Reuters rebrand
News and business information service Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive has been rebranded, by Interbrand, as Factiva. ‘Our new name will become synonymous with fast, accurate and indispensable information,’ says
Making a Y2Killing
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Havas merges CDG and DIA
Conran Design Group has broadened its international scope by merging with London and Singapore design consultancy DIA. The deal takes immediate effect.
Pointsize comes up with a pint-sized offer
Glasgow design group Pointsize Associates has created the identity and marketing materials for a new photographic discount service, targeting pregnant women and new parents, called First Memories. Klick Photopoint, the
Lighthouse acquires Leonhardt
Fitch parent Lighthouse Holdings has acquired Seattle design group The Leonhardt Group – its tenth company and third design group – as Design Week anticipated (DW 5 November). This week
Wagstaffs
Safeway has taken a light-hearted approach to the celebrations by appointing Wagstaffs to create branding for Millennium Dome Pasties. The product description has been written in the same style as
Government on enterprise
The government aims to raise the UK’s productivity levels to the best in the world under proposals announced in the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s pre-budget report on Tuesday. Chancellor Gordon
Glasgow may extend scheme
Glasgow Collection director Bruce Wood is looking to extend the initiative, which puts designers and manufacturers together on live projects, for a further three years. The scheme is due to
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Consultancies take note: ‘younger does not necessarily mean better’
I sympathise with the writer of the letter about age discrimination (Letters, DW 5 November). However, I would like to point out that it’s not necessarily recruitment agencies that are
Potent formula
The McLaren F1, as a new book shows, is an incredible car. But Matthew Valentine can’t help wondering what F1 owners are trying to compensate for…
Wembley Ltd. launches brochure
Wembley Ltd, the holding company for Wembley Arena and Wembley conference and exhibition centre, has launched a promotional brochure created by Northampton design and advertising consultancy Milton Bayer. The publication
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