Creative

What actually happens when you win the UK’s National lottery? You get through to Michelle, who’s just as pleased as you are. The UK is flooded with lotteries for this and that (some dodgy in the extreme) often promoted by ...

Amazon’s roster of agencies – and its advertising budget – seems to be getting bigger all the time. This is MullenLowe London’s first work for Amazon Prime Video, which is currently running in Spain and France. The four ads ramp ...

Publicis Groupe is reorganising its US creative agencies into three groups – east, west and center – with Jem Ripley returning from Capgemini to run east, Andrew Bruce running west and Andrew Swinand center. Publicis agencies include Publicis Worldwide, Leo ...

You may have heard of Huawei (pronounced wah-way), it’s not Donald Trump’s favourite technology company or that of many security types around the world. Trouble is (from their point of view) the Chinese giant has lots of capability others don’t. ...

WPP CEO Mark Read has done his best deal yet, agreeing to sell 60 per cent of research operation Kantar to Bain Capital for £2.5bn, valuing the whole of Kantar at £3.2bn. £1.5bn will go towards reducing WPP’s debt with ...

Out of Home agency Talon has bought Grand Visual, a leading OOH digital creative specialist, plus its ad tech provider QDOT. Grand Visual and QDOT employ 48 people globally across London, New York and a development hub in Montevideo, Uruguay. ...

Here’s a turn up, an engaging humorous ad for a high street shop – do either exist any more (high street shop with a budget)? You have to go to LA by the looks of it in TBWA Chiat Day’s ...

About the only common quality to UK bank advertising is that most people find it irritating – possibly because they’re irritated with banks. Santander at least tries something different – last time out it was faux bank Antandec featuring the ...

Idris Elba is appearing in even more ads than Robert De Niro these days and here he is again for Stella Artois, in an effort from VaynerMedia that seems aimed at the US market. Well he’s got to do something ...