Agencies

Assuming we ever get rid of lockdowns (not a racing certainty) one of the enduring consequences will be thousands of newly-acquired pampered pets. My neighbourhood is awash with cockapoo puppies having to share lamp posts (dognappers please don’t read this.) ...

2021 may well see the mergers and acquisitions market take off in what used to be adland after a quiet 2020 (for obvious reasons.) But it doesn’t seem to be creative agencies or media independents being snapped up, rather digital ...

Business seems to be booming in China – a touch ironic given the state the rest of the world finds itself in – and fancy commercials with it. Chinese mobile operator OnePlus has teamed with the legendary Hasselblad, which will ...

MSQ has had a busy time in the pandemic and now the marketing group has bought another well-known name, digital and customer engagement agency MBA. MBA will merge with MSQ’s Stack to create a £6m business, MBAstack. MBA founder Stephen ...

Will we be trekking down to the south of France in June for Cannes? If those silly Europeans don’t stop rubbishing the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine, doubt it. Relations ‘twixt the Brits and French seem to have deteriorated somewhat post-Brexit – ...

South Asian comedians seem to be taking over Britsh ads deploying humour and People Just Do Nothing’s Asim Chaudhry may (or may not) be Pepsico and new agency VCCP’s Walkers replacement for long-serving Gary Lineker. “When life gives you potatoes, ...

Dentsu International merged Vizeum into digital media agency iProspect last year and now it’s produced what (it hopes is) a spanking new identity, describing itself as a “game changing digital-first end to end media agency.” Which, obviously, is just what ...

It was sad on Saturday, to hear about the passing of legendary motor racing commentator Murray Walker at the age of 97. A number of racing drivers referred to his early career in advertising and I thought I should share ...

There’s a something or other day about every day of the year now – which helps to keep the somewhat creaky edifice of advertising, not to mention PR, afloat – but World Down Syndrome Day on March 21 is a ...