Media
Advertising Association : www.adassoc.org.uk
Promoting & protecteing the rights, responsibilities and role of advertising.
Account Planning Group (APG) : www.apg.org.uk
Professional body for account planners in all communication businesses.
Adforum : www.adforum.com
AdForum - A portal for ad agencies and advertisements.
ADSlogans Unlimited : www.adslogans.co.uk
Database of advertising slogans used by ad agencies to check prior/current use.
Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) : www.asa.org.uk
Independent body that promotes standards in non-broadcast advertising and administers the CAP Codes.
AKA (also known as) : www.aka.tv
AKA is a new bi-monthly online publication for an industry with many names but one common theme: Media networks outside of the home with a commercial imperative.
BBC Motion Gallery : www.bbcmotiongallery.com/
Moving image content library
Branded Content Marketing Association (BCMA) www.thebcma.info/
The Branded Content Marketing Association has been formed in order to bring together interested parties from all areas of advertising, media, planning and production to provide a forum for discussion and to address the changing needs of the advertising and branded content market.
BRAD Group : www.intellagencia.com
Online service providing information, analysis and reference tools for the UK and European advertising and marketing community.
British Television Advertising Awards (BTTA) : www.btaa.co.uk
Annual recognition of the best tv and cinema commercials.
Centaur Publishing : www.centaur.co.uk
UK independent business publishing company specialising in media and marketing.
Cinema Advertising Association (CAA) : www.adassoc.org.uk/members/caa.html
The CAA is a trade association of cinema advertising contractors operating in the UK and Eire.
The Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) : www.cap.org.uk
The industry body that creates, revises and enforces the British Code of Advertising, Sales Promotion and Direct Marketing (The CAP Code) – the rules that apply to non-broadcast marketing communications in the UK.
Communication Advertising and Marketing Education Foundation : www.adassoc.org.uk/members/cam.html
The examinations board for vocational qualifications in the disciplines that make up marketing communication.
Direct Marketing Association (UK) Ltd : www.adassoc.org.uk/members/dma.html
Industry association dedicated to promoting and protecting the direct marketing industry as a whole.
Directory & Database Publishers Association : www.adassoc.org.uk/members/dpa.html
The DPA represents the interests of more than 70 British directory publishers, who produce in excess of 600 titles.
Flextech Television : www.flextech.co.uk
Flextech Television is the content division of Telewest Broadband, the broadband communications and media group.
Global Media Contacts : www.five.tv
Calendar of events including conferences, exhibitions and training courses.
Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA) : www.ipa.co.uk/
UK trade association for ad agencies.
Interactive Advertising Bureau (UK) (IAB) : www.iabuk.net
UK trade association for internet advertising industries.
International Visual Communication Association (IVCA) : www.ivca.org
The largest trade body of its kind in Europe for everyone involved in the diverse and influential world of business media.
Outdoor Advertising Association (OAA) : www.oaa.org.uk
The central reference point for the Outdoor industry
Outdoor Media Buying: motsmedia.com
Outdoor media planning and placement. Outdoor Products, Print Production, and Sign Spinning
Marketing
British Promotional Merchandise Association (BPMA) : www.bpma.co.uk
Trade association representing companies in the sales promotion industry.
BuildingBrands : www.buildingbrands.com
Web site focused on brands, branding, marketing and communications.
Direct Marketing Association (UK) Ltd (DMA) : www.dma.org.uk
UK trade association for direct marketing.
Direct Selling Association (DSA) : Direct Selling Association
UK trade association for direct selling.
Institute of Sales Promotion (ISP) : www.isp.org.uk
UK trade association for sales promotion.
Marketing Society (MS) : www.marketing-society.org.uk
UK trade association for marketing professionals.
Research
Association of Qualitative Researchers : www.aqr.org
British Market Research Association (BMRA) : www.bmra.org.uk/
Trade association for market research companies.
Market Research Society (MRS) : www.mrs.org.uk/
Professional society for practitioners of marketing research.
World Advertising Research Center : www.warc.com/
A global online database for advertising, marketing and media professionals.
