We’re asking the great and good of adland to choose their best ads of 2016. The deal is you can pick one of your own if you choose three (the max). First off is Matt Charlton, CEO of Brothers and ...
Read More »Snapfax: the nation’s top hates are revealed
Another week done and dusted, another huge sack of shredded paper heading off to the recycling bin, Snapfax fans. Once again, we’ve been satisfying the voracious appetite of our fax machine fed from the internet, which is in turn attached ...
Read More »Snapfax: the top five shreds of the week
Welcome back, Snapfax fans – those of you who can’t get enough of our fax machine fed from the internet and attached to a single shredder, to discover who are this week’s favourite shreds. This week, we have taken a ...
Read More »Brothers and Sisters’ Matt Charlton: advertising begins to learn the true cost of Brexit
Finally data is emerging that should put the fear of God into adland and the the UK a whole. Omnicom UK (below) managed organic growth of five per cent in Q3. Deduct the currency bounce as the money is converted ...
Read More »Exclusive! Brothers and Sisters unveils marriage of new and old tech with Snapfax
Is there a better bellwether of public opinion that what they wish to shred? And so this week and on an ongoing basis we will peer into the highly sophisticated data feed that is provided by Snapfax, a Fax Machine ...
Read More »Brothers and Sisters uncorks a cracker for Pearl & Dean
Here’s another ‘unsung hero’ of the movie business forom Brothers and Sisters for cinema advertising contractor Pearl & Dean. Pearl & Dean, with its iconic music, is still synonymous with the great age of cinema and B&S has produced an ...
Read More »Sky Sports fails to thrill as David Beckham launches Premier League coverage
One of the troubles with using David Beckham is that you end up making a David Beckham commercial – regardless of what he’s promoting. Last year Brothers and Sisters’ welcome to the new Premier League season (yes, it’s coming around ...
Read More »Matt Charlton: why you will never be a great agency without great account management
When I ran Modernista! in the US I got rid of the account management department. It was a huge mistake on reflection. Huge. Here’s why. I have a view that the most successful companies rarely make stuff. Often the real ...
Read More »Lemon takes to the Alps for a Carphone upgrade
When I occasionally mention that I like the Carphone Warehouse Keith Lemon campaign some people seem to think whatever reason they once credited me for has left town. Here’s the latest effort from Brothers and Sisters with Keith in the ...
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