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Just ahead of the pubs opening, Stella Artois is launching new global campaign encouraging us to slow down and savour life’s pleasures. Hermeti Balarin, partner at Mother London, said: “Having a great beer with friends and loved ones is one ...

BETC Paris is probably feeling cheesed at the moment – seeing longstanding client Peugeot depart to a new Omnicom offering called O.P.EN (where do they get them from?) No doubt it will bounce back (car ads confound most agencies) and ...

Looks like Hancock’s Half Hour, the once-daily media briefings on Covid-19, usually hosted by health secretary Matt Hancock, are about to make a comeback – although not about the virus we hope. The Government is reportedly planning to introduce “White ...

An ad for Dutch cycle brand, VanMoof, has been banned in France for showing cars in a bad light. It’s a pretty strong ad with apocalyptic scenes of raging traffic, police sirens, industrial chimneys spewing smoke, overcrowding, and hell fires ...

The World Out of Home Organization (WOO) – which represents Out of Home media owners, national associations and specialist media agencies worldwide – has appointed New Commercial Arts to handle a major global campaign to promote the medium as Covid-19 ...

Bodyform/Libresse’s ‘Viva La Vulva’ from AMV BBDO is one of the few recent campaigns that’s likely to be talked about in years’ time and the duo are going for broke again with this new epic – ‘Womb Stories’ – featuring ...

The Shark Awards have launched their 2020 awards season and are now open for entries in advertising, digital, design, short film and music video. There are some changes to this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The awards will still ...

Spotify is launching a new Premium Duo subscription for couples living at the same address, and to mark the occasion is taking a look at how music tastes can shape a relationship — and cause bickering. Puppets perform the words ...

There has been a lot of hand-wringing and navel-gazing in the ad industry about ethnicity lately, and plenty of promises made. A memo from Publicis Groupe CEO Arthur Sadoun concedes that “too many initiatives and disparate efforts without focus does ...