Hasta La Creative!

There's no such thing as a national customer," a client once said to me. "Just lots of local ones."

The London Evening Standard, Scottish broadcaster STV and regional publisher Archant are among the 57 applicants hoping to win licenses to run local TV stations across the UK, Ofcom has today (Tuesday) announced.

(TrendHunter.com) The Rob Prideaux ‘Smoke and Fire’ series is a sizzling production of burning objects and artistic smoke drawings. Based in San Francisco, Prideaux specializes in exaggerating appetizing…

Facebook’s $1bn (£641m) acquisition of photo-sharing service Instagram has today (14 August) been given the green light by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), which has decided not to refer it to the Competition Commission.

Jeremy Hunt, the culture secretary, today (14 August) pledged an extra £10m in marketing spend to promote the UK to China and to advertise the UK domestically next year, as the Government looks to build on the country’s publicity during 2012.

To celebrate D&AD’s 50th Birthday, a panel of industry stalwarts including Sir John Hegarty, Bob Greenberg and David Droga, reveal what it takes to win a Black Pencil.

Home improvement retailer B&Q is to review its £34m media planning and buying account currently split between ZenithOptimedia and MEC.

BetVictor, the online betting brand chaired by the charismatic Victor Chandler, has unveiled its debut VCCP-created campaign, which is based on the idea that “Nothing should get in your way.”

Sainsbury’s is launching a ‘here’s to extraordinary’ TV campaign starring David Beckham tomorrow (15 August) that will push its Paralympic Games sponsorship.

Transsexual Luke Anderson’s victory in the latest series of ‘Big Brother’ helped the show bow out with 1.5 million viewers last night, a quarter less than tuned in to the final of last year’s series.