alps launches online soap opera for Kent TV Digital Sparks flies with Northwest Vision and Media Rippleffect pushes proposition with new site How to get a job in PR - stand on a plinth, wear a sandwich board Hurricane Films urges public to get the bus for distribution of Under the Mud Bauer stations doing it for the kids... River Media off to World Expo with £500k film brief Footasylum sizes up Bell Pottinger How-Do weekly Wrap - 16 October 2009 - Richard Deverell Five turn Tangerine NWN Media uses geotags to target readers HiDef Surveying wins Crowns Estates contract Editor Fox takes early retirement from Crewe Chronicle North West loves digital and regional news says Golley Slater News Associates student pens football book Unicom and Geemarc ring up RMS PR Morgan made Mason Media director Tweet for trade says Lancashire Tourist Board Mines Advisory Group gets Pink support in Manchester FC United gets its kicks with This Creative MEN Media appoints Raywood as marketing director BBC gets the key for building C at Mediacity Social media novel November in Manchester invites everyone to take part in the story B2B International takes on three new faces Co-op taps into Refinery for latest radio and online push Kellogg's to laser branding onto individual Corn Flakes New audience development agency set for region, as AAM evolves Manx Radio gets fine tuning with revamp Mediaburst assembles 'crack team' for online redevelopment Liverpool Biennial down to final two in branding search Pioneering agreement sees The Independent premiere Alan Turing drama online The first How-Do b2b Digital Marketing Forum ITV relaunches regional news websites Code gets Original Source and Communicator tie in Online shopping helps Photolink grow We Love The Web for Warp Films Strange praise as Bella Design unveils new Meredith Thomas site Study asks what redundant journalists get up to IAW gets Wavertree CAB commission Brilliamstv forms in the wake of Channel M redundancies Three appointments at GyroHSR Manchester Online training specialist Insegni appoints Context Blackpool Tower lights up in Manchester and Leeds MEN attracts thousands with English Defence League coverage Amaze acquires MCL Digital Feather Brooksbank feasts on Dinner Jazz with Bordeaux Wines deal Clear wins EMBF Northwest Business Awards Guardian Local plans revealed, as three cities earmarked for roll out Agencies face off for Liverpool Biennial branding task Controversial new logo unveiled for Burnley Chorley Guardian lands stabbing exclusive after awards bash The Sarah Jane Adventures heads to Liverpool Budget Web Company launched by Bella The end of an era for Cosgrove Hall? Peter Kay launches first comprehensive online presence through Creative Spark Digital Bury hits the web Redmond, Littler and Jefferies help hit out at the tobacco industry Luvthecity reveals first user figures and Leeds launch EMS launches new website through Mando, connects to six-figure Motorola task Stockport NHS seeks brand and marketing suppliers Hubbub launches, with backing from Glorious and How-Do Tangerine hits the sweet spot with Concave football boots How-Do weekly Wrap - 9 October 2009 - Diderik van Halsema Betfred brings Thatcher back for the Tory conference Fluid Creative employs SEO specialist Nom-bers up for Weber Shandwick Corporation Pop rhymes with Streetspeak Stiff Rowlands gives away Manchester United pitch Anderson becomes new editor of EN University of Liverpool looks nationwide with new design roster Finding a way forward – the first How-Do Creative Business Forum Work of Manchester University computer scientist hits the small screen MUTV archive goes digital with WRN deal Justin Webb joins All Out on US healthcare documentary Greatest British editor of all time joins the Manchester Evening News Gaming and animation in the North West of England, a special report Manchester Confidential to introduce paid subscription model Paver Smith goes to the dogs Hacking gets a smacker from Gordon Brown on GMTV More public affairs for Weber Shandwick North, as agency gets in to bed with network Dave Haslam, John Robb and Mike Walsh get the NABS Battle of the Bands gig Liverpool Vision on the hunt for new framework Stylist magazine launches today - what do you think? CBJWT shows latest signature piece for Kellogg's Kenyon Fraser wins lucky seven Chapman Entertainment signs first BBC deal Studio North takes it away with Blue Ginger website Loaf expands rebrands and opens up in Liverpool Cullimore Dutton rounds up Blacksheep Reading Room fights disease with Malaria No More UK Co-operative Group extends creative agency review Easy does it as Smooth Radio unwinds with new campaign Ci Research to find the meaning of life Freelance journalists offered multi platform skills course Yobs attack BBC North West Tonight journalist, get more than they bargained for The Buzz targets Manchester and Cheshire women with 30,000 print run University of Manchester researcher hits new heights on YouTube Carter set to leave Ten Alps for UTV G.H Sheldon goes to The Market for muffins New True North site showcases 'beauty with bite' MEN loses assistant editor Creative Lynx flies North West flag at PM Society awards Heralded Australian war correspondent heads to Lancaster Big Trouble