We examine the biggest trends from the latest census data and how the insight they provide will influence the country's marketers in 2013 and beyond.
A total of £800m of tourism spend is expected to be generated this bank holiday weekend, as a high number of Brits take an overnight trip in the UK instead of venturing abroad, says VisitEngland
Marketing pushes to attract tourists to the UK are not expected to yield an increase in visitors in the period just before the Olympic Games, although numbers during the Games period are expected to be 13% higher.
Virgin Atlantic has submitted an official complaint to the European Commission about the proposed takeover of ailing airline BMI by IAG, in a bid to have the deal blocked.
Thomas Cook is set to shut 200 of its high-street stores, in a move expected to be part of a wider review of the UK business and its brand portfolio.
26 Jan 2007
| by Adam Smith, GroupM
Adam Smith, Group M's futures director, says the WPP agency's outlook in its latest forecast for marketing services is boosted by the Olympic sponsorship which goes live this year.
25 Jan 2007
| by Philip Smith
The recent falls in television and press advertising spending are bottoming out, according to an unusually upbeat Bellwether Report from the IPA.