BANKS FACE HUGE NEW FINES Your bank charges may soon be sharply increasing if you bank with Bank of America, Barclays, Bear Stearns, BNP Paribas, Citibank…

CELEBRITY PROSTITUTION ON INCREASE A clever sting operation aimed at exposing the grubby world of celebrity endorsement for the Channel 4 Dispatches…

DROWNING IN THE SWAMP Meanwhile the ethics of some senior MPs, as well as lobbyists, have been called into question following another sting operation, this time…

HAPPY TRIGGERS A survey amongst parents and children by Colgate into what makes us smile could be of interest to marketeers.

SCOURGE FIRMS FINED Two members of a call-centre group, Swansea-based Save Britain Money have been fined a total of £225,000 by the Information Commissioners…

BAN CALLED ON CHINESE LANTERNS Following serious fires started by the floating and lit Chinese lanterns used in advertising for HSBC and Absout vodka a number of…

ONE FOR THE ROAD, AT WETHERSPOON News that pub-group J.D Wetherspoon have just secured council and police approval for a £2 million pub and restaurant at…

AND FINALLY….. The case of a shopper complaining that she was refused service at a Sainsbury’s checkout until she stopped using her mobile phone has turned into a PR…