Buzzfeed rolls out breaking news app

Buzzfeed rolls out breaking news app

Buzzfeed has launched a News app in the UK, Australia and Canada that will use push notifications to alert users to breaking stories. The media group has doubled its efforts in recent years to stand up to national titles, as well as the likes of Vice, when it comes to driving its own news agenda […]

Eurostar launches new train with Instagram campaign

Eurostar launches new train with Instagram campaign

Eurostar, the high-speed rail service, is promoting its new London-Paris train with an Instagram campaign. The work by AKQA on the @LaVieOnBoard Instagram account shows a canvas of 200 images showing what it is like to be on board the new train. The squares tell different stories using animated videos and images, including a couple […]

Carling Launches ‘Bank Holiday In The Bag’ Promotion

Carling Launches ‘Bank Holiday In The Bag’ Promotion

Carling is launching a major new promotion, ‘Bank Holiday In The Bag’, which will offer lucky individuals the chance to win a free holiday with three of their mates over the May Day bank holiday weekend. Lucky winners will be notified by the delivery of a bag which will contain goodies to enjoy on their […]

ITV announces Britain’s Got Talent partnership with The National Lottery

ITV announces Britain’s Got Talent partnership with The National Lottery

ITV Commercial, FremantleMedia UK and Syco Entertainment announced they have signed a wide-ranging sponsorship deal with UK National Lottery operator, Camelot, for the forthcoming tenth series of hit show, Britain’s Got Talent. The partnership, which was negotiated and will be managed by Vizeum and The Story Lab, sees Britain’s Got Talent and The National Lottery’s […]

Omobono bolsters senior team with six new hires

Omobono bolsters senior team with six new hires

Omobono has seen a 20% YOY growth with overseas sales now accounting for over 60% of total turnover; this is thanks to new business wins and the launching of its first London office at the end of 2015. This was the second opening for Omobono in 2015, following its first US office in the heart […]

Richard Branson Treks Through the Snowy Alps to Launch ‘VOOM’

Richard Branson Treks Through the Snowy Alps to Launch ‘VOOM’

Richard Branson takes to the snow-covered Swiss Alps to explain the importance of survival to budding entrepreneurs, as Sundog Pictures and ENVY Advertising collaborate once again on the launch campaign for VOOM, this year’s ‘Pitch to Rich’ competition. The film, which aired for the first time on Channel 4 on March 22, launches 2016’s VOOM […]

Design agency AllofUs hires Heather Eddy as user experience director

Design agency AllofUs hires Heather Eddy as user experience director

AllofUs, the interactive design and user-experience agency, has hired Capital One’s former head of design Heather Eddy as user experience director. Her appointment coincides with a re-engineering of AllofUs to focus outright on business transformation through digital and service design. Eddy has experience at client companies including Fidelity Investments, Gilt Taste and Scholastic Book Clubs […]