Finance

The new world we’re living in is uncharted territory for consumers and brands. Consumers are cautious and scared, looking for advice but only getting short-term ‘guidelines’ and brands are scrambling around in the dark trying to do the right thing ...

There’s another new agency on the blocks – Trouble Maker formed by Jonathan Fraser, Adam Clarkson, Jonny Grum, and CEO Simon Hankin – and it’s starting with a global client, Peroni Nastro Azzurro. Peroni moves from WPP’s Wunderman Thompson. l/r ...

S4 Capital’s Sir Martin Sorrell (below) has been speaking at CogX, described as the “global leadership summit and festival for A1 and breakthrough technology” (better than going to Cannes obviously.) Here are some of the highlights: The End of Print: ...

The ad business in the US is panicking mightily over proposed privacy legislation in California, forcing companies to allow consumers to opt out of the sale of their data – worldwide. At the moment opt out requests can be ignored ...

Change will do you good, according to Sheryl Crow. She’s right! And just as this reference belongs to another era, so do the old ways of working in advertising. Think about how anchored the ad industry has always been to ...

London-based awards scheme and charity D&AD (originally Designers & Art Directors) is cutting back amid the pandemic and CEO Patrick Burgoyne (left), a former editor of respected journal Creative Review, is leaving. COO Dara Lynch is taking over with chairman ...

Latest data from Ada shows the UK population are returning to Out of Home with roadside traffic now at pre-lockdown levels in some regions. Talon Outdoor has reported the latest findings from its proprietary Out of Home data management platform ...

Newly-anointed BBC director general Tim Davie (how long will it be until he’s called CEO?) certainly has stamina: a seasoned marathon runner and someone who’s ridden out a turbulent decade at the Beeb. Davie (above) is still defined for many ...

Timing is (almost) everything in launching a start-up, often crises like Covid-19 create opportunities for some: James Murphy and David Golding’s New Commercial Arts in the UK for example – every agency looks as big as the next on Zoom. ...