Sponsorship & Marketing
Business

Entertainment specialist Haymarket Advertising, the media arm of Global Entertainment Media, has completed a merger with North American entertainment agency Echo Advertising + Marketing - a move which will consolidate the companies? sports client interests.
Sponsorship & Marketing

Peter Robinson, former Executive Vice Chairman at Liverpool Football Club, is to join sports marketing agency ISM as Head of UK Operations
Business

Latin America's soccer champion, Argentina's Boca Juniors, is in talks to contract out its marketing operations to ISL.
Business

Formula One team chief Frank Williams said he has joined other team bosses in fighting to prevent Brands Hatch obtaining planning permission which would enable it to host the British Grand Prix.
Business

Barry Snellgrove has joined John Taylor International, the sports sponsorship consultancy, as business development director to head up the agency's new business drive.
Business

Taxpayer-financed sports stadiums lower per per-capita incomes in their areas ? according to a study carried out by two US academics.
Business

Worldzap, the joint venture between Prisma iVentures and The Fantastic Corporation has added three key executives to its management team.
Events

Havas Advertising and Transiciel have set up an online sports marketing agency specialising in developing web sites for sports events, clubs and sporting associations.
Sponsorship & Marketing

SportsYa!, the Spanish and Portuguese-language internet sports portal, has sponsored the first Hispanic-owned and driven racing car team in NASCAR?s 50-year history.
Business

British athletics governing body UK Athletics has won a top marketing award for its brand development.
Business

European van firm LDV has signed as the main sponsor of Scottish Premier League soccer team St Mirren.
Media

Sports management agency, Worldwide Entertainment & Sports Corp, has named Robert Gutkowski as its president and chief executive, and Charles Koppelman chairman of the board of directors.
Business

Orad Hi-Tec Systems has signed an agreement to acquire France?s Getris S.A.
Business

Symah Vision has signed an exclusive agreement in Korea with Sky Investment Advisors Group (SIAG) and its newly created Ad Virtual Co. Ltd - with the aim of expanding its business in Asia.
Media

Sportal has launched the official website for the South African Rugby Football Union, SARFU.
Sponsorship & Marketing

Stamford, Connecticut-based sports marketing agency Millsport has resigned its Visa USA account rather than comply with the credit card brand?s request to participate in a review.
Business

Ford has re-appointed Public Relations & International Sports Marketing (PRISM) as a partner in its UEFA Champions League sponsorship management team.
Business

NASCAR has been boosted by four of its official partners renewing their sponsorship agreements.