Agencies

A new year always brings a renewed sense of vigour and purpose. People pledge to do more for themselves; more for others. Maybe that means getting a campaign away for a good cause, or finally getting that side-hustle off the ...

Self-styled ethical video platform Good-Loop, which rewards viewers of online video ads by donating on their behalf to a chosen charity, has raised $1.6m from US investors including David Jones’ brand tech group You & Mr Jones. Good-Loop, founded by ...

Last week we had Wieden+Kennedy’s tasteful debut for the National Trust – followed by some striking print work over the weekend including a Sunday Times magazine wrap – now it’s the agency’s more populist debut campaign for find a tradesperson ...

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 ...

WPP’s David, named after David Ogilvy, is one of the brightest stars in WPP’s somewhat troubled creative firmament, but the Miami-based agency has been hit by a big breakaway including some of the founders, to form indie agency Gut. But ...

Wieden+Kennedy is making its debut for the National Trust – won towards the end of last year – with a year-long online, social and print campaign hymning the National Trust’s role as an oasis of calm in a noisy, hectic ...

One door opening when another closes has (nearly) always been the way in adland although one suspects there are quite a few people waiting for the next door to open as agencies – in the UK and US anyway – ...

Somehow or other Boots is still with us on the struggling British high street although it looks urgently in need of a retread. But people still need pharmacies.. Ogilvy took over the reins from Mother a couple of years ago ...

Good luck to Ofcom’s Sharon White as she takes over as boss of the john Lewis Partnership when the owner of the eponymous department stores reports Christmas like for like sales down two per cent and dispenses with the service ...