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Tesco Kitchen returns for a starrier second series
Tesco Kitchen is back for season two with Greg James, Seema Pankhania and a fresh line-up of celebrity guests. Here's why grocers are becoming content publishers.
Aug 103 min read


Formula E's Jeff Dodds to chair The Marketing Society
Formula E CEO Jeff Dodds is the new chair of The Marketing Society, taking over from Craig Inglis. We look at what a marketer-turned-CEO at the helm means for the industry body.
Aug 103 min read


Just Eat's marketing chief Andrew Cocker departs
Andrew Cocker, the marketing leader behind Just Eat's star-studded 'Did Somebody Say' campaigns, is departing. We look at the legacy and what comes next for one of the UK's most-recognised ad platforms.
Aug 103 min read


Lucky Generals wins Fred Olsen Cruises' creative account
Lucky Generals has landed the creative account for Fred Olsen Cruise Lines, adding a well-loved British travel brand to its roster. Here's what the win means for cruise marketing.
Aug 103 min read


Sky Bet sends Keane and Richards back in time in 'The World's Gone Football'
Sky Bet has kicked off the Premier League season with 'The World's Gone Football', an Anomaly-made campaign starring Roy Keane and Micah Richards on a time-travelling romp. Here's our read on football's marketing land grab.
Aug 103 min read


S4 Capital's profit jumps 83% as Sorrell's cost cuts bite
Sir Martin Sorrell's S4 Capital lifted first-half EBITDA 83% and declared its first dividend even as revenue fell — sending shares up as much as 26%. Here's what the cost-driven rebound means for the agency model.
Aug 103 min read


WPP shares soar 30% as H1 profit beats — but revenue still fell 4.7%
WPP shares leapt as much as 30% after first-half profit and margins beat expectations — even as revenue fell 4.4%. Inside Cindy Rose's turnaround and what it means for brands.
Aug 73 min read


Coral's 'Services to Football' salutes the fans, not the odds
Coral's new Wonderhood campaign 'Services to Football', fronted by Jimmy Bullard, celebrates devoted fans over betting odds — a fandom-first play amid tighter gambling-ad scrutiny.
Aug 62 min read


Dark Horses lands Lucozade before its centenary
Lucozade Ribena Suntory has appointed Dark Horses as lead creative agency for Lucozade, as the energy brand approaches its 100th anniversary.
Aug 52 min read


Rival football fans unite in Elvis's last work
Prostate Cancer UK's 'This Club Matters More' unites rival football fans under a fictional 'Prostate United' — and marks the final work from agency Elvis.
Aug 52 min read


Coca-Cola salutes Britain's family-run venues
Coca-Cola Great Britain has launched 'Counter Cultures', a campaign celebrating the family-run hospitality businesses that stock its drinks.
Aug 52 min read


VCCP scoops AG Barr media in a four-way pitch
Soft-drinks maker AG Barr has appointed VCCP Media as its media agency of record after a competitive four-way pitch, unseating incumbent the7stars.
Aug 52 min read


Co-op goes viral with a grocery microdrama
Co-op, with Carat UK and Platform Media, has launched 'Pop to Co-op', a four-part comedy microdrama — a first for UK grocery.
Aug 52 min read


Pinterest bets on London with a new retail HQ
Pinterest has opened a new London headquarters at Oxford Circus, positioning the UK at the centre of its shopping-focused advertising strategy.
Aug 52 min read


Dairylea sets kids free in new VCCP campaign
Mondelez's Dairylea has launched 'A World of Their Own', a VCCP-created campaign celebrating childhood independence and taking a gentle swipe at helicopter parenting.
Aug 53 min read


TBWA goes handmade with a bold new global identity
TBWA has rolled out its first full global visual identity, a deliberately imperfect, handmade system built in-house by Design by Disruption.
Aug 53 min read


Brits crave the human touch as digital fatigue sets in — Mintel
Mintel says UK consumers are rejecting over-automated experiences and prioritising human connection — a warning for brands leaning too hard on AI at the expense of the personal.
Aug 42 min read


Beefeater 0.0 revives Jamiroquai's ‘Virtual Insanity’ for the no/lo era
Beefeater 0.0's new Lucky Generals campaign reanimates Jamiroquai's 1996 ‘Virtual Insanity’ as a sequel — a nostalgia-led play riding the fast-growing no/lo drinks trend.
Aug 42 min read


Škoda puts the ‘Shhh’ into its name in a national brand campaign
Škoda's new Leo UK campaign turns the háček above the Š — and the ‘shhh’ sound of saying the name right — into a participation-driven brand platform across TV, OOH and social.
Aug 43 min read


Kingfisher builds its retail-media engine with two senior hires
Kingfisher has created its first Head of Data Monetisation role and B&Q has hired a retail-media director from Amazon — a clear signal the DIY group wants a serious commerce-media business.
Aug 43 min read
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