Finance

A while ago I reported back on the impact Waitrose appears to have on property prices based on searching around the Wiltshire area. This was based on our perception as we travelled around. I’ve just come across an article from ...

The UK finally has a new bank, the cornerstone of the Government’s banking policy, although it’s arrived rather by accident. Lloyds Banking Group was told by the EU to get rid of 632 branches as punishment for being helped out ...

Twitter is proving a surprisingly strong competitor in the social media ad world and it’s improved its position somewhat by agreeing to buy mobile advertising company MoPub for an estimated $300m plus in Twitter shares. Twitter is expected to seek ...

Michael Lee is a former ECD of Euro RSCG New York, handling Volvo worldwide. Born in England, he spent 20 years in New York agencies winning and working on integrated accounts including Intel, JP Morgan, Exxon Mobil and Jaguar. In ...

Here’s one of Droga5’s first spots for Motorola’s new Moto X smartphone, and very American it is too. The new phone, the first to be released by Motorola since the company was bought by Google, majors on easy access and, ...

I suppose congratulations to WPP are in order after it decided to offer paid internships at its leading London ad agencies and design companies as part of D&AD’s Young Blood initiative. But the truth is that it’s a scandal such ...

There’s a new kid on the block in the burgeoning agency search business, Flock Associates set up earlier this year by former Saatchi & Saatchi EMEA and Aegis Europe boss Simon Francis (left). Flock has been hired to handle the ...

Rightly or wrongly there’s been a perception that Omnicom has been a touch sleepy in the media stakes, certainly in comparison to its hyperactive rivals WPP and, in digital media anyway, Publicis Groupe. Now, of course, Publicis Groupe is trying ...

Is M&S heading towards the brand iceberg? The Titanic link is a mental vision for me of trouble ahead and I’m wondering if the folk on the bridge are looking the right way. They claimed the Titanic could never sink ...