Marketing budgets are up by 4%, if the IPA’s Bellwether Report is to be believed, as marketers relax their purse strings in response to the decisive result of December’s general election. Significantly, the quarterly dispatch records a rare increase for ...

Greenpeace has once again pulled in some major league acting talent for its latest film – a classic Aardman Animations production called “Turtle Journey,” which highlights the plight of the world’s oceans. Olivia Colman and Dame Helen Mirren have got ...

Say what you like about Love Island, but it does inspire some good brand sponsor idents. These ones for Just Eat by McCann London introduce a surprise contestant in the Cape Town sunshine, Derek. Derek is a Just Eat delivery ...

A source “close to Prince Harry” told Vanity Fair that Meghan and Harry “plan to be the royal version of the Beckhams.” Apparently, a major reason for the couple standing down from the Royal Family is so that they can ...

The gambling industry, unfortunately, helps to keep quite a lot of ad agencies afloat these days. Some (like Mother) take a stand and won’t pitch for betting business, but most agencies cast moral considerations aside, happy to take the money ...

Vaping has become a teen scourge, and according to the Truth Initiative, 50 per cent of 15 to 24 year-olds have resolved to quit the habit this year. Truth Initiative has partnered with a bunch of TikTok influencers to start ...

JP Morgan’s end-of-year new business league puts Publicis Groupe at the top of the agency chart, with a net increase of $2.23 billion in billings, estimated to represent $77 million in extra revenue. Interpublic is second with $1.1 billion net ...

Publicis Groupe CEO Arthur Sadoun is continuing in the Christmas tradition of his predecessor, Maurice Lévy, by unveiling a self-deprecating video at Christmas. Sadoun is half way through his third year in the post, but once again Lévy (still chairman ...

The Indian ad market is growing at around 14 per cent, according to GroupM’s predictions for 2019, and already this year Havas has bought UX consultancy Think Design and digital agency Langoor, so experiential agency Shobiz makes three. Shobiz was ...