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Scarborough’s McCain Foods £20 million advertising account up for grabs

Scarborough-based McCain Foods is looking for a new agency for its advertising account, as part of a £20 million review.

Agencies are being invited to pitch through the London office of Roth Observatory International, though the marketing department of McCain UK is based in York.

In a statement this morning to Campaign, McCain said it was holding a review “in light of the changing nature of its needs from an agency partner.”

Current incumbent BMB will also be repitching for the account it has held since 2006. The agency’s co-founder Trevor Beattie was instrumental in winning the account when he was chairman of TBWA, and then won the business again after he launched BMB.

BMB is also the agency responsible for Taylors of Harrogate first ever TV campaign which launched a dialogue-free ad to communicate the “mind-blowing” experience of its coffee.

McCain Foods’ digital business, which was won by TMW in May, is not affected by the review.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Clare Burnett .