in Thailand holds viewers captive Ear to the Ground signs Saxton RTS nominees in the picture to fight it out Final tranche of BBC staff vote on MediaCityUK move - 45% say yes Liquid launches new website, gets ASICS up and running online Fresh Group takeaway McDonalds Restaurants appointment GovToday recruits Jones and launches new creative agency ICE begins hunt for CD as Jackson steps down IPB Communications leads the public through Cockhedge Centre How-Do weekly Wrap - 2 October 2009 - Dom Rodwell Brava drops in for online launch of Bagsyit Tate helps Turner get down with the kids, thanks to magneticNorth's gaming Withnail and MI Edgykid grows up with new Blueleaf site MKM abandons Australian operations with £7.4m loss Creatives to forge links with China Souters wins Food Northwest brief and eyes expansion Roman Catholic Diocese of Salford goes Cuckoo with new design Olympic PR opportunity starts just before you win it Henry Moore Institute turns to Wonder Associates Sunny Thinking for Over 50s sexual health guide Richard Faulkner appointed by Barclays to head media sector Rippleffect moves closer to Trinity Mirror, launches new Merseyrail site magneticNorth launches groundbreaking Special K site, as Kellogg's drives digital forward Manchester City score global goal with Tevez poster BJL launches Hilton's Doubletree after £12m refurbishment Co-operative Financial Services hails social media effect Origin gets crafty reappointment Sumners' Nuttall nets best newcomer gong STAN gets in tune for PRS web launch Internet advertising revenues overtake TV - web now the UK's number one medium Mason Williams in the boardroom with the revolver for Cluedo O2 pilots contextual ads with Hollyoaks Fluid appoints Abbott from KMP Digitata and looks at social selling Shankly on trend on the anniversary of his death Stay of execution for Whitchurch Herald Vegas hunts dead puppets for CBBC Access Just Tick It for OFT to stop the scams Hasgrove sees net profits plummet Wolstenholmes site takes law to the kids Brother UK jumps on board The Raft RTS North West 2009 shortlist announced Brava exhibits website for Galleries Outside Liverpool Fluid Creativity launches new site with £2000 SEO giveaway Our Life aims to reinvigorate online presence, seeks new agency magneticNorth launches Pinball for the BBC BBC chooses Godwin to lead Children's department to MediaCityUK One show, 24 hours and £30,000 cash for the kids Chester Zoo goes wild for Havas NWDA copy cats on prowl for new agencies Journalists kill zombies, as Mason Williams launches Nerf Raider Jordan connects with MobileBroadbandSupermarket.co.uk RMS responds to IAS booze ban with campaign to save northern agency culture Lime releases details of Hollyoaks and Matalan music spin-off COI appoints Clive Naish to head PR in the region as Jones steps down Fred Talbot to sell Fords MMU students raise crime awareness with GMP campaign Event Guides wrests NatMags out of London Arson, graffiti and anti-social behaviour in New Zealand gets the ICE treatment Manchester United Soccer Schools scores new deal with Tangerine Anglian Water launches leisure magazine, looks to Big Spark BJL signed up by Sage How-Do weekly Wrap - 25 September 2009 - Joanne Birtwistle Funding announced for North West film heritage MediaCityUK is now Green Echo reporter ghostwrites new Shields book MediaCity goes purple County Council advises agencies on public sector contracts Manchester University celebrates influential GPO Film unit Image Foundry heads for the movies RMS looks to other agencies for talent as Avery joins team Ten Alps reveals Link2 news aggregator What future free online news? The debate heads to Preston Royal Mail's pain is LinkDirect's gain Neville Johnson gets an online makeover from Access Think books in with Hard Days Night Hotel Goodgreef, dance music turns to PUNK Transmission re-brands MCIN to People's Voice Media Coronation Street's Blanche Hunt helps the elderly get turned on to digital Davies moves from sales to station director at 106.5 Central Radio Mando launches online publication for Manchester Business School Bury continues to up digital ante as it looks to Fudge for fresh online hub PHD North signed to Manchester City VMG and Trafford Centre agree 10 year deal Italian on the menu as Opening Doors designs Primavera site Surreal poetry at the heart of Wonder Associates Art Gallery campaign BBC Learning gets new controller at MediaCityUK Liverpool celebrates Shankly era with iris Manchester No lunchtime boozing at IAS B2B October Communications no more as Aurora Media is born 11 jobs go as Trinity Mirror North West and Wales closes 3 more titles Flame Mobile launches with specialist recruit ITV licence not sustainable beyond 2012 says Ofcom Corporation Pop reveals Richard Hawley web work Coronation Street stars join Toolan as co-hosts on Key 103 ICE appoints 'big name' public sector specialist Michael Gates Brazen brings LEGOLAND to Manchester Paul Horrocks leaves Manchester Evening News TheBusinessDesk hits targets, claims title of fastest growing media in north Luvthecity launches today, brings forward regional expansion Origin launches widespread and prolonged push for Merseyside Police Report reveals sorry state of Vision Media Group's affairs