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The AA x Spider-Man: when roadside rescue meets a blockbuster
The AA has tied up with Sony's Spider-Man: Brand New Day for a summer campaign by The Gate — a partnership that works because both brands genuinely share one idea: rescue.
7 hours ago3 min read


Honda’s ‘Your Dreams Engineered’: humanity as the pitch in an age of AI
Honda's new pan-European platform ‘Your Dreams Engineered’ by Pablo bets on human-centred engineering just as rivals lean into AI — an ownable counter-position UK marketers can learn from.
7 hours ago3 min read


EE’s ‘Yes Boys’: how a brand turned defeat into a movement
Hours after England's exit, EE turned defeat into a purpose-led moment with ‘You Did Us Proud, Yes Boys’ — a masterclass in preparing reactive marketing for the outcome nobody wants.
8 hours ago3 min read


Powerball lands in Britain: inside Allwyn’s ‘What Would You Do?’ launch
Allwyn has brought Powerball to Britain with a VCCP-led campaign timed to the World Cup Final — a masterclass in buying shared cultural attention rather than just media.
8 hours ago3 min read


Nielsen launches Ad Intel AI: fragmented ad data, made answerable
Nielsen's new Ad Intel AI turns fragmented competitive ad data into a conversational, real-time engine — and its Model Context Protocol integration hints at where media intelligence is heading.
8 hours ago3 min read


Omnicom’s Q2: $6.6bn revenue as the IPG mega-merger starts to pay off
Omnicom posted $6.6bn in Q2 2026 revenue and 6.1% organic growth as IPG merger synergies drove adjusted EPS up 29% — and put the agency giant back in the growth conversation.
8 hours ago3 min read


FCA launches £2m car finance ad campaign: ‘You don’t need to pay to claim’
The FCA has launched a £2m nationwide campaign telling drivers they can complain about mis-sold car finance for free — a behavioural-marketing masterclass UK brands can learn from.
8 hours ago3 min read


How to Advertise on TikTok in the UK: A Small Business Guide
TL;DR: To advertise on TikTok in the UK, set up a free TikTok Ads Manager account, pick a campaign objective, and launch a native vertical video or boost an existing post with Spark Ads. Self-serve minimums are roughly £50 a day at campaign level and £20 a day per ad group, with clicks typically costing about £0.20–£1.20 and 1,000 views around £4–£10. Whatever you run, UK rules mean the ad must be clearly identifiable as advertising. Why TikTok is worth a small business's tim
1 day ago6 min read


AI ad-disclosure rules land on 2 August: what UK advertisers must do
From 2 August 2026, the EU AI Act’s Article 50 requires AI chatbots and AI-generated content to be disclosed. UK brands running EU campaigns are in scope — here is a checklist.
1 day ago3 min read


Beldray makes its TV debut as ITV woos first-time advertisers
Homeware brand Beldray’s first-ever TV campaign, run through ITV’s spend-matching Backing Business scheme, is a template for how UK SMEs can finally afford television.
1 day ago3 min read


Google folds Local Service Ads into Performance Max-what service firms must do
Google is moving Local Services Ads into a pay-per-lead Performance Max campaign type from August 2026 and retiring the LSA dashboard. UK service firms need to prepare now.
1 day ago3 min read


British Berry Growers takes aim at the junk-food billboard loophole
British Berry Growers’ ‘Fresh Outlook on Food’ campaign spoofs fast-food billboards to expose the out-of-home HFSS loophole — and demand junk-food ad bans near schools.
1 day ago3 min read


Only 45% of marketers say AI improves creative quality — new WARC study
A WARC and TikTok study of 400 marketers finds 88% now make more creative with AI but only 45% see better quality. The gap is about weak briefs, not weak tools.
1 day ago3 min read


ChatGPT opens self-serve ads to every business — and the UK is next
OpenAI has scrapped its six-figure minimum and opened self-serve ChatGPT ads to any business, with the UK among its first expansion markets. Here is what it means for UK marketers — and why to temper the hype.
1 day ago3 min read


The KitKat Heist: how Nestlé turned a 12-tonne chocolate theft into a Cannes Grand Prix
When thieves stole a 12-tonne lorry-load of limited-edition F1 KitKats, Nestlé did the opposite of going quiet — and turned a real cargo crime into a PR Grand Prix winner at Cannes Lions 2026.
2 days ago3 min read


Amazon plugs into UK radio: talkSPORT and Times Radio land on its DSP
Amazon has added News UK's Octave inventory — talkSPORT, Times Radio, Virgin Radio and more — to its demand-side platform, its fourth audio deal in 25 days as it chases an under-bought channel.
2 days ago3 min read


Google Ads hands the keys to AI: what the 'AI Max' shift means for UK advertisers
A quiet July terms update lets Google's AI generate targeting, ad copy and destinations on your behalf — and from September, Dynamic Search Ads start upgrading to AI Max automatically.
2 days ago3 min read


Dentsu becomes a ChatGPT ad pioneer — and hands UK brands an AI-search edge
Dentsu, one of OpenAI's four UK launch partners for ads in ChatGPT, has teamed with Adthena to bring order to a volatile new auction where click prices swing by up to 278%.
2 days ago3 min read


DASH goes national: 'The Drink That Has It All' becomes its biggest-ever campaign
DASH Water has launched its largest-ever national campaign, taking 'The Drink That Has It All' onto Sky, ITV1, radio and out-of-home — and the effectiveness data is doing the talking.
2 days ago3 min read


Jacob's Creek bets big on "Welcome to the Creek"
Jacob's Creek has launched its biggest-ever campaign, 'Welcome to the Creek', with the UK as first market. Why high awareness isn't the same as high relevance.
5 days ago3 min read
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