The latest quarterly data from the Advertising Association/WARC Expenditure Report show UK advertising spend rose by 4.3% to £8.5bn between July and September 2022, the ninth consecutive quarter of post-covid growth. The UK ad market is forecast to grow by ...
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Business life, advertising and marketing included, has become exponentially more complicated with snake oil merchants of all descriptions profiting mightily because few of the rest of us have the faintest idea what they’re up to or even talking about. Adtech, ...
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Boom times are back in UK advertising and marketing according to the latest IPA Bellwether survey carried out by Markit. The report, which has been conducted on a quarterly basis since Q1 2000, revealed a net balance of 12.3 per ...
Read More »Can advertising be the motor that gets the struggling UK economy out of first gear?
Marketing communications executive Roger Hyslop says the recent Advertising Association figures about the contribution of advertising and related disciplines to the UK economy show that it can contribute significantly to the growth the UK badly needs. Our industry recently received ...
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