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The UK’s ASA ad regulation body is looking into Sainsbury’s Christmas effort – ‘The Big Night’ – to decide if its brief scene with a boy dressed as a plug is likely to persuade the nation’s children to plug themselves ...

High end winter clothing company Canada Goose has appointed Droga5 London to handle its global account. D5 CSO Dylan Williams says: “Canada Goose is a growing global brand that is focusing its efforts on honouring the arctic north. We are ...

Who’d be an ad executive these days? Your clients don’t like you (even the ones who think you’re OK think you’re charging to much), you’re accused of sexism and harassment on a regular basis and if you’re a really unlucky ...

Much huffing and puffing over this new ad from Philip Morris – ‘hold my light’ – using a Mission Impossible set-up to persuade people to switch from smoking to vaping. Or maybe do both. Well why not? Hypocritical maybe as ...

DDB global CEO Wendy Clark has resigned from Time’s Up, an organisation pledged to combat harassment and inequality at work, after admitting that she engaged former Droga5 CCO as a freelance to work on the ongoing VW global pitch. Royer ...

DDB global CEO Wendy Clark (below) finds herself in unexpected and highly disagreeable hot water over the agency’s use of former Droga5 CCO Ted Royer as a freelance on its big global VW pitch. Royer, one of the most high ...

San Francisco agency Erich & Kallman has created a two-minute plus public service announcement where US television host Mike Rowe gets an actual prostate exam from his real doctor on camera. The spot, for non-profit ZERO – The End of ...

ITV, the traditional home for ads for sugary drinks and choccie bars, is teaming with Veg Power, an alliance of producers and retailers, to launch a new TV campaign – with donated airtime worth £2m – in January. Adam&eveDDB has ...

Peter Brown is CEO of CRM agency Prophecy Unlimited, based in Bristol. Prophecy Unlimited, the result of a merger between EMO Unlimited and The Real Adventure employs 200 people on clients including Toyota, Costa, Danone and BMW. Unlimited Group, now ...