MPA - Manchester Publicity Association

Mobile Media Ltd and Marketing Services is the UK’s leading outdoor mobile advertising contractor.

Operating nationwide, our business has grown through our uncompromising commitment to quality and service, and from our thorough understanding of client briefs.

We offer a full range of products and services to support mobile poster advertising and can provide various ambient media opportunities, all supported by our dedicated and professional staff.

CBS Outdoor is the market leader in providing advertising solutions for clients looking to reach consumers on the move. Our range of media and sponsorship opportunities on transport networks across the UK are proven to be effective for driving sales, increasing footfall, and raising awareness for a wide range of clients, products and businesses.

From traditional poster formats to cutting-edge digital innovations, CBS Outdoor has the most captivating and welcomed environments of all media. With creative and bespoke solutions available on the London Underground, Buses, National Rail, Docklands Light Railway and Tram, advertisers can access valuable and increasing audiences on a regular basis.

Media Sales Network provides an efficient, cost effective alternative to resourcing an in-house sales department. Operating from city centre Manchester, the company employs twenty full-time staff.

In over 20 years of business MSN has worked for many established media owners across a wide range of advertising and promotional opportunities. We have sold across almost every platform including TV, radio, national press, magazines and outdoor.

The company profile in the industry is high, particularly in the Regions. In recent years MSN have won many awards for excellence in their field.

MSN became a member of the Unique Communications Group in September 2001. UCG is a diverse marketing group which includes elements of television production, radio, public relations, advertising, corporate strategy, media training, sponsorship and media sales

19 magazines reaching 14 million adults

The National Magazine Company is one of the foremost luxury consumer magazine publishers in the UK, reaching 13.5 million adults every year.  NatMag currently publish 19 magazines and 62% of all ABC1 magazine reading women engage with a NatMag brand.

NatMag publish some of the most admired and well-established magazines in the UK including Good Housekeeping, Country Living, Harper’s Bazaar, Esquire and Cosmopolitan. NatMag’s digital division Hearst Digital Network, which includes handbag.com and netdoctor.co.uk, generates 50 million page impressions a month. A third of women online in the UK visit Hearst Digital sites.

NatMag’s five publishing groups are: Cosmopolitan, Lifestyle (Cosmopolitan Bride, Prima, Prima Baby, and You & Your Wedding), Luxury (Esquire and Harper’s Bazaar), Women’s Interest (Coast, Country Living, Good Housekeeping and House Beautiful), and Young Women’s (Company, SHE and Zest). A further five magazines are published through NatMag joint ventures; ACP-NatMag (Best, Real People and Reveal) and NatMag Rodale (Men’s Health and Runner’s World). In addition COMAG, one of the UK’s largest magazine distributors, is a joint venture between NatMag and Condé Nast.
NatMag was established in 1910 by William Randolph Hearst and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hearst Corporation, one of the largest diversified communications companies.

Founded in October 2004 Agenda Media is a dedicated Digital Media Sales House which is expertly geared towards representing Southern based media owners to agencies and clients outside the M25.

Agenda Media offers a complete understanding of the regional digital market ensuring successful advertising revenue generation for all of their clients.

Agenda Media has established an agency & client base ranging from Birmingham through to Scotland and their expertise in the online arena enables us to offer media sales representation that is second to none.

MediaCom North is one of the biggest and fastest growing agencies in the country.  Since opening for business in 1996, we have grown steadily to our current size, with billings of over £100,000,000, and a staff of 50.

More importantly, our growth has been achieved with very little by way of account losses or personnel change.  It would seem that our clients like us working for them, and our staff like working here too.  There’s no secret formula - we do our best for our clients in terms of service and quality of work, and we try to make the offices a decent place to work.  Oh - and we employ the smartest, hardest working people in the business.
MediaCom North - people first, better results.

MediaVest is committed to delivering media communication campaigns which generate tangible and profitable return on investment for our clients.

We have specialist skills across all media channels and platforms resulting in integrated, commercially aware media solutions for clients from a diverse range of industry sectors.

Our ethos is rooted in the delivery of three key tenets to our clients :
Service, Thinking & Performance.

Much of our success is directly attributable to our staff – our most valuable asset. We invest heavily in training and staff development, and offer talented people truly exceptional career opportunities.

Amra is the leading national advertising sales company for the regions. Representing 274 newspapers throughout England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, amra is the leading force in national display, classified and recruitment advertising sales for the regional press.

Established for over twenty years and with offices in London and Manchester amra employs over 100 people.

As a wholly owned subsidiary of Trinity Mirror the UK’s biggest publisher amra’s sales teams enjoy outstanding support and back up from specialist marketing, creative, IT, financial and administration personnel.

Make no mistake, Five represents the most extraordinary success story. To go from a standing start to deliver 6% of all viewing is a feat which will simply never be repeated. Added to which, the channel continues to go from strength-to-strength and has now entered the exciting multi-channel arena, with the successful October 2006 launches of Five US and Five Life.
Currently over 50 million UK viewers, across all platforms, are capable of receiving Five’s transmissions. And within any given week, well over 36 million of them choose to do precisely that. And now, the two new channels join Five in being available on satellite, cable and the fastest-growing platform of all, Freeview.

