Barkers Scottish Government Roster work to be repitched
Barkers Scottish Government Roster work to be repitchedThe Drum understands that the Scottish Government's Marketing Services Framework accounts held by Barkers Scotland will be re-pitched "in due course".
The four PR accounts held by Barkers Scotland on the Framework for Race, Science, Ageism and Flu will be reviewed and following the review, will be appointed to other roster agencies.
It is thought the same will be true of the Race advertising account held by the social marketing division, although at a later stage.
The move has been made neccessary following the closure of Barker's social marketing and PR divisions in Glasgow and Edinburgh.
Yesterday, Barkers was saved from administration by Penna plc, which has guaranteed the jobs of everyone remaining in the now predominantly recruitment focused company.
A spokesperson for The Scottish Government said: "The Scottish Government has limited exposure both financially and work-wise, and will be transferring work in hand to other roster agencies.
"We are in discussion with the Barkers Group to return any monies outstanding that are owed to Scottish Government."
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does that mean Jack is going to pull out of new york and offer all his accounts to "indigenous" American companies?
You can't have it both ways. If scottish companies go fishing in london or abroad for business, surely it's disingenuous to then ask for a closed shop back home?
Win business on how good you are, not where you're from. Look at Amsterdam or Minneapolis, or Miami, or Seattle.
Good agencies make the world come to them, not vice versa.
It'll be interesting to hear if the procurement process contributed to Barkers demise.
There's quite a few agencies already feeling the pinch of pitching where, even if they've won business, the fee income barely covers the cost of the initial pitch.
"How to win friends and influence people" by Jack Irvine and Scott Douglas.
Jack - look up 'defamation' in the dictionary. You ought to know about that in your line of business.
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