It has been with dismay that I’ve read of the decline in advertising spend and talked to clients who are cutting their budgets. Most of the people that I’ve spoken with about this indicate that their spends are being cut without only loose plans of how they will fill the gap.

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At the moment, it might feel to you, as it does to me, that every time you turn your head, you come face-to-face with a sponsorship. The question is: just how does the sponsorship turn your head? Are you doing a double-take to see it again or turning away to avert your eyes?

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There’s a ‘fin de siècle’ feeling in the air of industry. Banking and Newspaper Publishing are at the heart of the storm, in the eyes of the politicians and public alike. It’s not a great time to be a banker or a newspaper executive. Read more on There’s no such thing as a victimless crime…

Believably this is one of the comments or commentary that slipped from the lips of Mark Lawrenson the other night – he spoke these words as an Italian player briefly rolled about on the pitch clutching his thigh enjoying a few seconds respite from the Spanish crushing.

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