In 2006, Five took just under £300 million in advertising revenue, representing 8.7% of the total UK market. The channel has recently benefited from a fresh new look, to provide an on-air environment suitable for programmes as diverse as CSI, Extraordinary People, Grey’s Anatomy, live UEFA Cup Football, House, Test Match Cricket, Home & Away and Prison Break. Whilst not forgetting Noddy of course!

Chrysalis now operates a focused, independent music company, in the areas of music publishing, music recording, artist management and entertainment product distribution. Our strategy is to continue to strengthen our creatively-led, independent music offering in order that we can provide a compelling home to artists world-wide and build long-term value for all shareholders.

The Clackson Organisation is celebrating its centenary year. This is a remarkable anniversary for any business, but is exceptional for one which has remained privately owned since its foundation.

The guiding ethos of the organisation is ‘local focus: national vision’. In practice this translates into specialist expertise in fulfilling the local advertising needs of major national advertisers: when a supermarket chain opens a new store, or a car manufacturer is launching a new model, for example, Clacksons’ expertise will be vital in identifying the most appropriate local advertising media for their needs.

Clacksons also deal with a huge volume of recruitment and classified advertising, as well as entertainment, property and motors; everything, in fact, that readers expect from their local newspapers.

National advertisers, and their advertising agencies, appreciate Clacksons’ knowledge of the national advertising oportunities for regional and local press publishing, and the fact that we offer a single buying point for such a wide range of media. Sales arguments are supported by up-to-date marketing data, readership information and mapping technology.

GMG Radio is one of Britain’s leading radio businesses encompassing the Real Radio, Smooth Radio, Century FM and Rock Radio brands.

The group now has 11 stations across London, Wales, Scotland, Yorkshire, East and West Midlands and the North East and West of England providing GMG Radio with the largest regional footprint in the UK. 

The group will grow further in the coming year as it prepares to launch a new station under the Smooth brand in the North East of England and, following Ofcom’s decision to award the group a new licence in February 2007, it will launch a new rock music and talk station in Greater Manchester.

GMG Radio is also home to the world renowned jazzfm.com, a site that offers a complete service for jazz music fans.

The company is owned by the Guardian Media Group Plc, which houses a number of well known media brands.

Brilliant is the leading, privately owned media communications agency in the UK. We have offices in Leeds and Manchester and annual billings of £150 million.

We are different – our independent status creates a unique culture, where highly talented and motivated individuals are committed to delivering the very best in terms of media expertise and service to our clients.

We provide innovative, results driven media communications solutions for a wide range of blue chip clients.

British Sky Broadcasting is the operator of the UK’s largest digital pay television platform and a leading broadcaster of sports, movies, entertainment and news.

BSkyB’s ambition is to be the leading entertainment choice in the UK and Ireland. More than 8 million customers - equivalent to almost one in three households in the UK and Ireland - enjoy an unprecedented choice of movies, news, entertainment and sports channels and interactive services on Sky digital, the first and most popular digital pay-TV service in UK and Ireland.

We are a media planning and buying agency with almost 100 people across offices in Edinburgh, Manchester, Glasgow and Leeds.

Our clients range from the big spenders (Matalan, ScottishPower, Velux and First Group for example) to those with smaller budgets; from multi-media campaigns to single media solutions. We plan and buy media for over 300 clients, some regional, some national, and some international. We work closely and collaboratively with our clients, their other agencies, and media owners.

At Feather Brooksbank, media is about more than TV, radio, press, outdoor, cinema and the internet. To us, a medium is any way of communicating with consumers, from a television advertisement to a text message to a promotional gift. Expect us to keep finding new ways of communicating with consumers.

The Manchester Evening News is published each week day evening and on Saturdays. It is distributed in Manchester and surrounding areas. It sells around 115,000 copies per day, and is read by approximately 400,000 people, making the Manchester Evening News the most widely read publication in the region.

The paper was first published in 1868 by Mitchell Henry as part of his Parliamentary election campaign. Shortly after the election the newspaper was sold to John Edward Taylor, the son of the founder and owner of the Manchester Guardian (now The Guardian). Taylor brought his brother-in-law Peter Allen in as a partner in the Evening News; after Taylor’s death in 1907 the Guardian was sold to its editor C. P. Scott while the Evening News passed into the hands of the Allen family. Scott’s Guardian bought the Evening News in the 1920s. From that time the two newspapers have always had a common owner – it is currently one of 62 newspapers owned by the Guardian Media Group.

Even though the MEN is given away in the City Centre, the newspaper still retails for 38p in the suburbs. In December 2006, the paper also began free distribution at Manchester Airport.

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Newsquest Media Sales represents the national advertising interests of Newsquest Media Group, the 2nd largest regional media group in the UK.  We have offices in London and Manchester and serve the collective needs of over 4000 advertisers and their agencies.
- 300+ newspapers, 40+ magazines and 170+ websites
- talk to over 25% of the population
- award winning media platforms covering key towns and cities across the UK.

