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Media buyers split over how strongly UK ad market will bounce back

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Unilever bans the word 'normal' from ads and packaging

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ITV eyes 75% April advertising boost after Covid-19 slump

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Behind the scenes of the $600m Walgreens Boots Alliance pitch

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Just Eat appoints agency after four-way creative pitch

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Campaign podcast: Neurodiversity and creativity, state of the TV market

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Campaign podcast: Becoming creative 'factories' and ditching line managers

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Sir Martin Sorrell interview: 'S4 Capital's real competition is Accenture'

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Ad chiefs are calmer as second lockdown hits

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Crisis triggers wave of ad agency start-ups

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