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NEWS Travel brands seize on ash cloud flight chaos By Alex Brownsell, 18-May-10, 08:48 LONDON - Travel and leisure brands are aiming to cash in on the aviation sector's troubles with a series of campaigns encouraging consumers to avoid flying. JCDecaux and Primesight awarded £260m Network Rail contracts By Mark Banham , 18-May-10, 08:55 LONDON - Network Rail has awarded its railside and roadside outdoor advertising contracts, worth £260m over five years, to JCDecaux and Primesight. Government brings clarity to COI spend By Gemma Charles, 18-May-10, 08:52 LONDON - The COI's marketing activities are to be opened up to public scrutiny under the new gov-ernment's plan to publish details of agency contracts. 118 118 chief executive Gerry Murphy exits By Sara Kimberley, 18-May-10, 08:56 LONDON - Gerry Murphy has left The Number 118 118 after two years as chief executive. It is not known whether he has a job to go to. Magazine distributor MMC 'days' away from administration By Harriet Dennys, 17-May-10, 17:25 LONDON - Magazine distributor the Magazine Marketing Company is expected to fall into administration within days, placing the future of niche publishers in jeopardy. ALSO IN THE NEWS Vauxhall backs Meriva with £10m ad strategy By Alex Brownsell, 18-May-10, 09:04 Brands expected to stick with World Cup bid despite bribery allegations By Joe Thomas, 17-May-10, 21:00 Unite union attacks 'Brutish Airways' with ad campaign By Alex Brownsell, 18-May-10, 08:30 BP suspends marketing activity By Alex Brownsell, 18-May-10, 09:19 EDF to revive Green Britain Day initiative By Alex Brownsell, 18-May-10, 09:00 LATEST BLOG ENTRIES THE HARD CHOICES By Dave Trott / Brand Republic   The philosopher Isaiah Berlin said there are two kinds of liberties. Positive Liberty, and Negative Liberty. Positive Liberty is the freedom... Loewy private equity backers re-jig their funding deal By Bob Willott / Brand Republic Loewy Group, the loss-making design and marketing consultancy, restructured its balance sheet by converting £16.7 million of private equity... Why did I do it? By Hugh Salmon / Brand Republic I had never been involved in politics, certainly not party politics but, in July 2007, I was asked by a friend, who headed up one of the public... Acquisitive MDC unfazed by more losses and weaker balance sheet By Bob Willott / Brand Republic MDC Partners, the expansive and ever-optimistic Canadian publicly listed marketing group, suffered a loss of US$10.1 million in the first quarter of... Dentsu issues gloomy profit forecast By Bob Willott / Brand Republic Dentsu, the biggest Japanese marketing group, is forecasting a 19% fall in post-tax profit in the forthcoming year to 31 March 2011, reflecting... Has Facebook dropped off the Cool Wall? By Chris Barraclough / Brand Republic Dark clouds are gathering over Facebook's empire. There was a reluctance to respond to calls for a "panic button" for children. Recent changes in... Getting passed Scylla and Charybdis By Alan Mitchell / Brand Republic   According to Greek legend, any sailors wanting to pass through the Straits of Messina would have to face the terrors of Scylla and... Ashes to Ashes to ashes By Jeremy Lee / Brand Republic The BBC's Ashes to Ashes (and even more so its forerunner Life on Mars ) will probably be looked back on in years to come by people like Stuart... MORE BLOGS MORE WHITEPAPERS   Group Account Director Recruiter: The Blueprint Salary: £70000-£75000 Location: Central London Group Account Director Recruiter: Dynamic New Alliances Salary: Up to £65K Location: Central London Head of Digital Marketing Recruiter: GIM Recruitment Salary: Circa £50k-75k Neg Location: Central London Business Director Recruiter: Dynamic New Alliances Salary: £75K - £90K + bonus + benefits Location: Central London Brand Manager Recruiter: Aunt Bessie’s Salary: Attractive package Location: Yorkshire and Humber Digital Marketing and Communications Manager Recruiter: Brother UK Salary: £35,000-£40,000 Location: North West England Interim Head of Marketing Recruiter: Tarsh Lazare Salary: £70,000 - £80,000 + benefits Location: Central London Digital Marketing Manager Recruiter: Major Players Salary: £35000-£40000 Location: South East England Associate Director / Research Manager Recruiter: Major Players Salary: £35000-£45000 Location: Central London Senior Analyst Recruiter: Tarsh Lazare Salary: £45-55,000 car and benefits Location: North London   Click here to view in your web browser To guarantee delivery, add us to your address book (How?)   Brand Republic: News | Blogs | Forums | Ad of the day | Research | Events | Agency Showcase | Brand Republic Jobs: Advertising | Marketing | Media | Sales Promotion | Market Research | Digital | Public Relations | Design | Events | Direct Marketing | Manage my bulletins | Unsubscribe from this bulletin