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Projects & awards

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Global Agency of the Year 2022

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British Media Awards 2022: winners revealed

Campaign Creative Agency of the Year: Uncommon

Uncommon, Goodstuff, Neverland win at Campaign UK Agency of the Year Awards

Oliver Agency's Sharon Whale was crowned CEO of the Year at the Female Frontier Awards 2022

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AMV BBDO scoop Agency of the Year at the Campaign Big Awards

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Agency of the Year: MG OMD

Media Week Awards 2021: winners revealed

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Power 100 2021: Who's on marketing's leaderboard?

UK winners of Campaign 40 Over 40 revealed

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Publicis to pay €400m in bonuses ‘for everyone’ after annual profits jump 75%

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Publicis Groupe: stock market value has risen to more than $16.3bn

Publicis overtakes rivals to be world’s most valuable agency group

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The Knowledge

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Campaign's Pick of the Ads

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Future of Channel 4

Campaign: 4 THE PEOPLE

‘4 The People’: ad industry letter calls for Channel 4 to stay in public ownership

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'No upside but significant downside' – ad industry rallies around Channel 4

Ukraine War

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It's our brand: Ukraine's government turns nation's bravery into biggest cultural export

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Despair and shock: How advertising chiefs have been grappling with Russian exits

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Supporting our Ukrainian ad industry colleagues

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Omnicom to withdraw from Russia in 'orderly' exit

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Campaign podcast: School Reports special

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Campaign podcast: What school students think about advertising and how to change perceptions

Big Interviews

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Arthur Sadoun on staff bonuses, the metaverse and Cannes

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