Finance
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Havas stuck in the slow lane as UK media hits the buffers
Is there anything worse that being a big holding company mired amid client cutbacks and a collapsing media agency business?…
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WPP slows some payments in crucial fourth quarter
A report in UK newspaper City AM claims that WPP, where growth has dried up this year, is deliberately delaying…
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What’s behind WPP’s offer to raise its ADK stake?
It’s not so often that you see WPP proffer an olive branch. Is its offer to raise its stake in…
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Steve Payne of Kinetic: how technology is expanding out of home’s ad horizons
Hailed by aficionados as a cinematic masterpiece, the original Blade Runner set out a fascinating vision of the near future…
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CHI wins P&G breakthrough with Lenor win
It’s that time of year when agencies should beware of hovering Hornbys. Last year Johnny Hornby, who heads The&Partnership, launched…
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Independent digital network AnalogFolk opens in China
Independent digital creative agency AnalogFolk is opening a Shanghai office, the sixth in its network. The new outpost will be…
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Gocompare and Bet365 demonstrate some old truths for new-fangled advertisers
Who says advertising doesn’t work? Price comparison site Gocompare has just rejected a £460m offer from ZPG, owner of property…
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Hugh Treacy of Isobel: why the World Cup in Russia is a stay at home marketing opportunity
I’ve been very fortunate to have worked on the last five football World Cups – for sponsoring and (mainly) non-sponsoring…
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Cannes Lions cuts back after criticism but is it still trying to do too much?
Cannes Lions, which will have to do without Publicis Groupe next year and has also come under fire from WPP,…
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