Havas launches its first UK Havas Village in Manchester

Havas launches its first UK Havas Village in Manchester

Havas Media UK has announced that it is expanding its offering by opening its doors in Manchester. Building on the success of Havas Lynx, Havas PR and Havas People, the global marketing and communications group unveils the launch of the UK’s first Village offering across creativity, media, PR, data and technology in the form of […]

Thorpe Park Resort Hires Communications Agency Taylor Herring

Thorpe Park Resort Hires Communications Agency Taylor Herring

Following a competitive four-way pitch process, Thorpe Park Resort has hired creative brand communications agency Taylor Herring for retained consumer PR. Taylor Herring’s main remit will be to launch the theme park’s biggest investment to date – a new star attraction from the mind of renowned master of manipulation Derren Brown. The news was announced […]

BMB Takes Its Website Back to the Future

BMB Takes Its Website Back to the Future

To celebrate Back to the Future Day on Oct 21st, 2015 (the day Marty time travels to in the film), BMB will be putting up a 1985 version of the agency’s website for one day. 1985 was a time of arcade machines, ZX Spectrums and Ceefax and the BMB team has used these as inspiration.

Burger King trades tomatoes for Whoppers in France

Burger King trades tomatoes for Whoppers in France

Burger King rolled out a PR stunt in France that involved dishing out 100,000 tomatoes to customers in restaurants and then taking them as currency in exchange for a burger. In the activity by creative agency Buzzman, aimed at communicating the fact that it uses fresh tomatoes, it handed out thousands of the red fruits […]

Chester Cheetah Inducted into Madison Avenue Walk of Fame

Chester Cheetah Inducted into Madison Avenue Walk of Fame

Chester Cheetah, the official spokes-cheetah of the Cheetos brand, one of the flagship brands from PepsiCo‘s Frito-Lay division, has earned his paw print and a permanent place on the Advertising Week Walk of Fame in New York City. The winning brand icons were announced at the NASDAQ Market Site in Times Square. “We’re thrilled that […]

Fantastic Four hype builds with New York human torch drone

Fantastic Four hype builds with New York human torch drone

Thinkmodo, the viral video agency, are stoking hype ahead of the release of Fantastic Four with the creation of a pyrotechnic human torch drone which has been lighting up the skies above New York City. With the film set to open at theatres this week Thinmodo set about building a human shaped drone to resemble […]

2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Fan Zone Opens in Doha

2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Fan Zone Opens in Doha

Leading global sports and entertainment marketing agency Wasserman Media Group in association with the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy, announced the launch of the “Brazil 2014 Fan Zone at Katara” in Doha, inviting fans from across Qatar and the region to watch FIFA World Cup matches live in a state-of-the-art, purpose-built, cooled environment. The […]

Space brings Angry Birds Easter Hunt to Thorpe Park Resort

Space brings Angry Birds Easter Hunt to Thorpe Park Resort

To celebrate Easter at Thorpe Park, Space is bringing Angry Birds to life with an experiential event at the Resort over Easter weekend. The Big Easter Hunt supports the launch of Angry Birds Land, and teases the Angry Birds 4D animation experience and themed land opening at Thorpe Park Resort next month. The Big Easter event […]

‘Devil Baby’ Scares New Yorkers In The Latest ‘Prankvertisement’

‘Devil Baby’ Scares New Yorkers In The Latest ‘Prankvertisement’

To promote the upcoming horror film Devil’s Due, a horrifying yet humorous scare prank was played on unsuspecting New Yorkers. Titled ‘Devil Baby Attack’, the prank involved a remote-controlled baby carriage roaming the streets of New York. When concerned citizens approached the seemingly unattended carriage, a terrifying demon infant would pop up from under the […]