Tag Archives: Trevor Beattie

Creative agency BMB has appointed Matt Pam and Simon Hipwell as creative directors (below). The duo will report to CCO Jules Chalkley. Both have held senior creative positions in agencies including BBH, M&C Saatchi and CHI & Partners. Most recently ...

In yesterday’s Sunday Times there was a pull-out section in association with Debrett’s. It listed Britain’s 500 most influential people and one of the categories listed was advertising. The introduction said “Debrett’s…. has carried out exhaustive research among the most ...

I’ve just read a story written by a female journalist about the new Bridget Jones book where she reminisces about life as a scribbler back in the days when Bridget was a singleton. It got me thinking about the status ...

The next UK General Election is still the best part of two years away – assuming the coalition government between Tories and Lib Dems lasts that long – but Campaign reports that the Labour Party (still the likeliest next government ...

Trevor Beattie of London agency BMB reckons ads in the future will be about five seconds, Twitter’s Vine seems to be doing quite nicely with its six seconds or less vids. Droga5 in New York is showing what you can ...

US DIY retailer Lowe’s and agency BBDO New York are suing Twitter’s new Vine six-second video mobile downloads to run a campaign about DIY. Do-it-yourself is a mystery to many of us (ie me) but I suppose this shows you ...

Well we’re all for a bit of cheeky advertising and marketing but when you call your soft drink Pussy and run a campaign saying “The drink’s pure, it’s your mind that’s the problem,” and the ad gets banned (by the ...

Trevor Beattie, the founder of Beattie McGuinness Bungay, did a turn at the Advertising Week Europe conference today at which he announced that 30, 60 and any other second ad above five was a waste of time and space – ...