WPP, the owner of JWT and AKQA, has made a number of digital investments, including taking a stake in the micro-blogging platform Muzy and putting money into the YouTube network Fullscreen.
Leo Burnett Worldwide has promoted James Kirkham, a managing partner at the digital agency Holler in the UK, to the new position of global head of social and mobile, as it combines its social and mobile divisions.
Lean Mean Fighting Machine has picked up a global digital brief from Unilever, the owner of Flora, to promote the margarine category.
Douwe Egberts, the Dutch coffee brand, has appointed Arnold KLP to its £4 million UK integrated ad account.
Land Rover, the British car brand owned by the Indian company Tata Motors, is seeking an agency to handle its CRM business in the UK.
Emirates is in the early stages of reviewing its global media arrangements, estimated to be worth £100 million.
The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) is seeking a creative agency to deliver the follow-up work to its "targeting benefit thieves" campaign.
The Village Communications and The Red Brick Road have been appointed to launch Talent Backer, a website that will use crowd-funding to help people with a "talent" to finance their pursuits.
Nando's, the Portuguese-themed restaurant chain, has appointed 101 to a global brand consultancy brief.
Goodyear Dunlop Tyres has hired the Omnicom-owned digital marketing agency Critical Mass to handle its social media community management, strategy and creative across EMEA.