Finance

Sir Martin Sorrell’s new S4 Capital is advertising for a legal internship (paid we hope) and candidates should be university law students, “fluent in Dutch, English and legalese.” S4’s MediaMonks is headquartered in the Netherlands. They should also be “discreet ...

A Publicis Groupe combo of Starcom and SapientRazorfish has won Fiat Chrysler Automobiles’ media account, said to be the biggest to move in North America this year. Starcom beat incumbent UM and Omnicom’s Hearts & Science to the business. It ...

I’ve been in the ad biz since Genghis Khan invented the USP. So, consequently, I’ve been around the track a few times and I wish I had a dollar, or a quid, for every time I’ve been told by people ...

One of the more diverting aspects of choosing our Agencies of the Year in 2018 is wondering if the contenders will still be around next year (one of them certainly won’t be.) So let’s crack on with it. This year ...

Political uncertainly mixes with a real excitement for change as Out of Home undergoes genuine transformation: new players, new data platforms and new opportunities. By Nick Mawditt Out of Home is an industry unquestionably in the spotlight. The arrival of ...

WPP’s share price carried on inching forward this morning, showing that investors are willing to give CEO Mark Read the benefit of the doubt in the wake of various cost cuts and organisational changes announced yesterday. Read (below) disappointed a ...

WPP CEO Mark Read will meet shareholders later today but he’s prepared the ground with a statement promising “radical evolution,” a (slightly) trimmed down WPP that will cost £300m over the next three years but aim to deliver annual savings ...

It’s arguably the biggest week of the year for the ad business (and many others of course) with a crucial Parliamentary vote on Theresa May’s Brexit plan due tomorrow (Tuesday) although it’s this column’s view that the Government may yet ...

It’s been a good year for Lucky Generals with loads of work from Amazon and now the majority Omnicom owned agency has won Co-op Group. Co-op’s last major creative agency was Leo Burnett. Lucky Generals will handle Co-op’s food, funerals, ...