Crain's Manchester Business hits Liverpool No win no fee marketing agency Nothing-Works signs up MyFotoWall for £200k investment The Liverpool Lifestyle Magazine undergoes revamp Coronation Street fans are dying off UCLan leads the way with iPhone app for students Fernando Torres scores PR belter for Radio City McCann bullish over loss of UPS account Phil Redmond calls for BBC and C4 merger Creativity key to Manchester's future success MadLab hackspace opening soon, everyone's invited Moutter targets creative, digital and PR with The Green Room How-Do's Manchester Creative Businesss Forum proves hugely popular How-Do weekly Wrap - 18 September 2009 - Mike Barker How-Do acquires Place North West Juice FM prepares for Big Night Out Libel law could get digital revamp Kev Seed returns to the airwaves at Wish FM Bright sparks required for Northern Lights scheme Asda uses YouTube to strike back against chicken licker Latitude partners up with BT SearchSmart Rippleffect puts the punk into football Marketing Manchester names new director of strategic marketing Ofcom joins regional media debate in Salford This Creative collects Netplay TV winnings Kumon marries up with PJ Web through Google No more staff photographers for the MEN Lap dancing bar boobs with explicit poster Chapman to quit UCLan head of marketing role 438 unveils new look for Sentinel Kleeneze launches first ever TV campaign Mere welcomes four new faces Forget Wythenshawe... Turkey looks to extradite Fergie Big Spark offers its services out to rival publishers Billy Mawhinney moving on up at D&AD Gordon Burns gets Twitter skills Candis bucks trend with ad sales increase Moneysupermarket appoints MCBD to ad account NUJ fears as journalists labelled "hostile" Brazen joins Vimto's "seriously mixed up" agency roster Salford launches interactive video prospectus w00t!media comes out from the underground MEN Media relaunches Homesmine Etihad swaps planes for cabs in Manchester Refinery cooks up Magnet Trade website Waterfront plans London expansion in 2010, heads to transport hubs for next issue Fat Willy calls in lawyers as Amazon drops album featuring 'Arsene Wenger' paedophile chant MIM to bring Benny Hill to Radio 2 Filming of Kevin Sampson's Powder underway in Liverpool DHA signs up Cox to head policy and research Market improving, says Carter, as Orchard expands Lights, camera, cash for Liverpool with filming boom Christie looks to recruit across whole spectrum of marketing services BBC hosts 'War of the Roses' Question of Sport for Children in Need Envirofone to recruit customers as TV stars Oliver joins The Mob Public Services Communications Awards 2009 - the short list announced BJL viral lays industry bare ahead of Battle of the Bands Ello, ello, ello. Police News back on the beat with Big Spark Haven Holidays scores PR coup with Rio Ferdinand UK's only paid-for gay wedding magazine Tickled Pink set to launch David Walliams pays tribute to Dick Emery with MIM Jan Molby promotes weight loss with driven... not that he needs to lose a few pounds or anything All smiles for Peppermint with Turret win Code appoints head of SEO and three other new staffers How-Do weekly Wrap - 11 September 2009 - Matt Tiller On the Wire for 25 years at Radio Lancashire TBWA Manchester gets a Need for Speed SKV Communications retained by Leonard Curtis Hovden victim of editorial changes at Champion Newspapers Channel K's Lunch Monkeys gets BBC Three treatment Tommy Boyd gets ready to Rock... Radio Kelloggs tunes in to Classic FM for radio sponsorship Granada Reports secures first Shields TV interview Giant cupcakes signal start of Salford Food and Drink Festival CreationADM in expansive mood Andy Crane lands new lunchtime show on BBC Radio Manchester Michael Shields and family look to Paver Smith for PR support Uniform has yet more designs on Liverpool AHD Motion Imaging no more as Mi launches in Manchester Ascent PR looks to push new Manchester office Northern Vision serves up renewed contract to Ampersand The Beatles: Rock Band launches today - have a gander The Foundry lands pan-European task with DECHRA Press stick the boot in to BBC MediaCityUK move... again Games giant Matt Costello heads to Manchester Fancy going to a groundbreaking world premiere? Tickets are on us... The world's largest bowl of porridge comes to Salford Craig Kelly waltzes onto Key 103 Northwest Vision and Media recruits Alexander as head of marketing Simon Mayo not coming to MediaCityUK? Salford builds 3D homes for gypsies and travellers Choudhury recruited by ITOL to steer marketing Context launches blogging for business service Space and Time moves in with Hanover Liverpool taps into Twestival fever Alton Towers owner appoints MediaCom Pets at Home pushes digital sales with new appointment Barburitto rebrand kicks ass City taunt Arsenal with Adebayor campaign Just like pulling teeth as BioEden turns to Stan NetplayTV signs teleshopping contract with Five Rippleffect designs four sites for Langtree Moors Murder relative denies connection with Sky documentary Revolution continues under Penk with streamlined station Ci Research reveals new retail division Manchester Twestival gears up for good cause Pete Waterman gets Smooth assignment Sky 1 to hunt for missing