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Channel 4’s Gogglebox programme has become a phenomenon in the UK, with ‘ordinary’ people responding to TV programmes. Some of the ordinaries become celebrities it seems. Here they are again but, instead of looking at a TV programmes they’re admiring ...

Katie Keith (below), who enjoyed the soubriquet ‘first lady’ at top production company Rattling Stick, is joining newly-formed Havas Studios as head of content. She will also be head of production at Havas London. Havas Studios is described as an ...

Does anyone need “hard seltzers,” fruit drinks with alcohol? They seem to be all the rage in the US – or the drinks industry hopes they are – and now Molson Coors is launching Three Fold in the UK with ...

London, or at least London people, seem to be becoming a powerhouse of French-own ad group Havas. Havas Creative global CEO Chris Hirst is installed in Havas’ Kings Cross London ‘village,’ and now UK strategy head Mark Sinnock has been ...

As advertising money pours into digital, agencies find themselves searching for a boat to navigate this torrent and, they hope, make some much-needed money in the process. Sir Martin Sorrell’s Mediamonks and David Jones’ You & Mr Jones have both ...

Big UK supermarket Asda has finally landed at Havas, quite a coup for its newish management tram of Havas Creative global CEO Chris Hirst, London CEO Xavier Rees and CCO Vicki Maguire. Havas beat Publicis Groupe’s Leo Burnett is the ...

Something is stirring at Havas in London, to general surprise it’s up against French rival Publicis for the substantial, if tricky, Asda account – recently departed from AMV BBDO. It’s also grouped some of Havas Media Group’s offerings into Havas ...

Speculation about a merger between French-owned marketing groups Publicis and Havas has re-emerged following a French media report. Havas pre-dates even the venerable Publicis although it’s now owned by Vivendi, controlled by French tycoon Vincent Bolloré (left.) Son Yannick runs ...

Havas, now owned by Vivendi, has reported Q4 2020 and full year figures, coming in towards the bottom of the ad holding companies with full year net revenues down 9.2% at $2.46 billion, compared to pre-pandemic 2019. Full year organic ...