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We’re all used to seemingly disposable tech but it’s interesting that some people anyway are turning away from it, with companies like Back Market offering to renew the stuff. Was going to buy a recent-ish iPhone for someone the other ...

The ad business, like most people who aren’t fortunate enough to produce raw energy or weapons, is facing a more than testing 2023. The media is no exception and, just like our bigger rivals, MAA has to chart its way ...

Stef Calcraft’s excursions into the media world since he left Mother, the agency he co-founded after a career as a senior client, have been interesting. First he became executive chairman of Dentsu Aegis Network UK (mainly but not exclusively media ...

WPP has bought its second influencer agency in a week, buying social influencer agency Obviously hard on the heels of Goat. Obviously will join WPP’s VMLY&R network. Founded by Mae Karwowski and Maxime Domain in 2014, Obviously’s clients include Google, ...

As the world reaches a pivotal moment in climate change and the future of Britain’s wildlife hangs in the balance, Ocean Outdoor is to support 13 environmental charities under its Drops In The Ocean programme. Two leading UK conservation organisations, ...

Do creative agency billings matter? Or, in the era of project work and all sorts of ancillary activities – customer experience is the current fave – is income all that matters? If it is, it’s hard to get a steer ...

WPP has joined the Media Freedom Cohort, comprising the likes of Associated Press, The New York Times, Microsoft, Google, BBC Media Action, Free Press Unlimited and more than 25 governments “to advance media freedom.” The Media Freedom Cohort was established ...

Easter seems to be becoming a half-year sales event so it’s doubtless important, lots of small businesses in tourist destinations depend on it to get their hard-pressed tills ringing. Supermarkets hardly fall into this category but they’re just as eager ...

GroupM UK and EMEA CEO Josh Krichefski is the new president of the UK’s IPA agency trade body and his mantra for his two-year term is: “Let’s support a resilient, thriving and mentally healthy workforce.” Krichefski (above) wants to attract ...