Mungo Knott, the current marketing and insight director, has been appointed to the newly-created role of director of insight and innovation.

Channel 4 has announced Lyle’s Golden Syrup and Dr. Oetker as the broadcast sponsors of the 2017 Great British Bake Off, set to return to screens this autumn for the first time since being poached from the BBC.

The Evening Standard and Metro enjoyed big boosts to their web traffic in June – up 20.5% and 17.7%, respectively.

The Guardian’s circulation was up 3.8% in June, while the Observer was up 8.6%.

Experts from Mindshare UK, Bloomberg, MC&C, News UK, Exterion, Google, Posterscope, Jaywing and Transform give their thoughts on what the latest IPA Bellwether results mean for the media industry.

However, while an increase in internet budgets in Q2 2017 has fuelled growth in overall marketing budgets, rising wider economic uncertainty has had a noticeable impact on companies’ financial prospects.

Collectively, Sizmek and Rocket Fuel service more than 20,000 advertisers and 3,600 agencies to global audiences in over 70 countries.

A new report conducted by the Advertising Standards Authority has concluded that stronger regulation is required to limit the negative impacts of ads that feature stereotypical gender roles.

The move follows Hearst UK’s decision to merge its Lifestyle & Homes titles into a new division.

Time Inc. UK’s recently launched TV production arm, TI Productions UK, has secured its first commission – a 30 minute documentary for BBC Three.