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Barclays - Code Playground There can be few things more important to a kid's education right now, than teaching them code. Whilst nothing is guaranteed, it's surely their best bet for a productive career in later life. So Barclays have launched an...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
Ann Wixley, Creative Director at OMD UK, talks with Creativepool founder, Michael Tomes. Hear Ann's thoughts on the connection between performance art and experiential creativity, creating and producing ideas and their impact. Ann was a ballet...
Posted by: Creativepool
As a self-professed creature of the online age, a solid 90% of my shopping is done from the comfort of my own home, most often at my office desk, occasionally whilst on the toilet (don't tell me I'm the only one). As such the idea of a brand such as...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
In the latest is a series of significant culls for the supermarket chain since Dave Lewis took over as CEO last September, it was announced yesterday that Tesco's Blinkbox Books e-book service would be closing, following a failed sale to Waterstones....
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Fitness First is the world's largest privately owned health club group with over 540 clubs worldwide and over 1 million members in 21 countries. In London alone there are over 40 clubs, each stocked with state-of-the art gym equipment, and staffed by...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
According to new figures recently published by the UK's Department for Culture Media & Sport (DCMS), the UK's creative sectors (which encompasses everything from film, tv and music to advertising and design) were worth £76.9 billion a year to...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Will Awdry, Creative Director at Big Fish, previously at Ogilvy & Mather, talks with Creativepool founder, Michael Tomes. Find out what a Creative Director does, how important is a good idea and the dark arts of pitching. Along with five other...
Posted by: Creativepool
Hello and happy new diet to you. No? Happy new gym membership, maybe. Not that either? Happy new I’m-only-drinking-alcohol-at-the-weekend. Getting warmer? Or perhaps the number one aim in the Land of You is get a happy new job. If so, good...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
The president of D&AD talks to Creativepool in our Ubiqutious Black Cab about her early career, breaking into the creative industry, and how to succeed… Laura Jordan Bambach explains to Creativepool founder, Michael Tomes, how her many roles...
Posted by: Creativepool
Uber is the revolutionary taxi service that's taken the US by storm and is set to make a similar impression over here as it moves into its third English City; Leeds, following successful debuts in London and Manchester. The Uber technology platform...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
The Dentsu Aegis Network's Carat agency has officially snatched the £550 million UK Government buying account from GroupM, the media-buying division of WPP, after GroupM filed a claim at the high court in London to challenge the decision. The...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Celebrities in London's Shoreditch (Jack The Ripper Territory) recently got scared out of their wits by O2 thanks to a unique haunted house, which VCCP Kin created as part of the brand's “Connected Devices” campaign. Reality TV stars...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
In a move that reveals a certain symmetry with its parent office, which claimed the San Francisco Examiner as one of its first client back in the 1980's, the New York arm of Goodby Silverstein & Partners has landed a big city tabloid as one of its...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Addison Lee, the largest private hire minicab company in London, recently appointed Nick Constantinou as its new head of marketing and product innovation. Constantinou, who has previously held roles at McCann Erickson, AKQA overseeing product...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Creativepool hosted a Pool Party 2014 wednesday 10th September, #CPoolParty14. Lead sponsor Ubiquitous, have branded black cabs for Creativepool which had a unique spot at the event in Shoreditch. Not only was the liveried taxi parked in front of the...
Posted by: Creativepool
Here we go again. Yet another campaign for The National Lottery (TNL), and it stinks. This has been going on for years, of course. If you can stand to, cast your mind back to any TNL marketing, branding or advertising and tell me whether you can...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
M&C Saatchi has posted strong profit and revenue growth for the first half of 2014, with the advertising and marketing company declaring a 15% increase in its dividend to 1.40 pence, up from the 1.21 pence it declared last year. The profits have been...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
The Creativepool Team believe it’s time for the creative industry to have an End of Summer Bash: Pool Party 2014! Watch Creativepool and friends take over Shoreditch on Wednesday the 10th of September. Look out for our Ubiquitous Taxis, the...
Posted by: Creativepool
It's been reported that the Liberal Democrat party will be pledging a crackdown on 'intimate' images of people being posted online without their consent as part of their pre-election manifesto. The move arrives just a week after Apple's iCloud was...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Brands have forgotten what being ‘social’ actually means and need to put more effort into ‘working the room’ on social media, says Rena Varsani, head of copy. Bear with me for a moment while I ask a patronising question: can...
Posted by: Rufus Leonard
Earlier this year, Jeremy Paxman suggested some editions of Newsnight should simply inform the viewing audience there was nothing much to talk about, before rolling the closing credits. Knowing Paxo, he was probably just being provocative, or even...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
The news that the next 'Star Wars' film will be a sequel to episode six - 'Return Of The Jedi' - fills me with genuine excitement. That it will star Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher and Peter Mayhew is thrill upon thrill. However, if this...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
A startup led by former Marker Studios vice president of branded entertainment, and industry veteran, Fran Solomita; Mozaic Branding is an innovative firm, which will provide unprecedented service capabilities for brands seeking collaboration with...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
As part of the “Unleash your Mojo” campaign spearheaded by M&C Saatchi and Lida, Virgin Holidays will be launching a new ad campaign this summer geared towards Caribbean holidays and the unique experiences they have to offer. The campaign...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
It's 'No Tobacco Day 2014'. Hooray. It is often said there are too many 'days' dedicated to this that and the other. And I think this rather proves the point. Not because the World Health Organisation (who are behind the event) shouldn't have an...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
In order to raise awareness about the serious dangers of smoking on 'World No Tobacco Day', the global anti-smoking charity QUIT have teamed up with M&C Saatchi to create an integrated social media campaign which uses the micro-video site Vine to...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
In a joint statement released yesterday, the global advertising holding groups Publicis and Omnicom officially announced that they had terminated their proposed $35 million merger, following weeks of speculation. The agreement was mutual, and came...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Compare the Market, the price comparison website that has spawned something of a cult sensation with it's 'Compare the Meerkat' ads and assorted merchandise, are urging their Australian company to visit the site sooner rather than later. This is...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
I don't know whether it's because I'm a writer, but when I watch a movie, the script and screenplay always take my attention. A great concept with a terrible script can really spoil things; likewise a thumping good screenplay can lift an average...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
The planned merger of major, global advertising holding firms Publicis and the Omnicom Group has hit a few major hurdles of late, which will need to be resolved before the $35 billion merger can take place. The first major hurdle to overcome will be...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Getting an advertisement completely and utterly wrong is quite an art. For starters, it takes two parties who at least profess to know what they're doing: the client and the agency. Then the brief must wildly misunderstand the nature of the audience...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
Ataxia UK; a charity which offers support to people suffering from one of the UK's least recognised genetic neurological disorders, which affect balance, coordination and speech, have recently teamed up with advertising agency TBWA/London and...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
In the advertising business, there's only one thing worse than the most prestigious account on the planet going horribly sour - and that's the most prestigious account on the planet going horribly sour and it all leaking out across the web. So spare...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
Yesterday, Chime Communications posted pre-tax profits of £25 million for 2013. Operating income at the marketing services company, meanwhile, rose 8% year on year to £169.5 million. Annual operating profits, however, were flat, and the...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has been partly responsible for the 'best yet' year at M&C Saatchi, who have enjoyed a record year in both revenue and profit. CEO David Kershaw thanked huge contract wins such as coffee firm Douwe Egberts and...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
So ridiculous, it would have been rejected as a plotline in 'The Thick Of It'. That's not (or not necessarily) my opinion, it comes from the creators of 'The Thick Of It' and it refers to the 'advertisement' placed on Twitter by Grant Shapps,...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw