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Sorrell and the world's biggest Olympic torch

Sorrell and the world’s biggest Olympic torch

By Staff on July 23, 2012

Spotted in The Independent: First came Coca-Cola’s free sample bearers. Then the trotting Samsung flag distributors and the Lloyds TSB streamer wavers. And finally, with a broad smile as he bore the fiery symbol of sporting purity, came the millionaire ad man who knows the power of a brand more than any other. Sir Martin [...]

Posted in Agencies, Media, News, PR | Tagged Boris Johnson, london olympics 2012, olympic torch, redbridge, Sir Martin Sorrell

Who's that torch bearer? Bob Diamond? No it's that other fat cat Sir Martin Sorrell!

Who’s that torch bearer? Bob Diamond? No it’s that other fat cat Sir Martin Sorrell!

By Stuart Smith on July 11, 2012

“Millionaire at centre of ‘fat cat’ row will carry the Olympic torch through streets of East London” howled the Daily Mail, in one of its ‘world exclusives’. Downpage, there were 57 varieties of indignation from the good folk of the north-eastern London borough of Redbridge, all queuing up to express their disgust and dismay at [...]

Posted in Agencies, Media, News, PR | Tagged daily mail, olympic torch, redbridge, Sir Martin Sorrell, WPP

You couldn't make this up - WPP's Sir Martin Sorrell to carry the Olympic flame through London

You couldn’t make this up – WPP’s Sir Martin Sorrell to carry the Olympic flame through London

By Stephen Foster on July 10, 2012

WPP chief executive Sir Martin Sorrell (left) has accepted an invitation from the International Olympic Committee to be a torchbearer for the Olympic Flame in the London Borough of Redbridge. Sorrell is scheduled to become one of 32 torchbearers in Redbridge, in the north east of the capital, on 22 July, five days before the [...]

Posted in Agencies, News, PR | Tagged london olympics, redbridge, Sir Martin Sorrell, torch bearer, WPP

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