UK ad revenues across all media are showing 35.7% growth for 2021, according to GroupM’s annual end-of-year forecast. The UK is growing more rapidly than China (17.8%) or the US (28.4%), making it the fastest-growing of the world’s top 20 ...

The BBC, which is permanently under fire from the government (and half of Twitter), has responded to its critics with a subtly entertaining film that captures the real moods of a family Christmas, while subtly but very powerfully demonstrating just ...

The reindeer are crowded round a phone box trying to get Santa to pick up, but he’s busy causing havoc in PicWicToys. Dressed in red-and-white leather, sporting tattoos, and displaying a fiercely competitive streak, Santa is racing around the aisles, ...

ITV and Uncommon’s “Britain Get Talking” campaign hits just the right note for Christmas, with this humorous film from Motherland director Simon Hynd. It takes a serious turn at the end without getting preachy. The channel’s favourite celebs have come ...

Dentsu global CEO Wendy Clark has gone back to her former employer DDB to poach a new global chief strategy officer. Alex Hesz, who spent more than 10 years at adam&eveDDB (he joined when adam&eve was still an independent shop), ...

The Tan Hill Inn is Britain’s highest pub, and the location for adam&eveDDB’s 2017 “Snowed In” Christmas spot, in which villagers gather for a drink at the 17th century inn and find themselves trapped by the weather into putting on ...

Honda’s “Power of Dreams” line has had many iterations, and the latest — a pan European effort from VCCP — aims to move away from product-focused marketing and build a connection with consumers. The strategy is sound, and the result ...

We are definitely reaching saturation point with the Christmas ads, but it’s a testament to the power of Apple’s advertising heritage that we will always find time to watch a full three minutes of its latest oeuvre. This one lives ...

This three-minute Christmas epic is good enough to keep you watching, and has a couple of rewarding twists at the end. Although just when you think it’s taken a tragi-comic turn, Apple dials up the soppiness to a new level. ...