Social media firms team up with advertisers to fight online harms June 18, 2019 Social media giants including Facebook and Google have formed a new alliance with brands and ad agencies in a bid to crack down on harmful material online. A total of 16 brands, including Unilever, Diageo and Procter & Gamble, have signed up to a new working group that will lobby publishers and platforms to remove [...]
City Moves for 17 June – Who’s switching jobs? June 17, 2019 Today’s City Moves includes Cushman & Wakefield, Wavemaker and Stenn International. Cushman & Wakefield Cushman & Wakefield has appointed Greg Mansell as head of UK research and insight, based in London. Greg joins the firm with more than 10 years’ experience researching and forecasting global real estate markets. Most recently, Greg has run his own [...]
Editor’s Notes: Canary Wharf is still the place to meat June 13, 2019 We live in interesting times. A few years ago, who would have expected vegan sausage rolls to fly off Greggs’ heated shelves, or for KFC to announce a new vegan “chicken” burger called The Imposter? Veganism is alive and well… but not so much at the Canary Wharf branch of Boisdale this week, where the [...]
Sorrell poaches two media execs with links to WPP for his S4 Capital venture June 12, 2019 Sir Martin Sorrell has hired a former WPP executive for his new venture S4 Capital in the ad veteran’s latest broadside against his old firm. Scott Spirit, who was ousted by WPP just months after Sorrell’s abrupt departure last year, will join S4 Capital as chief growth officer and board member. Read more: S4 Capital [...]
Amazon overtakes Apple and Google as world’s most valuable brand June 11, 2019 Amazon has surged past tech rivals Apple and Google to be crowned the world’s most valuable brand. The e-commerce giant jumped in brand value by 52 per cent over the last year to reach $315.5bn (£405.9bn), according to the latest figures from WPP and Kantar. Read more: Amazon to deliver packages by drone ‘within months’ [...]
Financial services bosses are the most trustworthy June 4, 2019 Bosses in the financial services sector are the most trusted despite overall trust in chief executives falling since the beginning of the decade. Employees’ trust in their chief executives has fallen eight per cent since 2011, according to a report by The Institute of Leadership & Management published today. A series of high profile bumper [...]
Yorkshire Building Society taps WPP agency Mindshare for £6m media account May 29, 2019 Yorkshire Building Society has tapped WPP agency Mindshare for its media planning and buying account, the company said today. Read more: WPP suffers sales drop after ‘significant’ client losses Mindshare secured the contract, which will be worth roughly £6m annually over the next five years, after a five-month pitching process. “We are delighted to be [...]
S4 Capital boss Sir Martin Sorrell faces investor revolt over bumper pay packet May 19, 2019 Advertising veteran Sir Martin Sorrell could be faced with a shareholder revolt amid a backlash at his proposed pay packet at new firm S4 Capital. Shareholder advisory groups Glass Lewis and ISS have both issued notes urging investors to vote down the company’s long-term bonus scheme. Read more: S4 Capital continues to grow profits as [...]
The man who would be king: Why adland’s El Presidente has ‘zero fear’ of getting fired May 4, 2019 Looking back, Eduardo Maruri is glad he didn’t run for president. The Ecuadorian, now 52 years old, claims he had a good chance of being elected in his home country, but ultimately did not feel he was in a position to pull off the role. “You’re only president once, so you have to make sure [...]
S4 Capital continues to grow profits as it lands big-name client wins May 3, 2019 Sir Martin Sorrell’s advertising firm S4 Capital has posted another quarter of bumper revenue and profit growth as it looks to win over big clients with its digital-first approach. Read more: Sir Martin Sorrell was paid £140,000 by S4 Capital in 2018 The figures S4 Capital posted like-for-like revenue growth of 35 per cent to [...]