LONDON - Lloyds Banking Group has called a consolidating review of its £71m media planning and buying accounts for Lloyds TSB and HBOS brands, currently held by ZenithOptimedia and Vizeum respectively.

LONDON - Lloyds Banking Group has called a consolidating review of its £72m media planning and buying accounts for Lloyds TSB and HBOS brands, currently held by ZenithOptimedia and Vizeum respectively.

LONDON - The BBC Trust has called on the BBC management to ensure the tone of licence fee communications is less “accusatory”.

LONDON - Lloyds Banking Group, the financial giant created by the merger of Lloyds TSB with HBOS last year, is reviewing its £62 million media planning and buying arrangements.

LONDON - The BBC Trust has called on the BBC management to ensure the tone of licence fee communications is less “accusatory”.

LONDON - Lloyds Banking Group, the financial giant created by the merger of Lloyds TSB with HBOS last year, is reviewing its £62 million media planning and buying arrangements.

LONDON - Guardian Media Group chief Carolyn McCall has responded to a full-page ad in today’s Guardian attacking planned job cuts at its regional operations.

LONDON - Guardian Media Group chief Carolyn McCall has responded to a full-page ad in today’s Guardian attacking planned job cuts at its regional operations.

LONDON - GMG Regional Media is to slash the free circulation of the Manchester Evening News by about 75% to 20,000 copies on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

LONDON - Group M has forecast global advertising spend will fall 4.4 per cent to $425 billion in 2009, with the UK expected to be down 11.2 per cent.