In-housing surge continues despite extensive failings
Client marketers’ stampede to take more and more functions away from agencies and pull them in-house is continuing at breakneck…
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BBD Perfect Storm unit cleans up with Dove Men+Care
BBD Perfect Storm’s male marketing unit has scooped its first major account, with Unilever handing the agency a brief to…
Charlie Wilson to leave Ogilvy after more than 20 years
Ogilvy UK executive creative director Charlie Wilson, who has been at the WPP agency virtually man and boy, is leaving…
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…
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…
Paragon brings in Todd and Vinton after freelance stint
Paragon London is ramping up its attack on the agency market by handing former Proximity creative partners Andy Todd and…
From junk mail to junk shop, Cavers opens new venture
Former creative chief Mike Cavers is aiming to prove there is life after direct marketing by setting up a “brocanteur”…
Marketing Store launches creative innovation hub Est.
The Marketing Store is launching an offshoot of its creative department, dubbed The Marketing Store Est., designed as an innovation…
Steve Broadhurst takes top creative role at 11 London
Health and humanity consultancy 11 London has hired Steve ‘slug’ Broadhurst as creative director in a move which reunites him…
Young creatives urged to take up coding for future roles
Long gone are the days when creatives could turn up for work armed with just a set of Magic Markers…