Tag Archives: covid-19

Is the political battle over Covid-19 about semantics? Boris Johnson’s UK government is fond of a slogan – ‘Get Brexit Done’ and all that – but now there’s a battle about its shift to ‘Stay Alert’ as the UK moves ...

It’s the 75th anniversary of VE Day (Victory in Europe), celebrated in suitably boisterous fashion at the time as a grateful world bade goodbye to Adolf and his odious cronies. Piccadilly Lights owner Landsec and operator Ocean Outdoor have donated ...

Most of us are probably fed up already with WFH commercials via Zoom but some “proper” ads are still being made although the extent varies around the world. Professional creative network Genero has been canvassing hundreds of its members in ...

The pandemic has delivered human, social, and economic costs across the world which will affect us for years to come. According to YouGov, UK consumer confidence has sunk to its lowest level since 2012 and 86 per cent of people ...

Jonathan Haidt thinks everyone who grew up in the UK is weird. That is, we see the world through the lens of a Western, Educated, Industrialised, Rich and Democratic culture. For WEIRD people, morals are mostly confined to the ethics ...

A study in early 2019 found that 77% of brands sold across Europe could disappear tomorrow and people would not care. It’s a pretty brutal reminder that much of the work of the industry in recent years, has failed to ...

Is a faux WFH happy hour/wine time evidence of the resilience of the human spirit or just another sign of how desperate we’re becoming in the lockdown? Kirin-owned Bulleit “frontier” bourbon (think the original maker was German) is aiming squarely ...

A Fishbowl US survey, reported in Agency Spy, shows that advertising and marketing people lead the field when it comes to drinking at home while at “work” in these WFH days – an impressive 49.14%. For once lawyers are beaten ...

Commercial advertising in April 2020 pretty much ground to a halt (with some exceptions): what work there was was Covid-19. Much of it was along the line: we’ve got to do something. But there were two stand-outs, efforts that would ...