By Stephen Foster on May 17, 2013
Well maybe it’s not a rush but David Beckham’s retirement, announced yesterday, at the age of 38 follows hard on the heels of that of his old manager Sir Alex Ferguson. Team-mate Paul Scholes, who some would say was an even better player, has also announced his retirement and it’s likely that another, 40 year-old [...]
Posted in Agencies, Clients, Creative, Media, News, PR | Tagged adidas, Andre Agassi, David Beckham, manchester united, PepsiCo, retirement, Sir Alex Ferguson, sponsors
By Stuart Smith on April 20, 2012
Mystery surrounds, as they say, the unheralded departure of Paul Weinberger (pictured), chairman of The Red Brick Road and Keeper of the UK £110m Tesco account, now under review. The rupture won’t be complete: Weinberger tells us he will do some client consultancy after his ‘retirement.’ But we are left with the distinct impression he [...]
Posted in Agencies, Clients, Creative, News | Tagged agency review, every little helps, Paul Weinberger, retirement, Stuart Smith, Tesco, tesco account review, the red brick road, trbr, £110m account
By Stephen Foster on April 2, 2012
Maurice Levy, boss of Publicis Groupe and head of the French employers’ organisation among many other things in his native country, isn’t used to being treated like this. But French politicians on both sides of the political divide are busy criticising a long-term bonus plan that is set to pay him $21.6m (€16m) imminently. There’s [...]
Posted in Agencies, Finance, News, Politics | Tagged $21.3m payout, digitas, Francois Hollande, french election, Interpublic, Maurice Levy, nicolas sarkozy, publicis groupe, razorfish, retirement
By Stephen Foster on September 23, 2011
Strange to say, he probably does when you consider that his basic pay (£1m) hasn’t risen since 2007 and WPP, the company he founded and runs, has ridden out the volatile past few years pretty capably. WPP’s board level remuneration committee wants to increase CEO Sir Martin Sorrell’s base pay to £1.5m, a move which [...]
Posted in Agencies, Finance, News | Tagged bonus, brazil, brics, China, digital, India, malaysia, Mark Read, Microsoft, next 11, pay rise, remuneration committee, retirement, russia, share price performance, Sir Martin Sorrell, Steve Ballmer, vietnam, WPP
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