Tag Archives: covid-19

Looks like Hancock’s Half Hour, the once-daily media briefings on Covid-19, usually hosted by health secretary Matt Hancock, are about to make a comeback – although not about the virus we hope. The Government is reportedly planning to introduce “White ...

Changeis something we’ve seen an awful lot of these past months. Unprecedented change that has been unsettling for all of us – as individuals and as professionals. But however unsettling, such times can also be an eye-opening learning opportunity and ...

Ogilvy is, or was, the biggest agency in WPP’s creative line-up and for WPP CEO Mark Read to achieve his promised “creative transformation” needs to be firing on all cylinders. Its new global CEO to replace long-serving John Seifert (41 ...

WPP’s GroupM reckons the the global advertising economy will lose $70 billion this year, dropping 11.8% (excluding US political advertising) to $517.5bn. With the US Presidential election the drop will be 9.9%. Next year advertising growth is expected to reach ...

What do you miss most in lockdown? For lots of people it’s McDonald’s, judging by the enormous drive-in queues in the UK. Restaurants and cafes are reopening in France so DDB is celebrating the occasion in suitably faux-epic style. More ...

Football’s back with us in the UK, albeit behind closed doors. Saw some of Manchester City and Arsenal last night and it was OK, the “fake” crowd noise didn’t intrude and there seemed to be fewer fouls and other interruptions ...

Nobody yet really knows what the impact of Covid-19 will be on advertising, marketing and media (or, indeed, anything else) but it is certain to be sharp and painful. The UK’s Advertising Association, which these days does a pretty good ...

IPG Mediabrands’ Magna is the latest to unveil its crystal ball (no plurals please) for 2020 and it’s forecasting a 7.2% drop in global adspend with what it calls linear (offline) media tumbling by 16% with digital inching up one ...

Under the sustained pressure of coronavirus, many advertisers and their agency partners have been compelled to adopt new, agile ways of working in partnership. For those still able to trade – from retail to telcos, financial services to home entertainment ...