Facebook is to create 500 new tech jobs in London by the end of the year with the opening of a new engineering centre in the city, as the platform continues its efforts to make safety and security a “top priority”.

timeTo, adland’s initiative to end sexual harassment within the industry, is taking its “Where Do You Draw The Line?” campaign to Cannes Lions.

VaynerMedia has hired Sarah Baumann as managing director of its London office, overseeing client relations and business operations.

Channel 4 has developed new ad targeting technology that will allow advertisers to leverage their own data to create targetable custom audience segments, a new first for broadcaster VOD.

Dentsu Aegis has announced that it is merging four of its agency brands into one for the UK market, to be led by Fetch UK CEO Patrick Affleck.

The annual award highlights a different area of diversity each year and encourages the ad industry to embrace inclusive campaigns, with £1 million worth of commercial airtime on offer to the winning brand or agency.

He replaces Dan Brooke, formerly chief marketing & communications officer at Channel 4, who left the company after eight years in December.

A record number of SME advertisers and a strong online retail market are together driving growth in UK online advertising, according to the latest Advertising Pays report.

Adtech company Quantcast has appointed Matthias Matthiesen as senior privacy counsel to bolster its legal and corporate development team.

The new IPA president tells Michaela Jefferson about his bold new agenda – and what he thinks about consultancies, diversity, tech and the duopoly.