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View in web browser View text-only version Blackberry version Mobile version Add to safe senders list Latest news Culture secretary Maria Miller resigns by Mark Banham 09 April 2014, 09:13AM Culture secretary Maria Miller has this morning resigned from her post, following a row over her expenses claims. First Direct chief and Metro Bank founder to launch digitally-led national bank by Loulla-Mae Eleftheriou-Smith 09 April 2014, 09:41AM Anthony Thomson, the former marketer and founder of Metro Bank, is gearing up to launch Atom, a digitally led bank that will not have a presence on the high street. French agency creates chocolate dildo Easter campaign by Louise Ridley 09 April 2014, 08:51AM French agency Mademoiselle Scarlett has launched a campaign for premium sex shop Dorcel Store, to promote its set of chocolate sex toys for Easter. Wonga censured by ASA over ad that implied consumers should disregard interest rates by Ben Bold 09 April 2014, 10:16AM A TV ad for Wonga has been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority because it insinuated that the rate on a short-term loan was "irrelevant", encouraged viewers to disregard the APR and "trivialised" the decision to take out a short-term loan. Wilkinson rebrands to Wilko in new TV campaign by James Swift 09 April 2014, 10:07AM Wilkinson, the household goods retailer, has launched a TV campaign featuring ship-proud pirates, to announce its rebrand as Wilko. MEC wins £110m media account for Comparethemarket owner BGL Group by Arif Durrani 08 April 2014, 02:34PM WPP's MEC has been awarded the £110 million media planning and buying business for BGL Group, the owner of Comparethemarket.com, after a head-to-head pitch against incumbent ZenithOptimedia. Also in the news OMD wins £21m UK Disney media account as part of wider EMEA review by Mark Banham, 08 April 2014, 03:15PM Jam hires deputy managing director from Pd3 by James Swift, 09 April 2014, 08:00AM Mountain Dew bottle-top helps Colombian skaters tighten their nuts by Ben Bold, 08 April 2014, 12:15PM Top 150 2014 deadline extended by , 09 April 2014, 09:56AM From the blogs I want a new job, where do I start? NABS 08 April 2014, 3:12PM Why marketers need to be directors of their brand's online story Dietmar Dahmen 08 April 2014, 12:00PM SHAKE THINGS UP Dave Trott 08 April 2014, 7:57AM The Agile Consumer: new attitudes Campaign Guest 08 April 2014, 7:51AM Latest jobs Digital Account Director Recruiter Sporting Appointments Salary £45000 - £55000 per annum Location London Client/Account Manager (Shopper Marketing) London £30K to £38K Recruiter Adam Recruitment Salary £30000 - £38000 per annum Location London PR Account Manager Recruiter Blue Skies Marketing Recruitment Salary £28000 - £38000 per annum Location Oxfordshire Media Response Analyst - AM Level Recruiter Direct Recruitment Salary £35,000 Location London CRM Database Manager, BEAUTY Recruiter Blue Skies Marketing Recruitment Salary £33000 - £38000 per annum Location Berkshire ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE - EXPERIENTIAL AGENCY Recruiter Live Recruitment Salary NEGOTIABLE Location Gloucestershire Manage my bulletins Unsubscribe from bulletin © Haymarket 1957 - 2014 All rights reserved Haymarket Business Information, Teddington Studios, Broom Road, Teddington TW11 9BE, UK News Jobs Blogs & Forums Tenders