Politics
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Brands in the front line over Ukraine
Brands are in the front line everywhere these days it seems and this installation – officially sanctioned presumably – has…
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Pandemic recovery boosts UK adspend to record £31.9 billion
The UK ad market reached a record £31.9bn in 2021, equating to growth of 34.3% year-on-year. The latest AA/WARC full…
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Has Piers Morgan the staying power to make Talk TV a success?
It takes quite a lot to make us warm to Donald Trump (actually warm is a bit strong) but here…
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New Twitter owner Elon Musk becomes the ultimate media power broker
Elon Musk is buying Twitter for $44bn (with a third of the money coming from banks) but it’s far from…
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Ukraine war hits Omnicom hard but US giant still posts impressive Q1 2022 growth
Omnicom grew strongly in the first quarter of 2022 with organic growth up 11.9%, ahead of rival Publicis with 10.5%.…
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Post-Covid UK adspend rising says IPA but there are plenty of clouds on the horizon
Total UK marketing budgets were revised up to an almost eight-year high during the opening quarter of 2022, according to…
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Why Channel 4 privatisation is a process of Discovery
The UK government has finally pressed the starting gun on the privatisation of broadcaster Channel 4, even though virtually no-one…
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Ciesco: M&A booms in early Q1 2022 but falls back in March
Specialist M&A firm Ciesco reports a 17% volume increase in deal activity in the first quarter of 2022, with the…
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IPA says 88% of Brits support brand action in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
When asked, “Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in what ways do you think it is appropriate for companies and…
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