Agencies

The LTA (Lawn Tennis Association) has appointed The&Partnership and independent media agency The Kite Factory to handle its marketing and advertising. Creativebrief advised on the pitch. The LTA runs tennis in the UK, although not the high profile Wimbledon tournament, ...

WPP’s part-owned Johannes Leonardo has certainly brought something new to the Volkswagen creative party in the US and here’s its latest for the VW Atlas sport, the replacement for the Touareg in the US. Are people beginning to feel guilty ...

The Land Rover Defender is its old base model, much prized by hill farmers driving round their muddy domains. The eagerly-awaited new version starts at well north of £40,000 so it’s presumably aimed at a rather different market. Saw one ...

New boss Sharon White is wasting no time trying to revive John Lewis & Partners and the troubled retailer is launching its first Spring TV campaign, a product-focussed effort from adam&eveDDB showcasing its new customer-friendly offerings (cookery classes, in-store stylists) ...

James Murphy, David Golding and creative chief Ian Heartfield have taken some stick in certain quarters for the white male line-up of their eagerly awaited new agency (set to launch in May) but they’ve remedied things somewhat with Charlotte Prince ...

WPP AUNZ, a giant in the Australian market although it’s been struggling recently, is launching a good old NPD company called (lower case as always these days, if somewhat inappropriately) big. NPD (new product development) has gone rather out of ...

If we all end up in self-isolation there will be plenty of hours in the day to cook, so this reminder to stock up on Lurpak is well-timed — unlike poor KFC’s finger-licking campaign. “Where There Are Cooks, There Is ...

What is stress really doing to our work? The epidemic of stress in advertising is often discussed as a purely moral or ethical dilemma. And we should certainly focus on ensuring we have healthy and happy people. But what if ...

Mark Elwood has presided over some strong creative work at MullenLowe, particularly the “We are the NHS” campaign, but he’s moving to Leo Burnett to take up the same role, reporting to CCO Chaka Sobhani. Elwood’s departure comes only a ...