PETA spices up fruit & veg for ‘Man Meat’ vegan ad
PETA has launched a new ‘Man Meat’ commercial geared toward encouraging men to forego their meat in order to ‘Stay firm and fresh’. Utilising strategically placed cucumbers and carrots the ad has been...
View ArticleThe Leith Agency creative director Gerry Farrell attacks poisonous...
Gerry Farrell, creative director of the Leith Agency, has branded Edinburgh City Council’s deputy leader as ‘poisonous’ following criticism of the agency’s ‘Incredinburgh’ marketing campaign. It...
View ArticleTony the Tiger to be given 60th birthday makeover
Kelloggs has announced that rather than give its most famous brand icon a free bus pass it will instead give Tony the Tiger a full makeover for his 60th birthday. Famous for his ‘They’re Gr-r-r-eat!’...
View ArticleCrabbie’s Alcoholic Ginger Beer announced as sponsor for ITV Christmas...
Crabbie’s Alcoholic Ginger Beer has been announced as the sponsor of Christmas programmes on ITV1, ITV2 and STV, beginning in December. Crabbie’s will also be running a national TV campaign featuring...
View ArticleSky, Lloyds TSB and Vodafone sign up to advertise on Windows 8 Ads-in-Apps...
Sky, Lloyds TSB and Vodafone have all confirmed that they will be advertising on the new Windows 8 Ads-in-Apps platform. Microsoft Advertising has revealed that more than 25 brands and a host of...
View ArticleWaitrose announces launch of its ‘stripped back’ Christmas ad
Waitrose has today announced the launch of its ‘stripped back’ Christmas ad, with the money saved in the making of the campaign to be given to charity. Set to air on TV for the first time tomorrow,...
View ArticleIntermarketing Agency announces appointment of James Henry as head of retail
Intermarketing Agency has announced the promotion of James Henry to the newly created role of head of retail. In his new role, Henry will be involved in creating new projects for major retail brands....
View ArticlePhones 4u reveals its first Christmas campaign
Phones 4u is to launch a £3million Christmas campaign to raise awareness of its pay as you go handsets and gifting propositions in the run up to Christmas. The creative, developed by creative...
View Articleglue Isobar appoints AKQA group technical director Stuart George as head of...
glue Isobar has announced the appointment of Stuart George, formally group technical director at AKQA, as its head of technology. Reporting to Rick Williams, chief technology officer at glue Isobar,...
View ArticleMicrosoft invites public to let Windows 8 slide into their life with Jam and...
Windows 8 has unveiled a gigantic slide inside Bluewater, in a campaign conceived by Jam to make it ‘fast and fun’ for consumers to get their hands on the new product. Slice handled the experiential...
View ArticleApple run adverts in UK newspapers apologising to Samsung over copyright case
Apple has taken out adverts to issue a new apology to Samsung, having been order to reword the initial statement. The latest apology is far more straight forward than the previous one, which seemed to...
View ArticleStop Page 3 campaign creates spoof Lego model to put pressure on The Sun's...
Stop Page 3, the campaign directed at Sun editor Dominic Mohan, has created a ‘Lego’ page 3 model out of protest against the toy brand’s commercial relationship with The Sun newspaper. Lego’s...
View ArticleFacebook tests out new Timeline design on “small percentage of users”
It looks like Facebook could once again be rolling out changes to its Timeline service as it tests out a new design. According to the Telegraph, the makeover for profile pages will involve placing all...
View ArticleGlasgow 2014 relaunches website to meet increasing demand from users
Glasgow 2014 has relaunched its official website in an effort to meet the increasing demand from users for more online options. As well as an improved integration with Glasgow 2014’s social media...
View ArticlePenguin shells out £400,000 for Pippa Middleton's party advice to mixed...
Pippa Middleton’s ‘Celebrate: A Year of British Festivities for Family and Friends’ hit bookshelves last week with a barrage of criticism from reviewers not quite sure what to make of Pippa’s top tips...
View ArticleNew mobile first Royal websites developed by Reading Room
The website for HRH the Prince of Wales has been relaunched with a mobile first approach from digital agency Reading Room. The site has been structured to function as three individual websites-...
View Article"I will get the name out trust me”: Steven Messham takes to Twitter after...
Sex abuse victim Steven Messham has revealed via Twitter that he “will get the name out”, referring to the MP who he claims raped him. Appearing on Friday’s Newsnight, Messham described how the...
View Article150 texts between PM Cameron and Rebekah ? Publish them, says MP
As many as 150 text messages exchanged between David Cameron and former News International chief Rebekah Brooks over a number of months "could prove to be a considerable embarrassment to the...
View ArticleJust in time for Christmas...Microsoft partners with retailers to sell...
Microsoft video conference service Skype has partnered with retailers Asda, Currys, PC World, Sainsbury’s and WH Smith for the release of its prepaid cards, a new option to allow users to buy credit...
View ArticleNationwide to roll out i-design's Favourite Transaction service across...
Nationwide Building Society is to utilise a new service offered by i-design with the introduction of its new ‘Favourite Transaction’ functionality. The use of the add-on-component coincides with the...
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