Proximity London has appointed Ronnie Crosbie as head of strategic planning. Charged with leading the agency’s 21-strong planning department, Crosbie will report directly to chief strategy officer Adam Fulford. Crosbie brings over 20 years of industry experience to his new role and joins from Dentsu Aegis Network where he was head of strategic planning, data […]
Dentsu Aegis Network (DAN) has announced the acquisition of Davanti Consulting Ltd (Davanti), a New Zealand-based technology and business consultancy into Isobar Group. The acquisition follows the recent rebranding of Little Giant as Isobar New Zealand, signalling a clear focus on accelerated growth across the region. Established in 2007, Davanti is a market-leading digital transformation […]
UK and Ireland based DIY retailer Homebase has appointed Atomic London as its lead creative agency after running a two-month pitch process to find a new creative partner. The appointment of Atomic signals a new marketing approach for the retailer as it continues to implement with its turnaround plan. “Homebase is a much loved brand and […]
Global digital creative agency AnalogFolk has appointed experienced service designer Michelle Watson as Executive Director of Customer Experience. In her new position, Watson will be responsible for expanding the company’s efforts in helping brands to improve the way they serve their customers. Building on growing client needs across Nando’s, Scotch and Soda, Blink and Nike, […]
The IPM, the UK’s trade body for promotional marketing and brand activation, and new business consultancy Ingenuity announced the launch of IPM Agency Referrals: Powered by Ingenuity, bringing agency recommendations to the IPM’s member base for the first time. The new service will give IPM members access to exclusive brand owner briefs that fall within their […]
Wickes, one of the UK’s favourite home improvement retailers, has appointed VCCP as their lead strategic and creative agency. VCCP’s remit will see the agency work towards expanding the retailer’s share of the competitive home improvement market. Opening its first store in 1972, Wickes now operates from over 240 sites across the UK offering […]
As traditional consultancies continue to snap up marketing agencies, VCCP is challenging convention by swimming in the other direction and has launched VCCP Ignite which offers distinct advantages over traditional business consultancies. VCCP Ignite is founded on the belief that the best business strategy starts and finishes with a forensic understanding of consumer behaviour. Sophie […]
Karen Welman – who co-founded design agency, Pearlfisher – passed away on Monday 24th June aged 59, following a heart attack, whilst on holiday in Greece with family and friends. Karen first met husband-to-be and future co-founding Partner of Pearlfisher, Jonathan Ford, when, fresh out of their respective design colleges, the pair worked for Michael […]
Advertising creatives Steven Bennett-Day and Aaron Howard are launching Few & Far, a new kind of studio that specialises in ideas. Steven Bennett-Day was most recently chief creative officer at Feed. Before joining Feed in 2017, he spent three years as group executive creative director at Havas Helia. It was during this time that he […]
Nadine Young has been promoted to the expanded role of managing director Starcom UK. She will continue to lead the P&G One team but takes on a broadened remit with additional responsibilities across Starcom. Young, who will report to Starcom CEO Mark Howley, originally joined the agency in 2016 to lead the P&G business having joined […]