Politics

Is Donald Trump the man to rein in social media? Given that he seems to operate largely via Twitter this is a strange prospect – but the Donald is threatening Twitter with an un-specified ‘executive order” after it placed a ...

It’s Ramadan in the UK so Tesco is promoting its halal meats with this lively effort from BBH (presumably) as part of its ‘Food Love Stories’ campaign. Predictably it’s provoked a Twitter storm, in large part from people who disapprove ...

By Caroline Davison. Covid-19 may end up being the kick up the backside that we in adland need to get our priorities straight. We’re now realising that the Climate Crisis will affect us all and change our lives beyond recognition. ...

Donald Trump’s gonna love this one: Ford’s ‘Built for America’ from Wieden+Kennedy hymning its patriotic creds and (highly praiseworthy) recent switch of production to manufacture health worker kit amid the virus. A timely spin (Ford goes back to making cars ...

London jobs continue to grow, but other UK cities are closing the gap on job growth in many industries. So, will London continue to dominate UK job sector growth? London has been leading the job growth race for years without ...

Marketing Week’s lively columnist Mark Ritson has suggested the UK government enlist a “dirty dozen” from adland to sort its garbled communications over the switch from “stay home” to “stay alert” as Covid-19 lockdown eases. Some of whom I know ...

International charity WaterAid has appointed Don’t Panic to handle a three to five year campaign to help it bring clean water and associated hygiene to poor and marginalised communities. The agency is currently developing a Coronavirus response campaign showing how ...

Is the political battle over Covid-19 about semantics? Boris Johnson’s UK government is fond of a slogan – ‘Get Brexit Done’ and all that – but now there’s a battle about its shift to ‘Stay Alert’ as the UK moves ...

It’s the 75th anniversary of VE Day (Victory in Europe), celebrated in suitably boisterous fashion at the time as a grateful world bade goodbye to Adolf and his odious cronies. Piccadilly Lights owner Landsec and operator Ocean Outdoor have donated ...