Agencies

It is never uplifting news to lose a major client and in M&C Saatchi’s case the NatWest loss cannot be helpful. They need to win a few decent names plus get some decent creative work out there in the public ...

Looks like comedian Rob Brydon is going to have to give up all that free travel, food and booze courtesy of P&O Cruises. P&O is reported to be reviewing its ad account at agency Founded, which launched ‘This is the ...

Cryptocurrencies are a mystery to many of us (except Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg who’s decided he wants one of his own). Among the issues is the difficulty of trading, it seems. So Blockchain.com and agency Oberland have signed up the ever-reliable ...

M&C Saatchi PLC is having a gruelling time at the moment, forced into a £6.4m provision over too-early revenue recognition and some assets on its balance sheet that aren’t worth what the agency thought they were. It’s re-iterated its profit ...

I started in this industry the very week, as it happens, that Google launched. It was 1998 and the great digital disruption was underway. Agencies were already on the back foot, deep in battle with the research companies like Millward ...

More Rugby World Cup, this time from tournament broadcaster ITV’s ITV Creative ‘Rise to the World Cup’ – featuring some Japanese-style animation. Take it the games are on quite early, which presumably means pubs will be open for breakfast. OK ...

Out of Home is becoming an all-singing and dancing medium in the digital age and UK digital specialist Ocean Outdoor seems to be becoming a sports broadcaster as well, using its giant screens including London’s Piccadilly Lights. Already this year ...

Publicis Groupe has retained the Novartis global media account, reckoned to be worth $600m. The Swiss pharma giant was previously handled by Starcom and now Starcom is combining with Publicis’ new data firm Epsilon in an entity called NovartisONE2. WPP, ...

Live & Wired is the UK’s first dedicated live social content agency, delivering creative, production and talent for brands. Founded by Sophie Kostrowski (right) and Sian Hainsworth, both come from a live television background. Live and Wired aims to combine ...