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George Osborne’s reign as chancellor under David Cameron might be seen as an example of the laws of unintended consequences. His decision to allow people to draw down a significant lump of their painstakingly acquired pensions in 2015, far from ...

Can the Trojan Man do for protected sex what Isaiah Mustafa did for Old Spice? The Church & Dwight condom brand has brought Trojan Man back in a debut campaign from 72andSunny. And he’s into diversity, experimentation and, it seems, ...

Bulls have featured in commercial communications to some effect recently, the Merrill Lynch one next to the Fearless Girl for State Street. Professional Bull Riders (PBR) is hosting an event in Washington DC, the home, it says, of bullsh*t (why ...

Selling cars is more about selling gadgets and apps these days and Volkswagen has a new one, Car-net which helps you find the damn thing when you can’t remember where you parked it. Technology is turning us all into idiots: ...

Here’s a funny thing: the latest Halifax ad from adam&eveDDB appeared at the weekend and now it seems to have disappeared, from YouTube and anyone using it online. It is (or was) a Ghostbusters spin, plugging contactless debit cards, and ...

Life goes on at WPP even as it mulls the successor to Sir Martin Sorrell and key to its fortunes are its big agency networks, the foundation of the business. New markets are also crucial and WPP’s operations in China ...

WPP is decisively cutting links with the Sir Martin Sorrell era by leaving its 27 Farm Street, Mayfair, London HQ and moving staff initially into Ogilvy and media agency Wavemaker’s new building on London’s Southbank, with its nice view of ...

Hey Girls UK is a social enterprise that tackles period poverty by donating a pack of sanitary pads to girls in need for every pack it sells and agency adam&eveDDB is on the case with a press campaign for its ...

Nike is launching a new version of its Phantom football boots so agency Wieden+Kennedy has invented the phantom, a mysterious footballer who grows legs and other attributes as the occasion demands. He starts off as Philippe Coutinho before morphing into ...