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I haven’t been to Harrods, the posh Knightsbridge store in London, for decades, ever since it fell into the grip of the ghastly ‘king of bling’ Mohamed Fayed. But he’s gone, thank goodness, and the fun-packed emporium is saying.. it’s ...

TBWA London has hired Richard Stainer (left) from BBH, where he had a brief stint as managing director of BBH New York. Stainer replaces Lindsey Evans, former president, who departed in the summer. TBWA has had more CEOs than you ...

There’s a long-running series on BBC1 called New Tricks which features a gang of old ‘tecs (played by the likes of Amanda Redman, James Bolam, Dennis Waterman and other stalwarts of the small screen) teamed up to solve old unsolved ...

In amongst endless mergers and management changes TBWA London has had its glory days, most notably when Trevor Beattie, now of Beattie McGuinness Bungay, was ruling its creative roost. Its most famous campaign was Eva Herzigova for Wonderbra. Now, under ...

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 ...

TBWA London is a funny one; the old Euro-style TBWA (three of the partners were from Europe, Bill Tragos wasn’t) never cut it in London, then the Omnicon-owned agency bought Simons Palmer (result), then it bought GGT (bad result, GGT ...

Picking sports winners for your ads is notoriously difficult and GlaxoSmithKline has committed a vintage howler in choosing British sprinter Marlon Devonish to front its campaign plugging its role as the official drugs tester at the imminent London Olympics. Sprinter ...

And we shouldn’t ignore digital giant AKQA either, which shares Nike creative duties with Wieden+Kennedy. A few weeks ago we suggested that Adidas, a tier one World Cup sponsor, was looking for an agency “to kill Nike,” which regularly disrupts ...

UK computer games retailer Game Group (which also operates the Gamestation brand) is in trouble, set to lose £18m this year and trying to sell its 600 UK stores in a last-minute bid to rescue the business. Which means more ...