ASOS to double the number of items available as part of Primark online trial
Fashion e-tailer ASOS has confirmed it is to double the number of items available as part of its current Primark trial following shopper demand in the first week of trading. ASOS will increase the...
View ArticleBeattie McGuinnes Bungay's Arthur Tindsley joins Microsoft Advertising as...
Microsoft Advertising has appointed Beattie McGuinnes Bungay’s Arthur Tindsley to the newly created role of creative technologist. Based in Microsoft’s London office, Tindsley will report to...
View ArticleSSE appoints Synergy Sponsorship to handle its Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth...
SSE has appointed Synergy Sponsorship as its lead agency for the management of their sponsor activity for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, including the strategy and activation. SSE was announced...
View ArticleKellogg’s Crunchy Nut announced as The Million Pound Drop sponsor
Kellogg’s Crunchy Nut has been announced at the sponsor of The Million Pound Drop, which is set to run from tonight for six weeks. The show, which will run on Friday and Saturday nights, will see the...
View ArticlePost Office appoints Surname & Surname to promote travel services
The Post Office has appointed Surname & Surname to help promote its travel services over the summer. The campaign will look to promote the Post Office’s travel money, insurance and Passport Check...
View ArticleMark Wright revealed as the face of Littlewoods menswear
Littlewoods has unveiled its new face of menswear – ITV2 star and Heart FM DJ Mark Wright. As the face of menswear Wright will style and model a capsule collection each season for Goodsouls,...
View ArticleAd of the Day: Total Yogurt - Cow Rescue
In this attractive and evocative 60" spot, a cheeky little boy releases a cow from the pasture in order to 'rescue' it and earn himself a yogurt-based reward from his mum. The style and look of the ad...
View ArticleCondiment brand that supports British troops Forces Sauces reveals brand...
Veteran’s charity Stoll has worked with integrated brand design agency bluemarlin to launch Forces Sauces, a range of table sauces that support vulnerable and disabled ex-Servicemen and women across...
View ArticleSally Bercow missed chance to settle libel case for £15,000 it emerges - as...
Sally Bercow could have settled with Lord McAlpine for just £15,000 if she had not tried to pursue her libel case in court, it has emerged. The High Court ruled last month. that a tweet from Bercow...
View ArticleYahoo patents ad charging idea based on bidding for users' social influence
Yahoo has patented an idea on a new system of ad charging which would encourage marketers to bid against each other to target more influential customers. The firm suggests internet users could be...
View ArticleKnighthood for Bartle Bogle Hegarty's Nigel Bogle among creative industry...
Co-founder and chairman of Bartle Bogle Hegarty (BBH), Nigel Bogle, has been given a knighthood for services to the advertising industry in the Queen’s birthday honours list. This year’s list gave...
View ArticleBattle between Sky Sports and BT Sport heats up ahead of August launch
BSkyB upped the stakes in the war with new broadcast competitor BT on Friday by offering free, unlimited broadband to anyone who signs up to its Sky Sports package. The move follows the announcement...
View ArticleQuestions over role of Leveson lawyer embroiled in affair allegations
Eyebrows have been raised after it emerged a lawyer who made a “valuable contribution” to the Leveson Inquiry allegedly began a relationship with a barrister who had represented phone hacking victims....
View ArticleTelegraph teams with Waitrose for media first campaign
Telegraph Media Group (TMG) has partnered with Waitrose to launch a ‘media first’ campaign to promote the launch of a new gardening website from Waitrose. Having launched yesterday, the partnership...
View ArticlePictures of Nigella ‘being choked’ by Charles Saatchi unveiled in newspaper
The Sunday People has today unveiled pictures of TV chef Nigella Lawson having her throat squeezed by husband and advertising tycoon Charles Saatchi. It was reported that Saatchi used one hand and...
View ArticleLord Patten admits Savile scandal was ‘pretty horrendous’
BBC chairman Lord Patten has admitted that the Jimmy Savile scandal which engulfed the BBC last autumn was ‘pretty taxing’. Speaking at a lunch of political journalists in Westminster, Patten said:...
View ArticleTwitter, Facebook and Instagram blamed for the demise of the traditional...
Half of all Britons are now posting photos online with a week of taking them with one in ten uploading images within seconds, leading to the death of the traditional photo album. According to a survey...
View ArticlePolice considering legal action over alleged attack on TV chef Nigella Lawson
Scotland Yard has revealed that "inquiries are in hand to establish the facts in order to assess whether an investigation is necessary" after pictures of Nigella Lawson being assaulted in public by...
View ArticleWill.i.am given a 'dressing down' from BBC bosses after swearing slip up on...
Will.i.am has left BBC bosses unimpressed after swearing during Saturday's live semi-final show. According to The Sun BBC bosses have since stepped in to give the Black Eyed Peas star a 'dressing...
View ArticleMarks & Spencer recruits Katie Piper and Dame Helen Mirren for new ad campaign
Marks & Spencer has named Katie Piper, the TV presenter who rebuilt her life after a vicious acid attack, as its latest brand ambassador. Piper will now star in an ad campaign believed to be worth...
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