16 May 2013
Mergers and acquisitions are changing as networks look to new technology and emerging markets, Keith Hunt writes.
16 May 2013
WHAT THEY DID Norbury and Bellis-Jones came up with the idea to launch a business selling cardboard boxes to home-movers on behalf of the youth homeless charity Depaul. Profits from the boxes, which feature tales of youth homelessness, go to the charity.
Tell us about this project. We knew traditional...
16 May 2013
Emma Harris, the former sales and marketing director at Eurostar, revealed a shocking statistic at an account management breakfast organised by the IPA earlier this month the average client-agency relationship tenure has apparently dropped in length from seven years and two months in 1984 to just...
14 May 2013
Dare's new chief executive wants to rebuild the agency after big account losses and senior departures. By Maisie McCabe.
09 May 2013
John Tylee charts the history of Nabs, which for a century has strived to support members of the ad industry.
09 May 2013
Laurie Smith reveals how Leo Burnett reached out to inspirational women to help the plight of underprivileged girls.
09 May 2013
Jeremy Lee is a fan of the new Robinsons TV ad: "BBH has managed to make this charming and evocative ad sweet without being saccharine." It was created by Matt Moreland, Chris Clarke, Sarah Hardcastle and Elliott Shiels, and directed by Si Ad through Academy.
The new agency from Danny Brooke-Taylor, Helen Calcraft and Andy Nairn is a case of 'unfinished business', Jeremy Lee discovers.
09 May 2013
As an industry, we’re pretty good at creating ads that ooze self-deprecation and lodge tongues in cheeks.
In fact, we’re masters of it. What we’re not so good at is being able to turn that self-deprecation on to ourselves.
However, every once in a while, it’s rather enjoyable to put a mirror up...
09 May 2013
A commercial for a shower gel got a lot of people into quite a lather when it was aired 19 years ago. And the reason for the fuss? It was the first ad on UK television to feature a woman's nipple.