Our CEO Steve Hyde is moderating a great panel discussion at  Ad Week Europe. See him on the Great Minds Stage asking  Giselle Mather; Director of Rugby, Wasps FC; Alex Lazarus MSc, CBP; Managing Director, Lazarus & Maverick Ltd and Chris Hurst, Global CEO Havas Creative about successful modern leadership. It's sure to be a stimulating and inciteful [...]

Ask most people who have been part of any pitch team in past years, and you will be regaled with horror stories - from all nighters at the office, to pointless "beauty parades" before the incumbent keeps the business. The Pledge aims to ensure that all pitch processes are necessary, efficient and mindful of mental [...]

Agency approaches to supporting staff differ industry wide. Here are some of the views from the top about how companies can ease the increasing cost of living burden on employees - but is it as simple as paying staff more? With the cost of living rising rapidly, how are you supporting your staff? (campaignlive.co.uk)  

The Mediacom / Essence merger is apparently not going to lead to a loss of jobs - rather to “a lot of different opportunities for very talented folks” Read the full article here: WPP to merge MediaCom and Essence in radical Group M restructure (campaignlive.co.uk)

Government research shows that whilst the gender pay gap has narrowed over the last year, there is still work to be done. While there are some very positive initiatives industry wide, Karen Martin, chief executive of BBH summed it up best "We must do better..." Read the full article here: Publicis Groupe duo and VCCP [...]

Best Places to Work: winners across four categories were revealed at a ceremony on 6 April The top performers in Campaign's Best Places to Work list have been revealed across four categories, marking the first time winners have been able to celebrate together at a live event since 2019.https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/campaign-best-places-work-category-winners-revealed/1752115?bulletin=campaign_breaking_news&utm_medium=EMAIL&utm_campaign=eNews%20Bulletin&utm_source=20220407&utm_content=Campaign%20Breaking%20News%20(122)::&email_hash=703afde0d1134242b23f2716911e5d0e

Change is upon us, the like of which we have never seen before. Early evidence from 360xec’s Future Fit survey indicates that over 80% of senior executive respondents felt the c-suites of companies were insufficiently prepared or visionary in foreseeing and making such changes as may be required over the next 3-5 years. To put [...]

360xec are undertaking an important research study that we would greatly value your input into. As advances in technology and machine learning based automation increase, so the impact on people and their roles within companies also changes. Striking a sustainable balance of cerebral human input and automated machine based input is one of the significant [...]

However long one has been in Agency adland, these times are different, or at least they need to be. The challenge is that too much has stayed the same; structures, roles, ways of reporting, aspects of accountability ways of being employed etc […]