Rediscover our brands and their importance in the communities they serve. You can also find examples of creative advertising, information about our insightful proprietary research , contact details and a host of other information

Welcome to where ideas go further.

They’re created in this extraordinary campus-like environment, where people really communicate with each other; advertising, digital, CRM, data people, PR people… all know the value of great ideas. The kind of big, bold ones that give you far greater value for money. It might be a good idea to get in touch.

Consumers are changing. Many are more time pressured, yet they absorb more media messages than ever before. They are far more selective and demand greater service and value. They respond best to your communication when it’s relevant and in a channel which they appreciate.

Your communications strategy is crucial.  It requires media thinking that is imaginative, that differentiates your brand and absorbs your customers.

Universal McCann has the skills, resources and experience to provide your business with a better return for your expenditure.

ITV is the biggest commercial television network in the UK, broadcasting the most talked about television and making a major contribution to the UK’s culture, economy and communities.

The ITV Network is made up of 15 regional licences, providing television to viewers across the UK. 11 of the licences in England and Wales are owned by ITV Plc, formed in 2004 following the merger of Carlton and Granada. SMG owns the two Scottish licences, Scottish Television and Grampian; UTV and Channel Television own the licences for Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands respectively.

ITV Network is responsible for the commissioning, scheduling and marketing of network programmes on ITV1. Programmes from ITV are provided by ITV’s in house production unit and by the independent sector. Network programming covers a full range of genres, including drama, entertainment, news, current affairs factual, sport and children’s programming. This ensures that viewers right across the UK are able to share in viewing some of the UK’s favourite programmes. It is also responsible for advertising sales on ITV1 across the UK.

Bauer is the largest privately owned publisher in Europe, publishing in Germany, France, Spain, Portugal and the United Kingdom. Additionally, Bauer publishes in the United States and Mexico.

The Bauer Publishing Group was founded in Hamburg 1875 by Johann Bauer. Under the management of four generations of the Bauer family, The Bauer Publishing Group has grown from its humble beginnings as a printing house into a worldwide publishing empire comprising 238 magazines worldwide in 15 countries, as well as TV and radio stations.

Bauer entered the U.K. scene with Bella magazine in 1987. Introducing a new format that mixes previously unseen real life editorial and exciting service features, Bella made a significant impact on the women’s market. The company gained attention again in 1990 with the launch of Take a Break magazine. Touching the lives of millions of women with its unique blend of upfront real life and competitions, the title quickly became market leader. Despite strong competition, Take a Break has maintained its no.1 status, currently selling over 1 million copies a week.

The 1990’s saw H. Bauer further strengthen its portfolio with the launch of TVQuick in 1991, that’s life! in 1995 and TVChoice in 1999. Together with sixteen successful puzzle titles within the stable, H. Bauer has always had a major presence in the UK magazine market with a considerable market share.

At the beginning of 2008, Bauer expanded its portfolio further by acquiring Emap’s Radio and Consumer Magazine divisions and changed the name of these new UK businesses to Bauer Radio and Bauer Consumer Media.

With the recent addition of the former Emap Consumer Media titles, Bauer is now the largest consumer magazine publishing company in the UK, playing a primary role in the Women’s Weeklies, Women’s Interest, Women’s Lifestyle, TV Listings, Puzzles, Men’s Lifestyle, Music & Film and Specialist magazine markets.

Bauer will continue to innovate, driving its business and the ever-evolving magazine market forward. 

GCap Media plc is the UK’s leading commercial radio group with 55 analogue radio licences in 47 locations around the UK with key local stations such as Capital 95.8 and Choice FM in London, BRMB in Birmingham, Red Dragon in Wales and GWR FM in Bristol within its portfolio. Additionally, we have 99 digital radio services of which 32 are simulcast.

In our Group portfolio, there are some of the strongest brands in commercial radio, including Classic FM, Capital 95.8, Xfm, Planet Rock, theJazz and the proposed ‘classic hits’ network. The strength of these brands means that we are able to form direct relationships with our listeners and by innovating and increasing these opportunities for interactivity, we will create new revenue opportunities for the Group and be in a better position to compete for listeners’ time and loyalty.

In an ever changing and increasingly competitive media landscape, our offering continues to evolve so that we can give our listeners more of what they want and provide innovative solutions to advertisers. Because radio complements and is able to keep pace with the new digital technologies being developed, we are transforming our stations from traditional analogue services into interactive brands that can operate across multiple platforms such as online, local and national DAB digital radio, digital TV and mobile.

Yahoo! is the world’s largest global online network of integrated services and is one of the most trafficked Internet destinations worldwide. For more than 12 years, Yahoo! has been changing the way people communicate with each other, conduct transactions and access, share, and create information.  Yahoo! is focused on powering its communities of users, advertisers, publishers, and developers by creating indispensable experiences built on trust.  The company is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with a presence in more than 20 markets and regions around the globe – London, Dublin and Manchester being our British-based offices.