Blow for creditors in defunct charity agency settlement
Home Fundraising, the charity agency which went tits up in May with the loss of over 1,100 jobs, will pay…
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Microsoft techie charged with $10m digital wallet theft
A former Microsoft tech worker is facing up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine after being charged…
WPP hit as Centrica and BT are exposed as bad payers
WPP chiefs’ victory parade for scooping the Centrica global integrated account could well be cut short after it has been…
Viagogo plummets as Google dumps ads in the sin bin
Controversial secondary ticketing giant Viagogo has already crashed down the online search rankings just 24 hours after Google revealed it…
‘Distasteful’ horror movie ad spared chainsaw massacre
A “distasteful” bus-side poster for the cinema release of the film Pet Sematary has been given the green light by…
Jailed car crash data thief ordered to pay back £25,500
A former employee of Nationwide Accident Repair Services, who was banged up in jail for six months in November 2018…
Get the defibrillators out: ‘axis of evil’ clobbers adspend
Marketing budgets are back in the intensive care unit – despite being giving the kiss of life in the first…
Aldi caught cooking the books to woo Tesco shoppers
Aldi has been caught red-handed fiddling the figures in a price comparison ad campaign which claimed that a stack of its…
Lewis: ‘It shouldn’t have taken me to tackle Facebook’
Moneysavingexpert.com founder Martin Lewis has joined growing calls for the Government to start “pointing the finger” at social media firms…
Creativity peaks at 11am, then it’s downhill all the way
Back in the day, 11am used to be tea-break time, but now it is the hour when UK employees feel…
Marketers fumbling about in the dark over data deluge
With data flying in to businesses from all angles – and myriad channels – four out of five senior marketers…
Dentsu Aegis bolsters Merkle with deal for data giant
Dentsu Aegis Network is continuing to beef up its data-driven powerhouse Merkle with the acquisition of a leading South Asian…
Canal & River Trust robot to promote the joy of water
Canal & River Trust, the charitable organisation which overseas over 2,000 miles of British waterways, is urging consumers to break…
Data geeks miss out on sporting glory…but only just
After a weekend of nail-biting sports finals, in which England won the Cricket World Cup and Novak Jokavic beat Roger…
M&S banks on paid search with NMPi for online revival
Marks & Spencer is aiming to boost its online traffic – and boost its turnaround – by appointing digital agency…
$5bn Facebook fine blasted as ‘just a slap on the wrist’
Under normal circumstances, the record $5bn (£4bn) fine looming over Facebook in the US would have been seen as a…
WPP flogs Kantar stake to Bain Capital in $3.1bn deal
WPP has finally offloaded a majority stake in its data and analytics company Kantar to private-equity firm Bain Capital, in a deal…
MRM McCann shuns capital with Manchester tech lab
MRM McCann is snubbing the hipsters of Shoreditch to set up a new innovation lab at its Manchester office, which,…
Most don’t know charity regulator – or the FPS – exists
The Fundraising Regulator may loom large over the charity sector but for most consumers it is virtually invisible, according a…
Consumers demand quality not quantity from online ads
Client marketers must stop treating online advertising as a way of turning consumers into sales fodder and start treating the…
Artefact UK scoops brief for superfood brand Chaga Life
New independent superfood brand Chaga Life – the health drink of choice for actress Jaime Winstone and entrepreneur Meg Matthews…
ICO funding pays off but fears grow over huge legal bills
Anyone still wondering why the Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham went cap in hand to the Treasury to plead for more…
The beat goes on: ‘unsettling’ Billie Eilish ad is cleared
A TV ad for American teenage artist Billie Eilish’s debut album has been cleared by the ad watchdog despite complaints…
It’s unbelievable Jeff (again)… Sky Bet ban is overturned
A Sky Bet ad fronted by TV presenter Jeff Stelling which was banned by the ad watchdog in March for…
Wunderman grabs Centrica CRM brief in WPP triumph
Wunderman Thompson has emerged as the big winner from the Centrica global integrated account review after the agency helped WPP…
UK firms battered by one hack attack every 50 seconds
As British Airways and Marriott International chiefs prepare to defend themselves against record GDPR fines, the full scale of the…
Now Marriott takes a £99m battering for GDPR failings
Proof that GDPR fines are like London buses – you wait ages for one to arrive and then two come…
NSPCC taps into WPNC for digital donation platform
The NSPCC is aiming to make regular giving easier with the launch of a digital wallet, which will allow supporters…
Gnashing watchdog to fuel rise in breach over-reporting
The data watchdog has been warned that its latest attempt to prove that its GDPR enforcement teeth are razor sharp…
Proximity drafts in ex-Saatchi chief to head up planning
Proximity London is beefing up its senior team with the appointment of former Saatchi & Saatchi chief Ronnie Crosbie to…
ICO shows ‘staggering’ lack of judgement over BA case
The Information Commissioner’s Office has been slated for its handling of the British Airways data breach investigation, amid claims it…
Online growth to slow to 20 year low, can mail benefit?
