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Patrick Collister’s The Directory Big Won has produced its computation of 2015’s top creative award winners and it’s much the same story as before, BBDO the network and BBDO New York ruling the roost. You can read The Drum’s coverage ...

After Droga5’s heroics for ‘The Y’ we’re here for good, again, with Stella Artois, Mother London, production company 1stAveMachine and studio Palma Pictures in a new global campaign aimed at raising money for Water.org. Water.org is a charity supported by ...

Former News of the World editor and UK government communications director Andy Coulson (below) – sentenced to 18 months in jail for his part in the phone hacking scandal that saw the demise of Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World ...

With a campaign of global reach, a brand can still get things wrong in terms of product names, creative, copy and design. With an increase in the roll-out of international campaigns, the risk of causing unintended offence somewhere in the ...

“Do good” has been the mantra of adland for the last couple of years or so, most famously from Ogilvy for Dove and Leo Burnett for Always. Ogilvy Paris trod a similar path for insurer Allianz, trying to save lives ...

Volkswagen is finally dipping a toe in advertising waters following the emissions scandal, sooner than some people thought but, arguably, too late. Here’s an open letter from VW North America boss Michael Horn, apologising for the diesel problem but rather ...

Thames Valley Police isn’t usually an advertiser of note but the boys in blue are tackling the vexed issue of consenting to sex (or, more likely, not) by comparing sexual politics to making tea. All part of its consentiseverything campaign. ...

As if Volkswagen didn’t have enough on its plate, eco warriors Greenpeace are launching a Halloween campaign ‘Trick. No Treat’ targeting the German carmaker over its use of defeat devices to chart emissions testing. Greenpeace campaigner Areeba Hamid says: “This ...

At this time of year you’d expect to find CHI boss Johnny Hornby happily potting pheasants in the country. But Johnny will have a couple of other things in his mind: big client Argos’ warning of a disappointing Christmas and ...