The Very Group, the UK’s largest integrated digital retailer and financial services provider, has appointed Grey London as its creative agency following a competitive pitch. The brief covers Very.co.uk, the group’s largest and fastest growing brand, and Littlewoods.com. Launching in autumn 2020, the first campaigns will cover multiple channels including digital, experiential and ATL in […]
After a closely contested multi-agency pitch, WPP’s VMLY&R India has been appointed the Agency-on-Record (AOR) for Colgate-Palmolive’s digital communication business. The agency’s scope will encompass digital campaign planning, creative thinking, social listening and establishing Colgate-Palmolive’s leadership position in the categories of Oral Care and Personal Hygiene in India, across all digital platforms. The new win will […]
Mars Petcare and AMV BBDO have launched Pet Health Pal, a new free online tool to answer dog and cat owners’ questions and concerns about their pets’ health during the current pandemic. AMV BBDO created a bot in partnership with the research and development centre, the Waltham Petcare Science Institute, which answers users’ questions via […]
Mobile advertising specialist focuses on client support and cross-channel sales to promote its co-managed service
Mobile-first advertising company TabMo, has appointed three new team members to support the increased use of its Hawk platform. This includes the managed and self-serve options, as well as a growth in the number of agencies and advertisers signing up to the unique co-managed trading model. TabMo’s hybrid offering complements its managed and self-service solutions; clients […]
Third Foundation – a tech start-up empowering modern marketers to effectively utilise Artificial Intelligence (AI) – has welcomed another senior appointment to the board as the business continues to expand. Kevin Cunningham joins the Leeds firm – which was established in the summer of 2019 – as chief commercial officer. His arrival signals further growth […]
Revamping of a ‘clinical’ product to an aspirational wellness one is set to drive behaviour change and preserve the health of global society Anti-bacterial ’cocoons’ and antiviral mist-dispensing doorbells among futuristic concepts developed by innovation and design agency Echo
Design and innovation agency Echo has reimagined hand sanitation with three concept designs that showcase how personal hygiene will evolve – both within the public domain and in the personal abode – in a post-coronavirus landscape. The innovation team predicts that the pandemic will see an imminent radical design overhaul of the category – previously […]
Cheil and Korean National Police Agency created a packaging tape carrying information on 28 long-term missing children
On International Missing Children’s Day (May 25), Cheil Worldwide and Korean National Police Agency (KNPA) announced the launch of HOPE TAPE campaign to help find long-term missing children. In South Korea, 661 children have been missing for over one year, and 638 of those have been missing for more than five years. Cheil created a […]
By Richard Williams, Chairman, Williams Murray Hamm
When lockdown happened, I imagined that everything was going to hell in a handcart and I’d cling on to things I knew and trusted. A metaphorical reaching out for the banister rail. In fact, I’ve done the opposite. BBC Radio has been the first casualty. I never want to hear a politician ever again, so […]
In the latest mini-documentary film for cybersecurity brand Kaspersky by Beta Alliance, 6 families are asked to debate the real-world consequences and ethics of having their bodies changed by technology
Beta Alliance, part of the Forever Beta Group, has brought together two of the world’s foremost bioethics and AI experts, one a self-proclaimed “Mad Scientist”, to introduce ideas for how humanity augmented by technology could change the world to three regular families. Imagine Beyond: What If? from Forever Beta on Vimeo. The short documentary includes suggestions ranging […]
Edwards succeeds Lindsay Turner who is stepping down from her role
Publicis Media has today announced the appointment of Pete Edwards as Chief Executive Officer of Spark Foundry UK. Edwards will lead the agency as it continues to drive growth and innovation for its clients, and will report directly to Sue Frogley, Chief Executive Officer, Publicis Media UK. Edwards joined the agency in June 2019 as […]