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Hiscox has retained Uncommon Creative Studio after a review and is shifting from campaign-led bursts to an 'always-on' model — here's what the pivot really means for marketers.

L&C New York has repurchased the minority stake held by Germany's Serviceplan Group, ending a three-year partnership and returning the creative shop to full independence.

Bayer's Rennie leans into Britain's oldest social fib — blaming the dog — in a cheeky three-month campaign from McCann London built around its new Wind Relief Pro product.

Cologne agency Denkwerk has been appointed to handle brand experience for juice maker Eckes-Granini, the company behind granini and hohes C.

Berlin agency Lit Create has won Deutsche Kreditbank's strategic brand development account, a notable branding mandate for one of Germany's largest direct banks.

Hamburg agency Grabarz & Partner has ended its roughly decade-long partnership with Porsche, turning a painful account loss into a dignified industry moment as Serviceplan takes over.

Stagwell CEO Mark Penn is doubling the holding company's new-business team and plans to add around 1,000 staff, escalating the fight for accounts among holdcos.

AMV BBDO has promoted Nick Andrew to managing director, a leadership move at one of the UK's most decorated creative agencies.

Alzheimer's Society has appointed a media agency following a competitive review — the latest charity to overhaul its media as fundraising budgets come under pressure.

Botanical drinks maker Fentimans has handed its creative account to Lucky Generals, adding to a busy run of new-business wins for the independent agency.

The structure of the £1.3bn UK government media account won by WPP has been revealed — a landmark contract that hands one holding company enormous public-sector reach.

Barclays has unveiled 'Moments of Progress', a new brand platform from VCCP London that swaps rate-and-product messaging for an emotional story about financial security.

Confused.com and Leo UK bring British idioms to life with handcrafted animal puppets. Marketing Minute on fame-building in a grudge-purchase category and the AI-plus-craft model.

Bübchen and Antoni Soap release a new wave of the Supersanft platform, starring dancing hip-hop babies. Marketing Minute on selling the feeling, not the feature, in a boring category.

Publicis's first Vodafone Germany work, Glasfaser@Home, reframes the brand around fibre broadband through young couples moving in together, a lesson in selling the moment, not the megabits.

Tesco's new BBH London campaign urges shoppers to redeem their Clubcard rewards, after finding half a million members are each sitting on £100+ of unspent vouchers, a masterclass in retention economics.

German discounter KiK has handed its international brand communications across 14 European countries to Factory — which will produce its TV commercials entirely with AI before human teams refine them.

Gen Kobayashi, group chief strategy officer at M&C Saatchi Group UK, is departing after little over a year — a fresh jolt of senior churn as the group pushes through its turnaround.

Lidl GB has shortlisted OMD, iProspect and WPP Media for its UK media account, putting incumbent OMD under pressure as part of a wider European media review.

Specsavers' 'The Testlist' taps 90s club culture and Groove Armada to nudge the over-50s rave generation into free hearing checks. Here's why the audience insight is so sharp.