25 May 2012
James Whitehead apparently rather enjoyed dressing up as a dictator at the JWT party to celebrate the agency's success in winning the pitch for the British Army.
24 May 2012
| by Our Parliamentary correspondent
The advertising industry has urged MPs to reject growing demands for a ban on alcohol ads. In a submission to the Commons Health Select Committee, the Advertising Association argued: "An advertising ban is not the solution to the complex problem of harmful alcohol consumption."
24 May 2012
| by Katherine Levy
Experian, the online credit-checking service that owns the CreditExpert brand, is reviewing its £6 million media planning and buying account.
24 May 2012
| by Maisie McCabe
Big Communications, the Leicester-based agency, has acquired the independent shop Quorum from its founders, Billy Mawhinney and Simon Collins.
24 May 2012
| by Campaign staff
Agency Assessments International, the pitch consultant, is ditching the traditional pitching process in favour of a leaner system that it believes will establish more respectful working relationships.
24 May 2012
| by John Tylee
Agencies were this week left bewildered by the Government's plans for a leaner approach to communications in the wake of COI's demise.
24 May 2012
| by Sara Kimberley
David Howard, the co-founder of Johnny Fearless, has left the agency to join Fold7 as its head of planning.
24 May 2012
| by Jeremy Lee
Four weeks shy of the fifth anniversary of their resignation from Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe/Y&R, James Murphy, Ben Priest and David Golding this week found themselves celebrating the sale of their agency to Omnicom, after its chief executive, John Wren, provided his seal of approval.
24 May 2012
| by Jeremy Lee
BetVictor, the online betting brand owned by Victor Chandler, has hired VCCP to handle its advertising account.
24 May 2012
| by Sara Kimberley
The Jordans & Ryvita Company has called a review of its £6 million ad business.