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 […]
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 […]
Integrated property branding agency me&dave has just announced the appointment of Alistair Williams as its new Design Director. Alistair will be leading and inspiring the creative team, furthering the agency’s quest to push boundaries and rid the real estate sector of clichéd, lacklustre branding. Alistair has worked at some of London’s leading agencies over the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Putting its fans centre-stage, quite literally, pioneering wholefoods snack bar brand Nākd is showcasing the winning doodles from two dedicated fans who entered its ‘Add a little Delight’ social media competition. The sketches will feature in the brand’s out-of-home advertising at London tube stations and rail stations from mid January till the end of the […]
Premium out of home media owner Ocean Outdoor has announced a three year partnership with the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) which will enable the charity to magnify its campaigns and engage millions of people in eradicating single-use plastic from the oceans. As part of the partnership, Ocean is giving the Marine Conservation Society access to its premium […]
Young’s Seafood Limited, the UK’s leading fish and seafood company, is investing heavily in the Frozen fish category with its biggest ever advertising campaign. The £5 million pound campaign will lead with Gastro TV advertising and, in a first for Young’s, a six-month TV sponsorship on UKTV’s Drama channel. Young’s brand ambassador, Malcolm the Cat […]
Voice-enabled technology, from smart speakers to virtual assistants, is opening an entirely new interface through which brands and consumers will engage and communicate in 2018, according to WARC, the global marketing intelligence service, following a survey with more than 600 marketing and advertising professionals around the world for its Toolkit 2018 report. Voice is swiftly […]