BBH looks to have completed its new management line-up in London with the elevation of Karen Martin (below) to CEO from managing director and Simon Gregory and Will Lion to joint CSOs. Polly McMorrow has been promoted to MD. They ...

WPP has announced a series of measures in response to Black Lives Matter and the ‘Call for Change’ from 1200 Black advertising professionals (looks like ‘black’ has to carry a capital letter now.) Among the measures are a fundamental review ...

The UK’s Premier League has a new soundtrack – or anthem as we sometimes say these days – courtesy of MassiveMusic. Perhaps they can play it instead of crowd noise when the League reopens behind locked doors. All part of ...

Under the sustained pressure of coronavirus, many advertisers and their agency partners have been compelled to adopt new, agile ways of working in partnership. For those still able to trade – from retail to telcos, financial services to home entertainment ...

Football is on the way back – albeit behind closed doors – and this, from 2006, is surely one of the best football-related ads. “Probably the best pub team in the world.” By Saatchi & Saatchi and director Chris Palmer, ...

The new world we’re living in is uncharted territory for consumers and brands. Consumers are cautious and scared, looking for advice but only getting short-term ‘guidelines’ and brands are scrambling around in the dark trying to do the right thing ...

Change will do you good, according to Sheryl Crow. She’s right! And just as this reference belongs to another era, so do the old ways of working in advertising. Think about how anchored the ad industry has always been to ...

London-based awards scheme and charity D&AD (originally Designers & Art Directors) is cutting back amid the pandemic and CEO Patrick Burgoyne (left), a former editor of respected journal Creative Review, is leaving. COO Dara Lynch is taking over with chairman ...

Lots of senior creative musical chairs at the moment (to no-one’s great surprise) and London agency Above+Beyond has hired former BBH creative partner and Grey ECD Dominic Goldman as its new ECD. Group CCO David Billings is moving to other ...