Top company and news stories 20 November 2017 - 20 Nov 2017[Leigh Andrews]
Highlights from the ABCs, Assegais and AfricaCom - 13 Nov 2017[Leigh Andrews] Highlights from the ABCs, Assegais and AfricaCom
What’s keeping BBDO up at night? - 6 Nov 2017[Leigh Andrews] What's keeping BBDO up at night?
Local is lekker, especially when local work is recognised internationally - 30 Oct 2017[Leigh Andrews] Local is lekker, especially when local work is recognised internationally
Celebrating entrepreneurship, journalistic excellence and woke creative strategy - 23 Oct 2017[Leigh Andrews] As we near the end of October it's time to gear up for the final big industry award shows. The Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Awards 2017 took place last week and we'll be covering the 2017 Pendoring Awards, which focus on promoting and rewarding outstanding Afrikaans advertising this Friday. #ICYMI: Top industry headlines and insights
New agencies form, online consumer trust divides - 16 Oct 2017[Leigh Andrews] Top headlines this week:
Lang’s leaving and Vodafone rebrands globally - 9 Oct 2017[Leigh Andrews] It's been a bumper week for industry news. First up, I got the scoop on Graham Lang leaving the SA creative industry in good hands when he leaves SA for Canada come end-November. read more Honouring that enterprising entrepreneurial spirit - 2 Oct 2017[Leigh Andrews] Welcome to October, where we will celebrate African entrepreneurship at its best. Click through to our #EntrepreneurMonth special section for updates throughout the month. #ICYMI: News making headlines this week
Media outlook and consumer spend insights - 26 Sep 2017[Leigh Andrews] We hope your shortened work week is off to a good start. It's certainly been a busy one for us, with last week's release of PWC's entertainment and media outlook 2017 to 2021. read more Digital dominates - 18 Sep 2017[Jessica Tennant] Last week Kantar Millward Brown announced South Africa's Top 10 Best Liked Ads for Q1 and Q2 2017. In number one spot for quarter one is ‘The Best Things Come in Glass' for client Consol Glass by agency Grey Advertising, and taking first place in quarter two is ‘Tougher-er my Son' for Toyota Hilux by FCB Joburg. read more Bell Pottinger expelled, on sale - 11 Sep 2017[Jessica Tennant] Shortly after the announcement of Bell Pottinger UK CEO James Henderson's resignation, the PR firm has since been expelled from the Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) for at least five years. The regulator showed no mercy, imposing the harshest sanction in the industry's history. read more SA speaks out on social media about Bell Pottinger, new YouTube logo - 4 Sep 2017[Leigh Andrews] South Africans' eyes have been on the news that Bell Pottinger UK CEO James Henderson has stepped down this weekend, yet retains his stake in the company. Interesting timing as the UK's PRCA is set to hand down an announcement on its sanction of Bell Pottinger later this week. read more Hashtag celebrations and industry inspiration - 28 Aug 2017[Leigh Andrews] Welcome to the new week! We kick off with the news that the hashtag is ten years old. Hard to believe it's been just a decade since its introduction to online posts and making social media that much more manageable. read more Celebrating female leadership and this year’s Loerie winners - 21 Aug 2017[Leigh Andrews] You'd need to have skipped the country and been far away from social media to not have known the 39th annual Loeries took place this past weekend. In a nutshell: BBDO MEA took the title of regional agency group of the year, KFC Africa CMO Mike Middleton was awarded this year's Marketing Leadership and Innovation Award, and Nathan Reddy, chief creative officer and founder of Grid Worldwide Branding and Design, was this year's Hall of Fame inductee. read more Get your #WomensMonth and #Loeries2017 fix on Biz! - 14 Aug 2017[Leigh Andrews] Making headlines this week is the news that Tanja Lategan, former CEO of Primedia Online, has just been appointed as MD at Creative Spark, which was acquired by the M&C Saatchi Group in 2015. Lategan, who comes with 14 years of digital experience, will steer the digital agency through its next phase of growth in delivering powerful ideas for a digital world. read more |