Moors Murder victim BJL to ChaMPion low(er) alcohol lifestyles in Cheshire and Merseyside Mantado relaunches 1000vans site Uniform unveils the pavilion that will sell Liverpool to the world BJL aims to get young Yorkshire women in step with better health Quiksilver appoints Origin for snowboarding brief How-Do weekly Wrap - 4 September 2009 - Rob Morrice Ace for Paver Smith with Liverpool International Tennis Tournament Companies offered chance to get fresh with Freshers Verve puts its finger on the Pulse Salford lecturer wins Denis McQuail prize for media Sykes and Tighe awarded top PR recognition Jam tarts up Sex and the City ball for Christie Hospital Punk gets Ministry of Sound and Tangerine's Bloor Ten Alps signs 3 year BBC Worldwide deal Citypress wraps up Home Delivery Network Ask Me takes Mercury Music Prize Granada poaches BBC's Isle of Man reporter Hampson heads to ICAEW from Paver Smith Tony Tickle joins Bury Council to develop new media strategy Conlan takes over as sole MD at LOVE as Hall departs Kellogg's and co band together to battle £3m FSA salt campaign Creatives could score £10,000 with Umbro scheme Band on the Wall reopens online with new web site Freshfield moves in on expansion plans Code unveils much-anticipated MediaCityUK website Record month for Beattie leads to expansion Creative Concern wins branding brief for £8.8m NWDA-funded Brockholes visitor site BJL refreshes Typhoo tea with first campaign McCann gets hairy with Facts of Lice for SSL International Fleming leaves PSCA Wilson Cooke adds to digital team and gets 3663 Catering contract Hyper Island leadership programme gets thumbs up Sparkle prepares for Venice Film Festival premiere Granada's Hall saves Uefa's balls Evening Leader becomes a morning paper 'Simples' as ICG takes advantage of meerkat love Ex-TBWA Harwood-Matthews joins PHD Made in Manchester boss sticks up for Radio 2 MediaCity offers three minute glimpse into the future Metro shuts regional offices, makes staff redundant What are the best blogs in Manchester? It's decision time Gus McKenzie departs from Excel Publishing Conservatives reach out to gay market with Conference Pride Cheryl Cole and Dannii Minogue fashion face off makes Fido think Boohoo Piri brings the joy of text to UCLan freshers YUDU picks up where Menzies left off with online magazine store Littlewoods has Euro vision ITV and Fergie - now the Police are p*ssed off too Fruit TV unveils launch plans with Rude Britannia, Oscar Wilde and Russell T Davis How-Do weekly Wrap - 28 August 2009 - David Rogers Fill your face(book) says Ph Creative Weber Shandwick wins Manchester Business School pitch Quinton takes on University marketing task SMEs to get "creative" credits Daily Post takes circulation hit Ear to the Ground promotes City shirts underground Metro jobs on the line? Christmas in Manchester with Eddie Izzard Taylor becomes BBC Comedy Commissioning Controller Image Foundry Studios sets up gaming arm JP74 wins battle to redevelop website for Creative Lancashire Kellogg's to review ad agency roster Wythenshawe residents land final blow in Fergie fightback Marketing chief Harrison to depart from Merseytravel Cahoona unveils new website for Manchester Food and Drink Festival driven gets retained role as MOSI's ad agency Ten Alps expands into Asia with Uproar JD Williams consolidates £20m brief into MediaVest The Foundry gets REMIT for marketing strategy Britain's Got Talent star DJ Talent raps for Unit, optimised by theEword Topman and Salford - cool or fool? Uniform to market Liverpool to the world - a 'once-in-a-generation opportunity' The Raft cleans up with Pulse Home Products North West indies win BBC help Soreen gets Tangerine flavour Former ITV Granada regional boss joins Isis Leadership courses for creative and digital agencies Lynch mob pulls out of MSQ bid Fluid solicits designs for Russell and Russell Tayburn sweetens Chewits brand Champions League on location at Liverpool Science Park Scott Partnership scoops 2 more global accounts Regional short filmmakers get Short Sighted Jim Hancock back on the BBC Cream gets re-mixed by Corporation Pop Fifty years ago today The Manchester Guardian changed forever Peel begins hunt for head of studios at MediaCityUK Hit Search claims success with Twitter push for Secure Trust Bank Peppermint PR launches Fresh Mints scheme MIM fires up legend of Wantley Dragon Fergie vs Wythenshawe... ding, ding! Round four Johnson appointed as IQ editor Murray moves to Emmerdale from Rock FM Generator Hostels checks in with LEWIS MEN puts readers at the heart of Operation Admiral Wythenshawe residents look to set the record straight, with a little help from the BBC Who better to run the city of Manchester than Terry Christian? Blakeway North feasts on feedback for the Future of Food Brazen heads £1.5m push for Dr Oetker's Ristorante Carlos Tevez ad creates Buzz, set for award? Synergy wins British Red Cross Aertex looks to Cube3 to push brand online Bell Pottinger North bricking it with Weinerberger How-Do weekly Wrap - 21 August 2009 - Neil Marra Creative Spark to revamp digital presence for Manchester Central Barry and TheBusinessDesk see continued growth on horizon as first anniversary approaches NUJ reshuffles northern office Video: BJL