Politics

Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries took a break from bashing the BBC and bigging up Boris Johnson to speak at the ad industry’s annual conference about her plans for regulating online advertising. In characteristically upbeat fashion, she offered a rosy picture ...

International sport has got itself into a right old muddle as the various governing authorities chase money to the exclusion of all else. The forthcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing is a classic case it point: China could hardly be more ...

As the waters of ‘partygate’ close around British PM Boris Johnson – can the slippery old boulevardier get away with it again? – this ‘Love Actually’ themed 2019 election ad featuring Johnson seems an entire world away. Pre-Covid for a ...

The UK’s adspend recovery stuttered in Q4 2021 as the Omicron Covid variant sent the country (the medical establishment anyway) into a panic, according to the IPA agency trade body’s latest Bellwether Report. A net balance of +6.1% of companies ...

Into the metaverse now (oh, no..) and, like so many new frontiers, it seems to be taking root (if that’s what metaverses do) in the Far East. First Choice in Thailand is launching what it’s calling the world’s first NFT ...

Purpose is everywhere at the moment – to the delight of some and anything but for growing vocal minority – and the UK’s IPA ad agency trade body has entered the debate with a plea for more robust evidence in ...

There’s been a lot of talk about the number of gambling adverts on UK TV within the past few years. Many feel there are too many advertisements for casinos, betting, bingo, and poker throughout the day – particularly during sporting ...

Purpose may be taking over marketing but it doesn’t have quite so many fans in the financial world. Fund manager Terry Smith, founder of Fundsmith Equity Fund and a big investor in Unilever, says: “Unilever seems to be labouring under ...

Premier League club Arsenal is ditching the famous red on its strip for Saturday’s FA Cup match as part of a campaign – ‘No More Red’ from Iris with Adidas – in response to the horrifying level of teenie knife ...