Essence has named Ali Reed as its new UK managing director after close to two years with the GroupM agency.

Capitalising on a Christmas general election, the daily newspaper circulations held steady in December.

UK marketing budgets return to growth after a stagnant period, signalling a “renewed wave of optimism” for the upcoming year, according to the latest IPA Bellwether. Here, industry experts respond to the news.

Back from the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, industry experts share their key media take-aways.

IPG Mediabrands agency UM has announced the appointment of Enyi Nwosu to the newly created role of chief strategy officer, in a move to bolster its ‘Better Art’ and product offering in the UK.

Parker is well known for his 20 year career within Publicis Groupe, rising to co-CEO at Starcom Media Group UK, before relocating to Dubai to help create Publicis Media as CEO of Middle East & North Africa.

Caroline Foster Kenny, Jan Gooding, Karen Stacey, Dominic Mills, Greg Grimmer, Phil Smith, Stephen Woodford, Jenny Biggam and Simon Kilby all feature in this video giving hopes for the year ahead.

Twitter’s EMEA boss has announced his departure after eight years with the social media business.

Ivor Falvey, formerly global talent planning director at ad network Dentsu Aegis, has joined talent research firm Wilbury Stratton as a director and the global head of media and entertainment practice.

According to agency estimates for November 2019 ITV once again outperformed its rivals, with commercial revenues up by 3.4% year on year.