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Account Moves

April 29, 2013
  • Work Club has won Adidas UK's social media business following a competitive pitch.
  • The Singapore Tourism Board has hired JWT to handle its global advertising account.
  • Manning Gottlieb OMD has retained the media planning contract for the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) automatic enrolment campaign, after a three-way pitch.

People

April 25, 2013
  • Dare has appointed Leigh Thomas, the managing director of Saatchi & Saatchi, to the role of chief executive, replacing Lee Leggett.

Account Moves

April 25, 2013
  • Bartle Bogle Hegarty has won the £35m pan-European advertising account for Philadelphia.
  • CHI & Partners has won a pitch for the first global ad campaign from the luxury car manufacturer Lexus.
  • ZenithOptimedia has landed the £9 million media account for Maxxium UK, the UK's third-largest spirits company and owner of the Famous Grouse, Courvoisier, Jim Beam and Sourz brands.
  • Chester Zoo appoints Code Computerlove to handle digital for its Islands project.

Reviews

April 25, 2013
  • Danone has launched a review of its estimated £200 million global media planning and buying account.
  • Fanta is looking for an agency to handle a European campaign, after the Coca-Cola brand posted strong volume growth in the first quarter.
  • Mizkan, the Japanese food company that bought Branston from Premier Foods for £92.5 million earlier this year, is looking for a creative agency and a media agency for the pickle brand.

Agencies

April 25, 2013
  • Droga5, the much-lauded creative network headquartered in Manhattan, is to open a London office in June, positioned as a European hub for global clients.