This World Poetry Day (March 21st), Viennese coffee roasters Julius Meinl, in partnership with platinum selling singer songwriter, Tom Odell, are asking people to take time out from the digital world and find a moment of inspiration, putting pen to paper with a poem. The opportunity comes as part of the popular Pay With A Poem initiative, […]
Marketing is a crucial activity for any business, but new research has revealed that many companies are choosing to outsource it to external agencies or freelancers rather than run it themselves in-house. A survey of 1,021 UK workers carried out by leading digital marketing agency, Marketing Signals, revealed that more than 42% of UK businesses don’t handle […]
TI Media, the publisher behind household magazine brands Woman, Woman’s Own and Good to Know, has unveiled the results of its flagship ‘Heart of Britain’ research for 2019, which reveals a number of newfound insights about the audience commonly labelled as ‘mass-market women’ (MMW). In terms of audience size, this market dwarfs the two most […]
Divido, the multinational white-label platform for point-of-purchase lending, launched the results of its UK-wide research alongside a new report titled: The Spending Index: Big Ticket Edition. The study of over 200 retailers (who post over £5 million in revenue) follows Divido’s recent research of 2000 UK consumers and highlights a fractured relationship between retailer and […]
Outdoor retailer Outdoor and Cycle Concepts has appointed Arena Media, part of Havas Group Media, to handle the UK media planning and buying business for Cotswold Outdoor and Snow+Rock. Cotswold Outdoor and Snow+Rock chose to appoint Arena Media to the account following a competitive pitch. Arena Media will work with the two brands to help […]
72andSunny Amsterdam has expanded its team in the Netherlands with a number of new hires as part of its drive to boost its creative power to higher levels. Chris Colliton and Kevin Weir join as creative directors. A strong duo with a phenomenal portfolio of work and a humorous tone, they have specific account responsibility […]
UM has appointed Simon Taylor as Managing Partner for American Express (Amex). Taylor joins the agency from Havas Media UK, where he also held the position of Managing Partner. Reporting directly to UM’s UK CEO Rachel Forde, Taylor will be responsible for driving all of Amex’s media delivery in the UK, as well as overseeing […]
ustwo London, the digital product and services studio, has hired Anna Soisalo as Strategy Director to lead the agency’s growing strategic practice to help clients make, change and learn together. Soisalo joins this month from Smart Design where she is Executive Director (Strategy) and with her arrival, the ustwo London Leadership team is now complete. […]
KineticX, the start-up incubator focused on emerging technologies in the Out of Home (OOH) space and a division of OOH media agency Kinetic, has announced a partnership with environmental media start-up Pluvo. As a result of the deal, Kinetic clients will be the first to have access to Pluvo’s unique air-purifying advertising inventory, at valuable […]
Drinks design specialist Denomination announced the appointment of Giles Darwin as Managing Director of the UK office, and Roy Tahtinen as Creative Director of the San Francisco studio, further strengthening the agency’s strategic and creative design expertise in the international drinks industry. Giles will be heading up UK and European operations from Denomination’s Central London […]