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The UK’s National Lottery is running an interesting campaign showing some of the things it supports, a change from exhorting us to buy a ticket and get rich. This seems to have come from TNL’s “content” box rather than advertising, ...

The Croc ECD Nick Watmough has successfully led campaigns for brands including Ford, Sony Mobile, Lucozade and many more. He has also held senior positions at agencies Ogilvy, Digitas and Publicis Sapient and worked at Sky Creative. Desert Island Ads ...

New Ogilvy CEO Andy Main’s team have landed a pretty big one: global lead agency for Swedish vodka brand Absolut. Absolut, now majoring on sustainability, is known for its advertising, latterly much of it through BBH, working at various times ...

It’s the BBC’s charity fundraiser Red Nose Day tonight and Leo Burnett has been selected to carry the torch into 2022, building on the event’s “Funny is Power” platform. Comic Relief head of marketing and media Jo Cullen says: “The ...

We all know the pandemic’s impact on the advertising industry has been tough, and the IPA 2020 census figures are here to prove it. Staff numbers have fallen by 10.8 per cent to 22,188 in 2020, with media agencies (down ...

You take on Apple at your peril but Intel, about to lose its position as supplier of Mac processors, has entered the lists with a campaign featuring actor Justin Long, who appeared batting for Apple in its famous ‘I’m a ...

Assuming we ever get rid of lockdowns (not a racing certainty) one of the enduring consequences will be thousands of newly-acquired pampered pets. My neighbourhood is awash with cockapoo puppies having to share lamp posts (dognappers please don’t read this.) ...

Influencers love to claim that they are “authentic” and hard-working but they haven’t been doing themselves any favours lately. First they get caught sneaking off to lockdown-free Dubai, and now the ASA has exposed them for failing to declare ads ...

2021 may well see the mergers and acquisitions market take off in what used to be adland after a quiet 2020 (for obvious reasons.) But it doesn’t seem to be creative agencies or media independents being snapped up, rather digital ...