gets the blues Unique aims to extend public sector reach with new research offer Two fresh faces for Paver Smith London Remade and GGR Group to nest with Cuckoo Contact turns 10 with Reform'ed image Glorious future for Cains with Peter Blake on board Design Force makes the grade for Liverpool College Live flight data touches down at Twitter with Manchester Airport UNICEF appoints Refinery Brazen looks to turn on Breville brand United Utilities looks to Kenyon Fraser for public safety push MEN, Guardian and Liverpool Echo and Post discuss online journalism online Carlsberg picks Manchester to trial Eve in £500k push The Westmorland Gazette breaks its broadsheet tradition with compact move Fudge aims to educate digital students in the real world Glasgows feasts on £1m FSA win 999 tunes up with new work for BBC Philharmonic and Onitsuka Tiger Right royal rumble as Fergie riles residents of Wythenshawe Michael Jackson, Diversity and the Pussycat Dolls - just another day at the office for SKV Myers back behind the mic for Smooth Radio RealtimeUK site gets freshly animated by Jono Brain's new agency Rippleffect bags 5 at Bolton Wanderers Scott Partnership wins GxP and Wordlogic accounts Royal approval for RMS Age Concern plugs Generation gap Sport Media Group issues 2m shares to ex board members Comtec presents TUC conference EMS promotes Isles to client services director Context runs national campaign for Lifeline MEN quits ABCs Four23 and Stardotstar appointed by Corridor Manchester Frank opens up fourth dimension with London Eye Virtual Surveys serves up Kellogg’s win Beatles rarities get BBC airing Stan pedals off with Chitech account MediaCityUK appoints Clenell as chief technology officer News Associates holds journalism workshop Stubbs signs up for Lime Picture’s Ingenious Former Hollyoaks actors get C4 show Fudge gets educational with Ramesys Floating Concepts gets bite sized Weber Shandwick Mason Media push for consumer business is rewarded with Accessories Online Duncan Bannatyne to front Peninsula Business Services campaign UK to see US version of Life on Mars Social Media and Buzz Monitoring - a How-Do/KMP workshop Battle of the Red Rose lifestyle magazines continues apace Former Drum deputy editor Keith Price launches PR consultancy Rock FM expects 15,000 to rock in the park this weekend mda makes three senior appointments The How-Do Construction Forum – sponsored by IAS b2b marketing How-Do weekly Wrap - 14 August 2009 - Russell Craig Design Force Associates gets A* from Manchester High School for Girls GMG's Dodson joins Northwest Vision board Official complaint inspires Chorley Guardian army campaign Tangerine retained by Spectus windows PushOn adds new business development boss Driven wins £5m Findus account Hasbro keeps Brazen gaming Bate creates a Hullabaloo Technology company mwl turns to MC2 Liverpool to host art event Propositions for the Happy City Lancashire Business View launches weekly e-bulletin MOSI appoint SKV for creative PR and social media campaigns Cube3 recruits two new staff Peter Saville and Wayne Hemmingway shortlisted for Prince Philip Designers Prize Electromedia to help Trafford council fostering efforts MEN launches footy debating forum Have Your Say Visit Chester takes Vivid approach to gardens magazine Former Osborne boss denies backing Media Square plc boardroom coup MediaVest turnover and profits slip XFM signs Razorlight’s Johnny Borrell Mydigitalnewspaper creates online newstand LFC magazine gets face lift Weber Shandwick wins Raphael Healthcare brief Refinery paints eco picture for Dulux Trade Impact Media PR goes Green Digital agencies get chance of Sony pitch Co-operative promotes legal services through food Duchess of York lives on Manchester housing estate PNE and Central Radio team up to offer every game, live and uninterrupted Wilman Interiors appoints ininc as its lead agency Archant reports clear signs of recovery in its regional magazine division Mando adds five new staff Hardy joins Hollyoaks as senior publicist Brazen shortlisted for its work for Monopoly KidsConfidential.com to be spun out as a dedicated site Leaked documents suggest cost of BBC move to Salford may rise to £870m A busy August for McCanns and Momentum with new national TV campaigns Rippleffect helps develop MirrorFootball.co.uk Swine Flu Busters hit Salford magneticNorth wins VisitManchester online brief Avon calling for Fresh Group Pocket Manchester launches first edition Mutual insurers combine for marketing push Verve takes on brand brief from Farmers Fayre Co-Op Bank sings when it's winning How-Do weekly Wrap - 7 August 2009 - Andrew Brown-Allan Bensons' viral bed dominos Hugh Grant backs Bolton News cancer appeal RTS Awards deadline this week Scott Partnership gets ERT appointment Friends Reunited sold as ITV announces pre-tax loss London media continues MediaCityUK attacks A Russian education for Sass Portfolio creates teen social network for Lancs police Studio North gets online public sector hat trick Rippleffect takes Leeds lead Radio listening reaches all time high Lifelong Learning looks to recruit PR agencies for £1m - £2m roster GMP 'freezes' anti-social behaviour with hard hitting ads driven gets Celebrity Slim Mike Unger joins Kenyon Fraser