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Havas UK has reaffirmed its commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion with the appointment of a new DE&I (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion) executive committee and the launch of a new charter, setting out the business’ commitments over the next five ...

What we might call institutional ‘wokeness’ has claimed another victim, Richards Group founder and creative director Stan Richards, 87, has, in his own words, “fired himself” after being clocked saying a Motel 6 ad was “too black.” He’s said he ...

The good news for Publicis Groupe is that it cut it losses in the third quarter of 2020, losses in terms of organic growth which is the only measure of ad holding companies analysts and investors tend look at. Organic ...

Mindshare global CEO Nick Emery (below) is the latest senior adland figure to fall foul of changing mores, fired by GroupM owner WPP for an unspecified “clear breach of conduct.” GroupM CEO Christian Juhl, who’s taking over as interim boss ...

Leagas Delaney has won lots of awards in its time but contributing to a Nobel Prize is something special. Longstanding client the World Food Programme (WFP) has won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize for its contribution to bettering conditions for ...

Covid-19 looks like it will be the defining issue of the US presidential election and anti-Trump Republican group The Lincoln Project isn’t pulling any punches in its latest ad. Essentially they’re saying Trump could have stopped (some of) 200,000 deaths ...

HSBC is back with a new TV campaign – ‘The New Different’ – from Wunderman Thompson featuring long-serving Richard Ayoade, backed by a Covid-style spin on its striking Out of Home and print efforts. Head of brand marketing Sarah Mayall ...

We may have to review our post-lockdown creativity category at some stage as so-called “local” lockdowns (some involving large chunks of various countries, big cities especially) creep upon us. But lockdown is the backdrop of much of the advertising we ...

Adweek’s Agency Spy has been digging through the New York Times revelations about Donald Trump’s income and tax affairs (his accountants seem to have got there before Apple, Google and Facebook) and discovered he’s made quite a lot from appearing ...