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Yesterday was so-called “Freedom Day” in the UK when all the remaining Covid-19 lockdown restrictions were supposed to be scrapped – except, of course, they haven’t been. Dithering PM Boris Johnson (every time he makes his mind up some senior ...

Samsung is one of the biggest companies in the world with a marketing budget to match (estimated at $7bn some time ago.) So why can’t it produce any decent ads? This one’s from The Community plugging its Olympic sponsorship by ...

The big ad holding cmpanies will be revealing their half time 2021 numbers soon so it’s no surprise when a missive from Sir Martin Sorrell’s S4 Capital pings in. This time it’s to tell us that the digital-first group is ...

Aston Martin has had a somewhat chequered debut as a public company and new F1 entrant but, under the part-ownership of Canadian businessman Laurence Stroll (his son is one of the F! drivers) it’s making a plucky attempt to get ...

A new feature and what better way to kick things off than 4Creative’s “trailer” for Channel 4’s coverage of the Paralympics – ‘Super. Human.’ From creative team Scott Taylor and Andy Shrubsole, directed by Bradford Young. Not everyone gets the ...

As large parts of northern Europe (Belgium, Holland, Germany) disappear under flood tides (we had them in London earlier in the week) saving the dear old planet from the (supposed) effects of climate change is on more people’s minds. Less ...

Marcoms group MSQ has raided Deloitte Digital for two leaders for its North America division. The London-based group has hired Aaron Lang as the first president of MSQ North America. Lang joins the business from Deloitte Digital, where he was ...

The new business machine that is New Commercial Arts rumbles on: now it’s won charity Alzheimer’s Society following a competitive AAR pitch. In its short life NCA has won Halifax, Moneysupermarket, Vodafone international, Uber and Zurich customer experience and a ...

An Emmy nomination has got to be a big thrill for an ad agency, and this year Lucky Generals — the only UK agency in the running — can proudly boast that it stands alongside actors like Hugh Grant, Ewan ...