John Reynolds and Daniel Farey-Jones

Newcastle United: launches lingerie range bearing the football club's crest

Newcastle United launches lingerie line

Newcastle United, the Premier League football team, is launching its own-branded lingerie, in a move to raise the club's appeal to its female and male fans alike.

Moss Bros: sells Cecil Gee to JD

Moss Bros offloads Cecil Gee to JD

Moss Bros has sold its high-street menswear chain Cecil Gee to JD Sports Fashion for 拢1.7m.

The Olympic park takes shape, but the clamour for tickets still causing problems

French Olympic ticket site crashes

The London 2012 Olympics' ticketing process was hit by a fresh hiccup today (Monday) when the official French outlet crashed as Britons hopeful of landing a ticket logged on.

James Best: chairman of think tank Credos

New advertising think tank to focus on marketing to children

Credos, the new think tank created by the Advertising Association, is to focus its research on areas including improving understanding of advertising's impact on children and measuring advertising's contribution to the economy.

Rupert Murdoch: News Corp boss seeks full takeover of Sky

Murdoch's newspaper rivals join BBC in opposing Sky takeover

Rupert Murdoch's proposed full takeover of Sky has prompted the wrath of rival national newspaper publishers, who have joined the BBC and Channel 4 in calling on the Government to block the deal.

Paddy Power ad: promoted its money-back specials

ASA turns blind eye to Paddy Power ad complaints

A Paddy Power TV ad depicting a blind football player kicking a cat by mistake has escaped a ban from the advertising watchdog despite attracting more complaints than any other ad this year.

McDonald's: Sebastian Coe with UK CEO Steve Easterbrook

McDonald's to champion British farms with Olympic sponsorship

LONDON - McDonald's is to emphasise its use of British farm produce in a TV campaign later this year tied to its sponsorship of the London 2012 Olympics.

Travelodge: latest TV campaign to be fronted by cuddly toys

Travelodge ramps up marketing with cuddly toy TV ads

LONDON - Travelodge, the budget hotel chain, is returning to the nation's TV screens after a 20-year gap with a 拢10m advertising campaign created by new agency Mother.

The Independent: trading changes

Indy combines newspaper and magazine sales

LONDON - The Independent has further restructured its commercial operations and will now offer agencies a joint sell across its newspapers and magazine supplements.