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The World Economic Forum’s annual gathering at Davos is a lot more low-key this year. No Biden, Johnson, Macron or any big world leaders, and a-listers like Angelina Jolie, who have made appearances in the past, are staying away too. ...

B&Q is backing up its new “Change. Made easier” line, introduced in its recent house flipping ad, with a series of posters promoting the ease and convenience of its online offering. Uncommon’s stylish OOH and print campaign shows mobile phones ...

Transport for London’s new Elizabeth line is already getting plenty of publicity. There’s some genuine excitement about its launch, especially from Londoners far out west and east who are hoping better connections will deliver a house price boon. VCCP’s contribution ...

After a spell as a laughing stock for dropping all its vowels in a rebranding exercise, Abrdn (formerly Standard Life Aberdeen) has now resumed business as usual and is once again seen as a regular investment company. Now Abrdn has ...

Fresh from selling out to Dutch group Candid, Creature London is back in Britain with a campaign for VisitBlackpool that features a seagull called Nigel, voiced by Lancashire comedian Johnny Vegas. Nigel is given the task of levelling up Blackpool, ...

Apple is weaponising the online privacy wars – already to the cost of Facebook owner Meta – and its latest campaign is pillorying so-called “data brokers” and their auctions, where what you thought was private is traded. Isn’t the internet ...

WPP’s Ogilvy has won another network of the year gong, from The One Show to add to its creative agency of the year award from WARC. It’s the fourth time Ogilvy has won The One Show accolade since its inception ...

Agency finder platform Sortlist has been doing something else useful by totting up the amounts spent on Facebook and Instagram owner Meta over the past four years and, surprise, surprise, it’s the politicos up near the top. It’s candidates in ...

It’s that other Cannes Film Festival on now and the greats and would-be-greats of Hollywood and beyond can enjoy three new flavours of Unilever’s Magnum ice lollies – some people have all the luck. Titled ‘Magnum Shows the World that ...