August '08: Benchmarking study in partnership with Accenture moves into second phase

Our benchmarking study 'Marketing Organisation and Structure' has now entered its second phase - surveys of senior marketing leaders from over 75 major, international organisations. Click here to visit the 'Current Research Phase' page of the benchmarking area or contact Thomas Brown, Project Leader at tombrown@cim.co.uk or by telephone 07790 829 572 for more information.

June '08: Benchmarking study in partnership with Accenture begins initial depth interviews

Our benchmarking study exploring how large, global organisations build, manage and govern their marketing function is underway, with our first tranche of depth interviews with marketing leaders taking place across June. Six organisations have been identified and agreed to participate in this stage of the study - Skandia, Barclays Bank, GlaxoSmithKline, Cisco, Thomson Reuters and Rolls-Royce.

June '08: PricewaterhouseCoopers join Company Connect

We are delighted to welcome PricewaterhouseCoopers UK, the 'big four' professional services firm (www.pwc.com/uk), to the Company Connect community.

April '08: Angus Maciver confirmed as guest speaker for The Shell Dinner, 03 June 2008

We are delighted to confirm that Angus Maciver, Group Marketing & Communications Director at Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc, will be joining us as guest speaker for this year's Shell Dinner on 03 June 2008. This dinner is our annual private dining event for marketing leaders (Vice President, Director, CMO) hosted by the global brand leadership team at Shell International Petroleum Co, a long standing Company Connect member organisation. Attendance at this event is limited to 20-25 marketing leaders by private invitation. Click here for information or contact Thomas Brown, Company Connect Manager at tombrown@cim.co.uk for more information.

February '08: Skandia International and Ipsos MORI join Company Connect

We are delighted to welcome Skandia International, the global financial services organisation (www.skandia.co.uk), and Ipsos MORI, the leading consumer and public affairs research firm (www.ipsos-mori.com), to the Company Connect community.