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Agency wins
Sky has appointed PR and social media marketing agency 33Seconds as its retained social media part…

John Lewis has announced a significant expansion of its incubator programme, JLab, by welcoming established businesses with open arms for the first time as part of a wider overhaul of the scheme. 
JLab, now in its fourth year, has previously focused on…

The Indian government has issued notices to Facebook and Cambridge Analytica to probe on the misuse of data, following Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica data protection scandal .
The Indian government has given the two companies a deadline of 10 May to re…

Irish advertising agency Boys and Girls has scored a coup with the appointment of respected advertising guru Robert Senior as non-executive chairman.
Coinciding with a major brand refresh to emphasise the agencies collaboration credentials with both cl…

If you were to believe the headlines, the death of the high street is imminent. Since the collapse of Woolworths in 2009 the UK retail scene has seen a wave of high profile administrations. For example, those Friday evening trips to the local Blockbust…

Havas has said it will fully cooperate with authorities after confirming that an employee of a French subsidiary is being formally investigated. It comes after Vincent Bolloré was charged by French police as part of an investigation into corrupt practi…

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Following the move, Rsquare will rebrand as Cocoo Digital, a digital activation agency with a focus on digital activation and content for brands. This is with a focus on Gen Z consumers.

Guardian Media Group and D&AD have joined forces to oversee a new global festival in London, billed as an annual celebration of the power of creativity and how it moulds both business and culture.
Business leaders, thinkers and creatives will gathe…

This will give Tribe the opportunity to tap into the telco’s millions of mobile data users.

Brewdog has retreated from Twitter with its tail between its legs after squaring up to Scotland’s biggest lager brand and coming out of the resulting tussle second best.
In a Twitter showdown Brewdog’s official account tweeted a cheeky jibe at their ri…

In a definite first, TD Ameritrade and Havas have placed an ad in the blockchain as a celebration of innovation and creativity.
The ad is made up of 68 lines of code and made up of a string of the 80 computer characters that come together to create ASC…

The BBC is “really worried” by a new tactic by fake news propagandists and fraudsters who are exploiting the rise of chat apps to spread false content carrying the broadcaster’s trusted branding.
The organisation has found itself repeatedly targeted by…

Organisations should not dismiss social media as simply a tool for marketing. During a crisis, it can often act as the most effective means of communicating with customers, staff and suppliers. 
Last week the pub chain, JD Wetherspoon quit socia…

She’s an in-house executive creative director, a Londoner in LA, an employee of a vegan meat company, a believer in the powers of the cosmos and a marketer who hates the term ‘brand’. Is the industry ready for Impossible Food’s Sasha Markova?
It’s not …

Billionaire Vincent Bollore was charged by French investigators as part of a probe into the possible use of bribes in two African countries to obtain port contracts from public officials, according to a statement from his company.The charges stem from …

The appointment follows an agency review which began earlier in 2018, in a bid to consolidate and streamline global creative work.