Stathacopoulos leaves proximity#ttp
Brendan Wade, previously head of strategy and business director at Leo Burnett, will assume the role of managing partner at proximity#ttp at the end of November 2008 after an intensive two-month handover. Wade's appointment follows the decision of founding partner Nici Stathacopoulos to relocate to Cape Town and make a career change to the client side of the business. 13 Oct 2008 09:57

Cross Colours turns the ordinary into art - Cross Colours
Cross Colours persuasively demonstrated client Nando's commitment to the arts by turning the restaurant group's entry for the 11th Business Day/Business and Arts South Africa Awards into a work of art itself. 10 Oct 2008 14:16

Gauteng, do your bit for charity this weekend! - Advertsing Benevolent Fund
The annual fund-raising Standard Bank/ABF Village Cricket day will be held by members of the advertising industry on Sunday October 19, 2008 at St Peters School in Paulshof, Johannesburg. All proceeds of the day will go to the Advertising Benevolent fund. 10 Oct 2008 12:43

2009 D&AD jury foremen announced
LONDON: The lineup of jury foremen for the D&AD Awards 2009, which recognise the best work in advertising and design from around the world each year, was released yesterday, Thursday, 9 October 2008. 10 Oct 2008 10:00

Feeling the pinch? - Artifact Advertising
It seems that rising prices, decreasing spend and salaries are the talk on everyone's lips nowadays. Budgets are shrinking and big business and SME's alike are tightening their belts. With prices up, fuel costs up and cash flow down it is increasingly difficult to stretch your rand to create and maintain growth within your brand. 8 Oct 2008 14:46

Have you booked for the Eagle Print Awards breakfast seminars?
Time is running out to book seats for the Eagle Print Awards breakfast seminars in Cape Town and Johannesburg next week. This year's Eagle judges are Tony Davidson from Weiden+Kennedy (London) and Erik Vervroegen from TBWA (Paris), both of whom will be speaking at the breakfast presentations. 8 Oct 2008 09:20

Firehouse Twists from strength to strength - The Firehouse
When two companies foster the same dream, have identical visions and are committed to catapult themselves to the same heights, the logical solution is to Twist into one entity, stronger than when separate. 7 Oct 2008 14:57

Election TV ads too costly - SABC
NEWSWATCH: While the SABC is more than willing to support free “party election broadcasts (PEBs)” on radio, it is opposing the flighting of political party adverts on TV as it will result in over R90 million worth of lost ad revenue. According to various media reports, this was heard at the public hearings held yesterday, Monday, 6 October 2008, by ICASA regarding draft regulations on the coverage of elections by broadcasters. 7 Oct 2008 10:14

Rebirth of Asian ad festival
LONDON: The International Advertising Festival, the organisers of Cannes Lions, Dubai Lynx and Eurobest, and Haymarket Media, the publishers of Media and Campaign, have entered into an agreement to partner and relaunch Spikes - Asian Advertising Awards into a major advertising festival for Asia, it was announced yesterday, Monday, 6 October 2008. 7 Oct 2008 09:19

Firehouse Twists from strength to strength
The Firehouse Group recently joined forces with Twist marketing and advertising. Sefadzi Foli, previous MD of Twist, will now apply his experience, natural talent and entrepreneurial background to the role of deputy manager of the Firehouse Group Advertising. 7 Oct 2008 09:00

Inyathi - Creation Station
What does a taxi stampede, the Bob Marley classic, 'Buffalo Soldier, sung to new lyrics, and ‘litter free' taxi ranks all have in common? They are all part of the launch of CAM's (China Auto Manufacturers) Inyathi taxi. 6 Oct 2008 13:20

BBDO Cape Town kicks off Dreamfields campaign
BBDO Cape Town has partnered with The Dreamfields Project, an initiative of well-known journalist and broadcaster, John Perlman, in its quest to improve soccer facilities and the game as a whole in and around South Africa. Launching an eye-catching advertising campaign, BBDO CT broke the rules and took soccer where it has never been before - to the golfing greens. 6 Oct 2008 11:43

Bigger is not always better - Artifact Advertising
Because small companies don't have the same budgets as their giant counterparts, the common assumption is that marketing and advertising is too expensive and so these small companies do not have access to the kinds of advertising and marketing that these giants do. They couldn't be more wrong. 6 Oct 2008 11:41