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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.

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.

Asahi Super Dry's ‘Infinite Can’ takeover of Piccadilly Lights uses AI to generate 400+ unique designs that never repeat — a masterclass in using generative AI to amplify a human artist, not replace one.

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.

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.

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.

The CBI's July 2026 survey shows UK retail sales falling at their slowest pace in six months. A 'least-bad' market is the hardest to plan for — here's how retail marketers should respond.

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.

YouTube has launched its Shopping Affiliate Programme in the UK with M&S, Currys, Boots, Next and more — turning creator recommendations into a shoppable, auto-tagged storefront, even on the TV.

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.

HubSpot has launched Agent Hub and a low-code Agent Builder in public beta, letting marketing teams assemble their own AI agents — no engineers required. Here is what it changes for lean teams.

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.