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Famed film director Ridley Scott has returned to advertising with a vengeance and now Ridley Scott Creative Group – which includes RSA Films, Scott Free, Black Dog Films and Darling Films – is opening in Amsterdam, led by former Wieden+Kennedy ...

Agency brands are disappearing. WCRS is no more, 101 is long gone, and Fallon is almost entirely subsumed into Leo Burnett. Meanwhile, over at WPP, JWT is merging with Wunderman, and Y&R with VML. Is this erosion inevitable? Creativebrief invited ...

Engine is starting to rise as an entity in its own right from the ashes of WCRS, Partners Andrews Aldridge et al. The first Moneysupermarket work has just launched, and the agency recently won a global piece of business with ...

This is a very cool car ad. As Audi’s new R8 sports car glides nonchalantly through town, everyone gets excited, causing havoc as they try to get a good look. Taxis, truckers, families, friends, an ice cream van, a police ...

We wrote about the thinking behind Engine’s first campaign for Moneysupermarket earlier, and now we can finally view the film. It wasn’t really worth the wait. The plan was to move on from the brand fame work that Mother did ...

Adam&eveDDB has won Virgin Media, previously with BBH. The last round was between A&E and David Abraham’s new agency Wonderhood Studios it seems. Virgin Media departed DDB London in 2011 and this was one of the triggers for Omnicom/DDB buying ...

More International Women’s Day, this time a stylish campaign by Havas from UN Women Global Innovation Coalition for Change (GICC) featuring female innovators including Amy Williams, founder of ethical advertising platform Good Loop; Dr Christyl Johnson, the first African-American deputy ...

Talon, the UK’s biggest independent Out of Home agency, has bought the OOH business of Grandesign, the US’ second-largest independent in the sector. Grandesign’s traditional offices in San Diego, Denver, St. Louis, Los Angeles and Atlanta will take the Talon ...

Ford Motor Company has joined the trend to in-housing with the appointment of Unlimited Group to handle dealer marketing support for all UK dealers with a new on-site agency at its head office. The new team will drive innovation and ...