Refinery to deliver Christmas to your doorstep for Co-operative Is MediaCityUK move the reason for Mihir Bose's departure from the BBC? Carpet Creations rolls up at JGM Full roster for Manchester Airport Group revealed North west campaign against irresponsible drinks promotions gathers pace Corporation Pop to improve youth literacy with football and poetry Peel Media operations director resigns... because he's missing London Banned Blueleaf ad gets the finger from magazine Whitedotbox chooses Parker Sandford to ATTAIN data LEWIS launches social media crash course for Twitter virgins Sex sells, but at least it's clean. STAN pushes Hoover in new viral Lancashire County Council redesigns logo in-house to save money Indian Odyssey travels to Context Media insolvencies rocket by almost 50% Trinity's Liverpool presses silenced, early edition of Echo starts soon Wotherspoon takes on Arts & Business hot-seat Roxtec retains Artemis for new, year long push Rapport Events aims to expand into advertising sector Zeus bolsters management team with Renshaw Paul Carroll gets in tune with Nordoff-Robbins Perry promoted to the board at WRG Weber Shandwick to launch social enterprise football boot NWDA looks to sign up celebrities, and a PR agency, to boost tourism in the region Ex-Latitude staffers launch digital agency Banc in Manchester Sport Media Group sells Front and Hotdog Fluid drives off with Smallbone Cars work LOVE loses creative head Rix Origin takes Blamey for sustainability issues Rippleffect creates SpongeBob SquarePants and Dora the Explorer games for Paramount Broadcasting 'legend' Keith Macklin dies Biss Lancaster gets its teeth into Oasis Dental Care Drop in classified ads hits GMG Regional Media Manchester Airport appoints Fox Kalomaski to advertising roster Stockport Citizen joins Rochdale Online IPB opens North East office Ten Alps relaunches IQ Media teaching site Ofcom reviews local media ownership Dinosaur restructures following strategic review PA journalist wins BBC drama prize £2m of new business helps Hasgrove How-Do weekly Wrap - 31 July 2009 - John Williams w00t!media gets festival fever Corus Colors gets digital with IAS Expansion for Adam recruitment Barraclough has designs on Dunelmia Moving On gets recommissioned Revenues down but Trinity Mirror sees light at the end of the tunnel Scarlet TV owner makes On Demand move Pie Factory gets makeover from Drumbeat and Code Salford Council appoints 6 agencies to design roster Verve secures Nox brand identity brief Our Studio appoints Fudge Simple does it for Gap PR Salford is horrific - Archangel Murders rip the heart out of the city Digital Liverpool to promote the sector within the city British Council offers another £900k as it looks to market UK education internationally Penguins hit Blackpool beach, and Jonathan Ross, thanks to ICG Salford University earns Skillset Media Academy status Matmi leaps further into Vimto brand push with High Dive advergame iPhone Brushes art gets Howells noticed Reading Room expands with People's History Museum and Extravision wins Fido and Harvey Nichols capture taste of Manchester COI chooses regional agencies for market research framework LBV reveals Lancashire and Bolton's top SMEs UCLAN on recruitment drive for media school eBusiness UK targets Manchester with new office BBC begins hunt for Children's director to lead move to Salford AG Barr signs Hollie Avil for TAUT, TBWA limbers up Skinbliss reveals new site, face and body with Code and Sophie Sumner Paver Smith gets Liverpool John Lennon brief PZ Cussons boosts profits thanks to brand renovation Bell Pottinger secures major HSL win Britney Spears goes to w00t!media Vimto viral next for driven's seriously mixed up campaign Communique enrolls with Lancaster University Management School on £328k task Cooper leaves MEN Media and newspapers behind for new Souters role Stage9 to open new base in Lancaster Pilkington gets Fat on email marketing Co-operative set to review £32m advertising business Reform creates new brand for Northwest Vision and Media scheme New online magazine Creative Boom launches, with a little help from Twitter Turmoil at EHRC as Ahmed quits PushON launches sites for Zeva, Axon IT and Artzu North West agencies stake place on sprawling £5m Business Link Yorkshire roster Cityco appoints Dinosaur to market Manchester Coronation Street settles in nicely on Thursdays Fresh recruits MDA directors Troyano and Hudson 11th KINOFILM Festival open for entries Finch to attract more short break visitors to Liverpool Bubble refocuses as Birkbeck moves on Loaf claims it's just the ticket for open air cinema Hyundai drives innovative online campaign through PushON and Brazen How-Do weekly Wrap - 24 July 2009 - David Walter Twitter-jacking rife amongst the region's leading firms National role for Stockport marketing chief Mason Williams Looks Good Naked Beattie wins iknow tourism brief Digital agencies collaborate to form Onedigital Corrie gets online show Legal appointment for RMS BBC makes Liverpool big screen interactive Warburtons calls advertising review Indigo FM launches domestic violence campaign Cuckoo supports Bury FC Artemis wins 6 month Green Power Forum contract Latitude expands Cheshire workforce All Out celebrates