Trevor Melvin has become the latest multi-award-winning director to join Hotspur & Argyle’s rapidly expanding roster of talent. The signing follows the recent arrival of animation supremo Chris Shepherd at Hotspur & Argyle. Melvin joins H&A from RSA where he has been signed since 2008. He also previously worked with Paul Weiland and Blink. Melvin […]
Derren Brown, the acclaimed British maestro of mind control, has announced details of a unique partnership with Thorpe Park Resort, to create the world’s first fully immersive psychological attraction for a theme park. The star, who is best known for his mind blowing TV specials and interactive stage shows, has become synonymous with the art […]
Digital and direct marketing specialist, LIDA, has created a data-driven email campaign for East Midlands Trains aimed at providing customers with real-time and geo-targeted information on how long it takes to drive from their nearest station to London St Pancras. Tasked with communicating that travelling by train is primarily quicker than driving, the agency has […]
Many of us dream about owning a home. And now a new wave of a major campaign has been launched to bring people closer to this dream. The Right to Buy scheme gives tenants of local authorities and housing associations in England the opportunity to purchase their own property at a discount, with up to […]
Apple has announced partnerships with 14 leading publishers as its news app launches in the UK. Apple News brings together content from titles including the BBC, Telegraph, Guardian, Sun and Sky News and present them in a single app that will replace the built-in newsstand app as part of the iOS 9.1 update. Other major […]
In a new campaign created by Havas Worldwide London, Durex challenges the myth of social stigma around condom use, revealing a fundamental misunderstanding between the sexes. The wider campaign corrects misconceptions around STIs and unplanned pregnancy, combating the belief that they don’t happen to ordinary people. In the leading ‘When it’s on it’s on’ film […]
Great Scott! For one day only, Pepsi Max has partnered with Uber to give London-based ‘Future Day’ fans the ride of their lives in a DeLorean– to celebrate the 30th anniversary of cult hit Back To The Future II. In Back To The Future II, Marty McFly travels to the future – October 21st 2015 […]
Bicester Village, the designer outlet shopping centre, is launching a humourous new online campaign sending up impossibly perfect menswear advertising and style films. The comical online film, created by Just So, features an immaculately groomed individual who describes himself as “a sculptor, a filmmaker and more”. We meet him in his “enormous studio” as he […]
UK advertising spending grew 5.8 per cent year-on-year to reach a record high of £9.42bn in the first half of 2015, with mobile growth exploding to break the billion pound barrier for the first time, according to new data from the Advertising Association/Warc. Digital channels continue to be the primary driver of growth, with internet […]
Airbnb’s new “Put Your Space to Work” campaign will be running for 6 weeks with a combination of digital, mobile, print and out of home billboards. The creatives feature six real hosts with real passions in each of its markets. Airbnb will also be running three videos per market on social media starting October – […]