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The ASA has banned a Grain Connect email that claimed Virgin Media's takeover of YouFibre would trigger in-contract price rises, ruling the competitor comparison misleading and unsubstantiated.

Specsavers is stretching its iconic 'Should've gone to Specsavers' line for the first time in 22 years, using it to remind customers the brand offers far more than routine eye tests.

New analysis of this year's Prime Day shows UK shoppers shifting spend away from big-ticket electronics toward groceries, beauty and everyday essentials — a behavioural signal brands can't afford to ignore.

Reddit's advertising revenue is climbing sharply as the platform leans into contextual targeting and high-intent communities — and a new search ads product is taking direct aim at budgets that usually flow to Google.

Netflix posted $12.6bn in second-quarter revenue and reaffirmed that its advertising business is on track to roughly double this year, cementing streaming's place in the media plan.

Nestlé is pouring more money into marketing and rebuilding it around a digital, social-first model, while concentrating its firepower on a smaller set of 'power brands' expected to drive the bulk of future growth.

Comcast's self-serve Universal Ads platform has launched in the UK with Channel 4, ITV and Sky on board, promising to open premium TV and streaming advertising to small and medium-sized businesses.

Publicis Groupe has upgraded its full-year 2026 guidance after posting 4.8% organic growth in the second quarter, extending a run of outperformance built on data, AI and a $3bn acquisition spree.

The Advertising Standards Authority has issued its first rulings under the UK's new 'less healthy food' advertising restrictions, banning Instagram ads from M&M's and a Morley's franchise while clearing several rivals.

Google's proposed Universal Commerce Protocol would let AI agents like ChatGPT and Copilot buy products directly — a potential turning point for how commerce works online.

Microsoft's Bing has added AI Visibility Insights to Webmaster Tools, helping brands understand how their content appears in AI-powered search — a sign of a new SEO frontier.

Instagram's new ‘Your Algorithm’ controls show users why content appears in their feed and let them shape their recommendations — with real implications for brands.

Google's rebuilt Asset Studio lets advertisers generate images and video from text prompts, promising to democratise ad creative — with human oversight still essential.

New data shows most Google searches now end without a click to any website, as AI answers keep users on the results page — a profound shift for search-reliant brands.

New analysis crowns LinkedIn the strongest-performing B2B advertising platform, reinforcing its central role in business marketing.

LinkedIn's new Creator Marketplace formalises brand-creator partnerships on the platform, bringing influencer marketing firmly into the B2B world.

Meta used Cannes Lions to showcase a raft of AI-powered advertising and creative tools aimed at making campaigns faster to build and easier to personalise.

TikTok's new Agentic Hub lets marketers deploy AI agents to automate campaign creation, optimisation and workflow — its boldest step yet into agentic advertising.

Google's biggest ads event of the year put generative AI at the centre of search advertising, from conversational ad formats to agentic automation.

Early evidence suggests being upfront about AI-generated content doesn't dent brand recall — reassuring news for advertisers experimenting with generative tools.