BBC successes Refinery reveals starring role in Co-operative re-brand Facebook: the UK user base revealed Video: McCann gives Plusnet sunny outlook in London Uniform scoops double at CG Architectural 3D Awards Photolink in tune with Sing Out Choir NWDA decides on photography panel Hyndburn Independent launches today, Big Spark plans another four local papers Momentum launches Coca-Cola promotion with Mills and Haven Ethos invests in Stocks Bing! As New Mind produces photosynth first for tourism Alastair Campbell celebrates Burnley for BBC documentary BBC seeks digital agencies to support graduate project Disney brings the beach to Stockport for new channel Wash dresses Blackpool shop windows Carex gets The Edge in new campaign Kavanagh replaces Gilchrist as CBBC controller Toast PR pops up in Manchester Creative Concern's hospital handwash hits YouTube Crosslab Productions wins New York Festivals Gold PSP Rare to produce Teach magazine Sex industry boosts EN Magazine Salmon sells BBC move to Yorkshire Archant creates +50 Life for 110,000 subscribers Liverpool gets its own social networking site with new2thecity.com Imperial War Museum appoints Fido to summer task Lancaster University chooses agency for £300k brand task Cultural 'magazine' for Manchester Creativetourist.com launches online Real Radio Renegade back on the run Criticism mounts of NHS social marketing drive, fuelled by Fleet Street confusion Manchester City looks to iCrossing for digital goals Staniforth powers up with Hertel win Top 100 Marketers 2009 – the full listing Coronation Street View... as Google comes to Weatherfield MySpace and Fox turn to TPC Media for regional revenues Vivid celebrates a decade of development in the Northern Quarter Gencia uses Bluetooth to stop business break-ins Big Spark launches Stockport Independent today Majority of BBC Sport managers agree to MediaCityUK move Video: Flintoff gets back in his pedalo for Sure Lime Pictures to create The Well for BBC Ten Alps steps up online TV activity Trinity launches new digital TV studio in Liverpool How-Do weekly Wrap - 17 July 2009 - Sally Sykes Hogg logs out of Code Computerlove Studio North opens up new look for Parasol FunnyorDie.co.uk has a hoot with w00t! Manchester Cathedral appoints Impact Media PR Wayne Rooney scores with new documentary Press Association outlines further details of Trinity Mirror Liverpool pilot The Alexander Wilson Project set to follow Crimeface success? Richard Hawley goes Corporation Pop for new album More script success for Qureshi Switch Media makes, and spends, more money Henfield leaves Lancashire Telegraph for a new beat Mando confirms Northwest Vision and Media appointment Huet Aminto rejects receivership rumours Quinn to quit Estates Gazette Blackpool looks on the bright side as it launches own weather forecast Shortlist Media's new female title to hit Manchester De Winter PR celebrates 20 years The Westmorland Gazette looks set to change to compact format Keep Britain Tidy looks to pick up new creative agencies Alexander sets up Georgina Events Management Nicky Unsworth appointed new NABS chief w00t!media signs exclusive Universal Music contract Paver Smith announces 53% growth Littlewoods sponsors Emmerdale McGovern says The Street is over Jones joins Zeus PR Sports Direct finds Just Search Bird nests at The Light hotel McCann scoops 4 Best of Health Awards Formby arts journalist dies of heart failure NUJ gives journalists lessons on BNP reporting Eye spies new ad sites at Manchester Airport W00t!media brings in Daly Roof collapses on North West Evening Mail TBWA Manchester confirms redundancy talks North West web developers share Technique Transmission appoints new director of business Opening Doors wins 6 figure FSSC brief Vision Media Group calls in administrators Special K celebrates with swim suit stunt Ear to the Ground wins BBC Proms in the Park contract Butterfield bows out with business journalist of the year crown Regional agencies head B2B awards shortlist Smyth Harper quits the Police for Manchester City Council Rumpus takes Lambs Spiced Rum nationwide Green Shoots aims to help ambitious filmmakers Clarity Creation takes over McEntegart Marketing BT announces next super-fast broadband locations for North West Buy Art Fair back to Staniforth EFC takes Everton Way to Rippleffect Wombat looks to Citypress for online success How-Do weekly Wrap - 10 July 2009 - Rob Brown Weber Shandwick appoints Twitter correspondent Liverpool journalists fear Press Association pilot Blueleaf takes Laura Ashley online Synergy has designs on Asics Fresh Group expands with Santander brief Manford pens BBC One comedy Sass made up for Collection 2000 Mediaburst supports Co-operative Burma campaign Amaze gets arresting brief from Crimestoppers Tregaskis joins The Raft as account director MPA – Have We Got News For You? Another record month for How-Do Code unveils first of seven new sites for McArthurGlen Where's Weatherfield? ITV bumps Coronation Street from Wednesdays Canyon appoints Sarah Cheal as sales and marketing director Dinosaur launches new website and positioning Communique, McCanns and Liverpool PCT triumph at CIPR Excellence awards HSE appoints TBWA\Manchester Liverpool Design Festival set for October Ricky