The awards celebrate advertising campaigns that have featured across Guardian channels.

XR’s Blair Robertson suggested that, while efficiency is crucial, it must be considered alongside efficacy.

The ASA and CAP are revising guidance on the LHF ad ban to reconsider whether brand advertising could fall within the scope of restrictions outlined by the law. Autumn planning is likely to be impacted.

Advertising is now dominated by a handful of players that don’t play by established rules, like JICs or trade bodies. This poses a huge risk for advertisers. 

Agencies can sign up to the competition to find the brightest media brains.

Brand-building is not enough. We have to be world-builders — and this requires craft and reverence for the brand, married with media smarts and technology to distribute and optimise.

We have a fax machine TV trading system in the AI age. But the need for structural change can only be addressed with the full participation of the agency community.

A question is sent the user’s device that can provide information on awareness, consideration and more.

Women’s sports, challenger agencies, AI developments, video fragmentation… 2025 has much in store for industry leaders.

Advertisers need to “lean in” more to the cross-measurement project, according to the trade body’s director-general.