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RB (Reckitt Benckiser as was, or maybe still is) is repositioning E45 as “straight up skincare,” away from its medical roots, in a new campaign from Havas. So it’s signed up double boxing champ Nicola Adams, now a professional, to ...

FCB Inferno is wearing its arty trousers for this new film by trendy director Loren Denis for Grant’s whisky. Most whisky ads are meaningless tosh because you can’t mention arguably the most important product benefit but this takes it a ...

The big holding companies have enough on their plate at the moment with growth tailing off globally – especially in North America – and clients suspicious about the practice and delivery of programmatic media buying. But an ongoing worry is ...

BBH is signing off from British Airways – which is headed to Ogilvy as part of a WPP deal – with this star-studded in-flight safety film with Comic Relef and kids’ charity Flying Start. Nicely done even if you’re a ...

When Graham Fink (below), one of the best art directors to have worked in and led a number of London’s top agencies including CDP, Saatchi & Saatchi, GGT and M&C Saatchi, left to become CCO of Ogilvy China six years ...

First of all it looked as though Peter Souter was stepping down as chairman of TBWA in London but now, it seems, he isn’t – both versions according to Campaign. These things happen and Souter (above) is no doubt a ...

The&Partnership has chosen Andre Moreira (below), formerly a global creative director and head of art at Havas, as ECD of its new Team Toyota, the pan-European agency formed to handle Toyota Europe which it won at the end of last ...

Holding company woes get worse with Interpublic shares diving more than ten per cent as it missed its Q2 earnings targets by a sizeable margin. Revenue declined by $32m or one per cent compared to last year. CEO Michael Roth ...

After Grenfell Tower, things will never be the same again. Its charred skeleton stands as a breath-taking symbol of how we treat the most vulnerable members of our society, and of the true impact of ill-considered cost-cutting. It’s time for ...