Kirby takes on new roles at Rock Radio Qureshi looks to Jihadist Footsoldier film after Brussels win United Utilities shuns paper thanks to Mando Sunderland City Council on the hunt for agencies Nature's Pleasure advertising from Kellogg's - is it just a little bit perverted? MediaCityUK officially tops out tomorrow McCann Metro wins TravelMole for Yorkshire site theEword appointed by Miller Metcalfe Key 103 brings stars to the streets Rippleffect, Mark Studio and Glasgows win places on £3m NHS roster UKFast reveals website for Five Stars Scanner Appeal City Talk takes on New York Sinead Greenaway joins MediaCityUK as CEO Roars, growls and hisses joined by a Twitter at Blackpool Zoo Audio: driven hits the airwaves with Vimto Lancashire’s Jimmy Anderson features in Drink Aware viral Sedgwick has designs on Manchester Water Taxis Hemisphere creates new look Metrolink campaign Adam Howard waxes lyrical about melt Innovation consortium wins £2.72m at MediaCityUK Peter Kay becomes animated lass in Roary Jelly Creative helps Ladybird launch online Prestigious prize for MEN photographer Taylor joins Northwest Vision as business delivery director Liverpool targeted in charity drive by World Vision Out Loud makes Radio 2 debut Absolute completes council and Hilton briefs BBC drama documents Manchester's Spanish flu Absolute Media has driving ambitions PR agencies join Timebank Peppermint PR on the menu at Zouk Irwell City Park account flows into RMS Elmwood completes Works With Water brand task 42% of BBC staff say yes to Salford move MDA renames online division CTI creates site for Lifeshare charity Waitrose partners with Bell Pottinger North Daily Post and Echo win big at 02 Media Awards How-Do weekly Wrap - 3 July 2009 - Steve Downes Summer Pops Switched on to new look Warrington Business School appoints Fido PR Blackpool to host Royal Variety Performance CheethamBellJWT wins Cannes silver Access launches Deb Group website AHD rolls the titles for CBeebies show Sport Media publishes quick turnaround Michael Jackson book Ugly Betty and Grey’s Anatomy writer talks to Manchester producers IPB Communications reveals new website and propositions CDMS Transactis appoints Steele as CEO NUJ ballots for strike action as Signal news moves to Wigan Simon Reynolds appointed to the Press Complaints Commission New CBBC shows Jinx and This Kid Could Change the World to be made in Manchester Studio North works with Muslim women and London jewellery Video: 422 gets Wonderbra work off its chest English Heritage hunts PR agency for Cumbria and North East Liquid serves up 'pong' tennis microsite and viral for Onitsuka Tiger Refinery boosts account team with two senior signings Origin nabs Casey from TBWA, promotes Bottomley to MD Manchester City relaunches website, looks to global domination with Endemol Martin Amis, Melvyn Bragg and Al Alvarez tackle suicide in Manchester CBJWT's Retail Attack scoops briefs for a number of national brands Video: Imagine played by Liverpool's Anglican Cathedral Culture secretary apologises over digital switchover mix-up The Maximising and Evaluating Your Digital Presence conference – a critical success Trinity Mirror appears set to switch Liverpool Echo to a morning paper, NUJ protests The Culture Show heads to Manchester and MIF Active Profile's Anna Hayes wins Daily Post Women in Business award TBWA\Manchester wins Unwins Seeds account Iris unhooks new Wonderbra push for the Ultimate Strapless Bra RTS North West Awards 2009 announced for November... and they're going cheap! Gencia boosts Daisy Communications online Portsmouth leaves agency world for new role with Trafford PCT Manchester Camerata launches new website with Nonconform, Text and UKFast Concept wins brief for Helena Partnerships Key 103 targets new limbs for quadruple amputee Harvey Slack Kellogg's announces a further £3m sponsorship deal for British Swimming NUJ reaction to job cuts - you've got to laugh Mark Studio gets gold at Art Directors Club in New York TPC Media launches in Manchester with ITV man Hill JD Sports appoints Rattle for Get The Label task Motionlab appointed by Plumbs to cover new branding task Northwest Vision and Media reveals full details of £360k RAF awards Journalists and the public: a failing relationship? Horrors of gay life in Iraq set to unveiled by Made in Manchester Local Metro critic honored alongside Jamie Oliver and Heston Blumenthal Bolton News starts £200k fundraising crusade The Public Sector 100 – the full compilation Animation09 comes to Manchester tonight Rochdale Observer attracts MP's wrath, offers front page apology Michael Jackson missed in Kirkby Lonsdale Recycle more, get money off everything - IAS to push RecycleBank Mando markets England's North Country to international online audiences NHS makes decision on £30m social marketing roster task - BJL, McCann, ICE and more make the list Newlove FM launches this weekend Marketing funerals... a lot of hot air Customerminds choses Citypress for UK launch How-Do weekly Wrap - 26 June 2009 - Andy Poole Indie Training courses now open to North West crews Radio Merseyside goes Green for Go Tangerine on song for Chethams brief Salmon becomes top earning BBC manager Cranfield University and Wilson Cooke measure innovation