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It’s brave of Guinness and agency AMV to venture back onto ‘Surfers’ territory, the famous ad from director Jonathan Glazer that won every award going about ten years ago. Well here’s a taster of the new campaign that features swirling ...

Two years ago or so Omnicom shelled out a maximum £60m for London indie agency Adam & Eve (of John Lewis fame, itself a breakaway from Y&R). A&E was merged with DDB in London, one of the key Omnicom agency ...

Havas-owned BETC is one of the brighter sparks on the London agency scene (and huge in Paris, of course) and it’s taken a further step up by hiring Crispin Butler (left) from AMV/BBDO as head of account management. AMV/BBDO has ...

The world’s most shagorifically expensive TV shoot. Part Two. All too soon it was time to hit the road for “The Other Merida” in the north of Venezuela. The scenery was stunning, the climate was perfect, the people were charming, ...

Here’s a teaser for Guinness’s new ad, ‘Paint The Town Black,’ for St Patrick’s Day (Sunday March 17). Well it looks like fun, not to say mayhem. I always love the bit on the end: ‘Drink Responsibly’ or whatever. I’ve ...

After a long and challenging week (with not that much going on) it’s nice to get a new ad from Guinness and agency AMV/BBDO. Guinness advertising has left me bemused for years; I now see that the famous Jonathan Glazer ...

Outdoor advertising (or out of home as we should call it these days) is a booming sector with digital this and that all over the place on top of conventional billboards. Poster giant Clear Channel and enterprising UK trade publication ...

The new Guinness ‘Cloud’ ad, which we castigated here last week doesn’t seem to have too many supporters, but a number of people have challenged my comment that the famous ‘Surfers’ ad by Jonathan Glazer had bugger all to do ...

Former AMV stalwart Peter Souter has wasted no time in his mission to revive TBWA London, hiring award-winning duo Walter Campbell (left) and Sean Doyle who used to star at his former agency. The veteran duo’s gongs include a hatful ...