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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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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%.

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.

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.

Carlsberg has revived its iconic 'If Carlsberg Did…' line after ten years, via Fold7. We unpack why bringing back a dormant tagline can beat inventing a new one.

Ofcom's draft Fraudulent Advertising Code would force major platforms to verify financial advertisers, ban scam accounts and run ad libraries. Here's what it means for legitimate brands.

The ASA says 96.2% of monitored gambling ads now comply with the rules — a win for its AI-powered Active Ad Monitoring. But alcohol lags, and social is the weak spot.

Ofcom is investigating TikTok's age assurance under the Online Safety Act, with fines up to 10% of global turnover. Here is why brand-safety