Another day, another prediction that digital will continue to gobble up marketing budgets, only the latest study – which forecasts…
Medialab hires Suzy Jordan as first director of strategy
Medialab Group has created the role of director of strategy and handed the post to former Carat and Mindshare client…
Marketers feel the pain as Asos takes axe to 100 jobs
Scores of marketing jobs are set to be axed by online fashion giant Asos following reports that the embattled retailer…
BA faces record £183m GDPR fine for data meltdown
British Airways has the dubious honour of becoming the first major UK brand to be pummelled by GDPR, with the…
Call for data action plan to fight £10bn fraud arms race
The Government is being urged to launch a co-ordinated assault on so-called “suckers lists”, used to target vulnerable consumers, by…
Data geeks serve up this year’s Wimbledon champion
Tennis fans might want to look away now, although those who like a flutter might wish to pay close attention as…
The big squeeze: digital ad duopoly to be probed at last
The Competition & Markets Authority has finally launched its investigation into the way Google and Facebook dominate the £13bn UK…
Wunderman push tackles ‘pale, male and stale’ culture
Wunderman Thompson UK is stepping up its battle against the “pale, male and stale” culture that many claim is endemic in the…
Equifax chief jailed for ‘abuse of trust’ over 2017 breach
Equifax may be trying to move on from its 2017 data breach but the courts are doing their level best…
IPM joins forces with Ingenuity for new business service
The trade body for the promotional marketing industry – the IPM – has signed a deal with new business consultancy Ingenuity…
Medialab walks off with Guide Dogs media business
Medialab Group has scooped the entire media account for UK charity Guide Dogs, with a brief to work across all…
ICO drops data bombshell as cookie law is overhauled
The Information Commissioner’s Office has torn up its own advice on how firms can gather data through online cookies by…
No pain, no gain: charities emerge stronger from GDPR
GDPR might have wrecked charities’ marketing plans last year as fundraising campaigns were shelved en masse, but all the hard…
Facebook fines pile up as Italians and Germans wade in
Germany has become the second EU country in as many days to whack Facebook with a fine for dodgy governance,…
Publicis bangs data drum as Epsilon deal is finalised
Publicis Groupe has to shaved $450m (£360m) off the price of data-driven marketing giant Epsilon, closing the deal for a…
Colwell joins insurance group to lead expansion drive
Former Media Octopus and LBM chief Andrew Colwell has become the first ever managing director of independent life insurance broker…
Marketers braced for fresh crackdown on online data
Marketers are facing a major new threat to how they gather online data, amid fears that so-called “implied consent” for cookies…
Gay dating app Jack’d slapped with $240,000 payout
Gay dating app Jack’d has been forced to cough up $240,000 (£189,000) in compensation after it exposed users’ private intimate…
WPP takes hit with Chime, still no sign of Kantar sale
WPP has offloaded its 25% stake in VCCP-owner Chime to Providence Equity, but the marketing services giant appears no closer…