“Although International Women’s Day only happens once a year, it’s important that we continue to talk about gender equality all year round to address systemic bias and keep it top of the agenda. Championing and supporting women shouldn’t be a tick boxing exercise, we should do everything we can to embed true gender equality into […]
“The real race issue with the Christmas adverts is that the diversity and inclusion stops at the marketing. It goes no further”. It’s all well and good making your adverts inclusive, but it’s pointless when store shelves don’t reflect that external messaging through their product offering. So it’s time for high street retailers and supermarkets […]
Comment Ian Stevens, Head of Media at Wavemaker
What does it mean for established TV platforms? Pay TV platforms face a dual threat from SVOD services. First, there is a decline in viewing caused by the streaming services and second, the downward pressure on prices as SVOD offer a lower cost alternative for consumers. In response to this, we are seeing Pay TV […]
‘We very much hope Rishi Sunak bears in mind the growing importance, and the particular needs, of the UK’s creative industries sector in the forthcoming post-Brexit budget. Creative businesses contribute £100bn annually to the economy – more than the automotive, aerospace, life sciences and oil sectors all put together. It’s the nation’s fastest-growing sector, creating […]
by Benjamin Farrell, a Senior Designer at Design Bridge Amsterdam
Much like its sporting counterpart The Olympics, Eurovision’s annual explosion of camp kitsch gifts us a new visual identity each time. With its typically shallow-yet-inclusive and mildly innuendo-laden message (2020’s slogan is “Open Up”), it continues to inspire both obsessive passion and derision in equal measure. Love it or loathe it, with its noble ambition […]