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Purpose is everywhere at the moment – to the delight of some and anything but for growing vocal minority – and the UK’s IPA ad agency trade body has entered the debate with a plea for more robust evidence in ...

Investors seem none too impressed by Unilever’s series of £50bn bids for GSK’s healthcare businesses, the shares (already under pressure) dropping 7% in early trading this morning. Maybe they, like Fundsmith’s Terry Smith, think Unilever should stick to its knitting ...

Find someone who looks at you the way these people look at their Walkers crisps. Set to the song ‘It must be love,’ this ad by VCCP London is shot looking out from the bottom of the bag, so you ...

Bit of thin week although there’s lots going on in adland: creative musical chairs and the odd deal. But this is diverting enough from Engine Creative: RAF Air and Space Operations, no less (didn’t know they were in space.) Recruitment ...

Media independents may be an increasingly rare species these days – the UK’s Goodstuff joined Stagwell a week or so ago – but London-based the7stars is happily ploughing its own furrow. It’s now added UK soft drinks company AG Barr ...

There’s been a lot of talk about the number of gambling adverts on UK TV within the past few years. Many feel there are too many advertisements for casinos, betting, bingo, and poker throughout the day – particularly during sporting ...

Technicolor Creative Services is incorporating venerable production company MPC Advertising into its other big brand The Mill to create what it claims is the biggest suite of VFX, production and experiential marketing studios servicing the ad industry globally. The new ...

Revolut, described as the world’s first global financial “superapp,” has appointed Wieden+Kennedy London as its global ad agency. Revolut launched in the UK in 2015 offering money transfer and exchange. It now has more than 18 million customers around the ...

David Jones’ You & Mr Jones is rebranding to The Brandtech Group, signalling its growth from a start-up six years ago to a group with about $500m in revenue and more than 5,000 employees. Jones, a former CEO of Havas, ...