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It must seem like some sort of curse has fallen on the C-Suite at the old Y&R HQ at the Black Cat factory in London’s Camden district. Barely a couple of months ago the UK leaders of Y&R CEO Paul ...

Mercedes is launching a new version of its GLE SUV – doubtless a fine car but one which somehow fails to quicken the pulses – and it’s going for family appeal (if you’re a pretty well-off family.) So we have ...

TimeTo, which aims to end sexual harassment in the ad industry, is at it again: this time another ad from Lucky Generals warning about the perils of the office party. Or any seasonal high jinks presumably. Now you’d have to ...

Amazon’s UK Christmas ad from Lucky Generals seems to be one of the best performers even though it’s little more than heaps of Amazon deliveries to a winning soundtrack. Maybe other advertisers try too hard? WPP agency Hudson Rouge seems ...

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 ...

Must be at peak Artificial Intelligence surely? Well, at least in terms of people talking about it. It’s one of those subjects I’ve read copious column inches on, yet still know alarmingly very little about. Will it take our jobs? ...

German discounter Lidl is taking a cheeky Christmas swipe at upmarket stalwarts Waitrose and M&S with a poster campaign from TBWA saying its Christmas puddings and mince pies are better and cheaper. Situated outside Waitrose and M&S stores.

It was probably always a matter of when not if: adam&eve founders James Murphy and David Golding are following fellow founders Ben Priest and Jon Forsyth out of the now Omnicom-owned agency. The two plan to set up again, probably ...

TV marketing body Thinkbox’s ‘3 great ads I had absolutely nothing to do with’ is an entertaining series. Whether or not it persuades clients and media agencies that they should be on TV – being brave – is another matter. ...