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  &lt;p&gt;The rise was yet again a sharper spike than that posted by competing media, totaling &#163;2bn. But it was a weaker increase than the sector has become used to of late.&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;In general, UK advertising looks to have turned a corner, with 54% of surveyed companies saying they had allocated 2007 marketing budgets greater than the previous year.&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href="http://www.ipa.co.uk"&gt;Institute of Practitioners in Advertising,&lt;/a&gt; which produces the Bellwether, said the boost could be credited to internet growth.&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;WPP CEO Martin Sorrell &lt;a href="http://investing.reuters.co.uk/news/articleinvesting.aspx?type=allBreakingNews&amp;amp;storyID=2007-04-16T110913Z_01_L1672806_RTRIDST_0_ADVERTISING-BRITAIN.XML"&gt;told Reuters&lt;/a&gt; the recovery had been &lt;em&gt;"led by expansion in direct internet and interactive media",&lt;/em&gt; but&#160;said online spending lagged behind when considering the number of potential online consumers.&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;Paragraph&gt;The rise was yet again a sharper spike than that posted by competing media, totaling &#163;2bn. But it was a weaker increase than the sector has become used to of late.&lt;/Paragraph&gt;
  &lt;Paragraph&gt;In general, UK advertising looks to have turned a corner, with 54% of surveyed companies saying they had allocated 2007 marketing budgets greater than the previous year.&lt;/Paragraph&gt;
  &lt;Paragraph&gt;The &lt;Link URL="http://www.ipa.co.uk" Window="New"&gt;Institute of Practitioners in Advertising,&lt;/Link&gt; which produces the Bellwether, said the boost could be credited to internet growth.&lt;/Paragraph&gt;
  &lt;Paragraph&gt;WPP CEO Martin Sorrell &lt;Link URL="http://investing.reuters.co.uk/news/articleinvesting.aspx?type=allBreakingNews&amp;amp;storyID=2007-04-16T110913Z_01_L1672806_RTRIDST_0_ADVERTISING-BRITAIN.XML" Window="New"&gt;told Reuters&lt;/Link&gt; the recovery had been &lt;Quote&gt;"led by expansion in direct internet and interactive media",&lt;/Quote&gt; but&#160;said online spending lagged behind when considering the number of potential online consumers.&lt;/Paragraph&gt;
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    &lt;strong&gt;UK internet marketing spend is continuing to rise - but at its slowest rate in the last two and a half years, according to new data.&lt;/strong&gt;
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  &lt;p&gt;The Bellwether Report showed the budget companies set aside for online marketing&#160;rose to 19% in the first quarter of the year.&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;Paragraph&gt;The Bellwether Report showed the budget companies set aside for online marketing&#160;rose to 19% in the first quarter of the year.&lt;/Paragraph&gt;
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  <learn-more-formatted>&lt;p&gt;Econsultancy has published an &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/online-advertising-networks-buyers-guide"&gt;Online Advertising Networks Buyer's Guide&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; which contains an examination of this marketplace and profiles of 23 leading networks. We have also produced an &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/online-advertising-survey"&gt;Online Advertising Survey&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, based on a survey of advertisers and agencies. For more stats and charts, see also our &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/internet-advertising-statistics"&gt;Online Advertising Statistics compendium&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</learn-more-formatted>
  <learn-more-unformatted>&lt;p&gt;Econsultancy has published an &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/online-advertising-networks-buyers-guide"&gt;Online Advertising Networks Buyer's Guide&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; which contains an examination of this marketplace and profiles of 23 leading networks. We have also produced an &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/online-advertising-survey"&gt;Online Advertising Survey&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, based on a survey of advertisers and agencies. For more stats and charts, see also our &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/internet-advertising-statistics"&gt;Online Advertising Statistics compendium&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</learn-more-unformatted>
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