LONDON - Marston’s is celebrating England’s Ashes win over Australia with the launch of Victorious Bitter.

LONDON - Bauer Media’s bi-annual POP magazine will be published in September under new editor in chief Dasha Zhukova, supported by a new website.

LONDON - The NUJ has attacked planned editorial cutback plans at Express Newspapers by demanding justification for every one of the 70 jobs it reportedly plans to axe.

LONDON - Virgin TV is launching an on-demand service for its Living channel.

LONDON - Virgin Media-owned channel Living is to offer a new on-demand service, Living Player.

LONDON - Vodafone has teamed up with digital agency Marvellous to create a branded urban game using Android handsets, to promote Vodafone HTC Magic launch in the Netherlands.

LONDON - CNBC, the business news channel, has signed HSBC Private Bank to sponsor on-air and online activity across CNBC in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific.

LONDON - Design agency Elmwood has launched its own beer brand called Good Cheer Beer to celebrate its 20th anniversary this week.

LONDON - A new online ad service has launched, promising ‘Web 3.0 behavioural targeting’, where advertisers can tweak dynamic ads in real time to match users online activity.

LONDON - Nokia is entering the mobile banking market, just months after purchasing a stake in mobile payments company Obopay, with the launch of Nokia Money, which allows users to pay for products using their mobile handset.