Bartle Bogle Hegarty pulls Barclays spot featuring paedophile

Bartle Bogle Hegarty has been forced to withdraw and re-edit its Barclays “thank you” spot after it emerged that one of the extras in the ad was a convicted paedophile. The 90-second ad promotes Barclays sponsorship of the Premier League and features real fans supporting their teams. The Sun on September 1, reported that one […]

Creativeland Uses Twitter to Crowd-Source Song

It started out as a hashtag. It is now a song based on a democratic message, which is compiled with 2704 tweets posted by people across India and filmed with the support of 330 people. #DontSmokeBecause is the first ever Twitter crowd-sourced song conceptualised by Creativeland Asia for the brand Godrej Aer. #DontSmokeBecause was launched […]

Jaguar celebrates England’s Ashes victory

Jaguar celebrates England’s Ashes victory

Jaguar ran a tactical print ad on August 26 to celebrate England’s Ashes victory. The work was created by Jaguar’s in-house agency Spark44 and ran across national newspapers including The Times. Jaguar’s media agency is Mindshare. Beneath the headline “we know that feeling”, the ad shows the England cricket squad, including James Anderson and Jonny […]

Nike drafts in Bradley Cooper & Serena Williams for ‘Just Do It’ anniversary ad

Nike is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its iconic “Just Do It” strapline by challenging fans worldwide to push themselves to “new limits” through a series of digital tests. The “Possibilities” campaign is spearheaded by a TV advert featuring an all-star cast of athletes and celebrities. The Wieden + Kennedy created spot is narrated by […]

Lynx launches campaign starring Kelly Brook

Kelly Brook, the model and TV presenter, has starred in two Turkish ads as part of a campaign to promote Unilever-owned Lynx’s Apollo fragrance. The first ad is set in a space ship and starts with Brook waking up before dousing herself in Lynx, known as Axe outside the UK. She sets course for Istanbul, […]

Manchester United Football Club signs 3 year deal with Apollo Tyres

Manchester United Football Club signs 3 year deal with Apollo Tyres

Manchester United Football Club has announced a regional partnership, which will see Apollo Tyres become the Club’s official Tyre Partner in the UK and India. The partnership will look to encourage healthy lifestyles and develop sporting skills in young people, and will see football pitches built from recycled tyres in communities both in the UK […]

Unicef unveils ‘End of Violence Against Children campaign’

Unicef has launched an ‘End of Violence Against Children’ campaign, aiming to highlight that “just because you can’t see violence, doesn’t mean it’s not there.” Unicef brought in actor and goodwill ambassador Liam Neeson in a bid to highlight instances of violence against children, cyber bullying and gang rape. The 60-second spot shows the aftermath […]