Growth predicted to continue as UK ad spend sees new record high in 2017

Growth predicted to continue as UK ad spend sees new record high in 2017

UK advertising spend in Q3 2017 rose 3.5% year-on-year to reach £5.4bn – the 17th consecutive quarter of market growth, according to Advertising Association/WARC Expenditure Report data published on January 31. The latest data underpin preliminary figures which show 2017 spending grew to £22.1bn – representing the eighth consecutive year of market growth. Further key […]

We Are Social launches dedicated sports marketing division

We Are Social launches dedicated sports marketing division

Socially-led creative agency We Are Social has launched We Are Social Sport in the UK, a dedicated team of sports specialists offering an experienced, social-first approach to sports marketing. It is the first separate division launched by We Are Social in the UK, and has been created in response to continued growth within the sports […]

The internet crosses 4 billion-user mark, according to We Are Social and Hootsuite

The internet crosses 4 billion-user mark, according to We Are Social and Hootsuite

Hootsuite, the most widely used social media management platform, and We Are Social, the global socially-led creative agency, have released Digital in 2018, a report of social media and digital trends around the world. Representing 239 countries and territories, the seventh annual report finds the number of internet users in the world has now surpassed […]

Tech Firm Launches Idea Beer to Get Creative Juices Flowing

Tech Firm Launches Idea Beer to Get Creative Juices Flowing

A London-based tech company are hoping to inspire creativity in the workplace and innovation in the sector by launching their own limited edition ‘Idea Beer’. Sideways 6 is a Shoreditch-based tech firm helping large organisations to collect, manage and act on employee ideas, insight and feedback. Often called ‘idea management’ or ‘innovation management’, the aim […]

Bentley Motors appoints Archant Dialogue to revamp customer magazine

Bentley Motors appoints Archant Dialogue to revamp customer magazine

Bentley Motors has announced an overhaul of its international customer publication Bentley Magazine and is appointing content agency Archant Dialogue to execute the new strategy for three years from summer 2018. The appointment came after a competitive tender, which was launched in 2017 and generated responses from more than 10 global content agencies. It confirms […]

String and Tins Record a Charming Love Song from the EU to the UK for Ancestry

String and Tins Record a Charming Love Song from the EU to the UK for Ancestry

Ancestry launch ‘Together Forever’, an uplifting new commercial to promote their AncestryDNA test for genealogy. Created by Droga5 with music produced and recorded by String and Tins, the commercial sees people from across Europe singing their hearts out to eighties track Together Forever. It turns out that most of us have European DNA. The track […]

Time Inc.’s Paul Lowrey highlights why brands need to press CTRL+ALT+DEL in 2018

Time Inc.’s Paul Lowrey highlights why brands need to press CTRL+ALT+DEL in 2018

2017 marked a watershed year for digital brand advertising with factors including trust, transparency, safety, measurement, user experience, consolidation, Facebook/Google dominance and the use of data all up for debate. Throw in a wobbly economy, Brexit (ahem), GDPR and the welcome, but as yet un-established changes brought by the Coalition for Better Advertising, and 2018 […]

B&B Studio Rebrand for Mornflake Reflects Strength of the ‘Mighty Oats’

B&B Studio Rebrand for Mornflake Reflects Strength of the ‘Mighty Oats’

Established cereal brand Mornflake has unveiled a new identity for its range of oat-based products, with design by B&B studio. With a powerful design that stands out on the supermarket shelf, the rebrand celebrates not only the nutritional benefits of the cereals but also Mornflake’s heritage as the fourth-oldest family-owned brand in Britain. Mighty Oats […]