The publisher, which owns more than 200 regional titles and had already launched a strategic review of its business, has been struggling with a £220m repayment.
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Creative agency BBH has been named the Grand Prix winner of the 2018 IPA Effectiveness Awards for “supercharging” Audi’s UK business over the past three years.
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According to the IPA and System1 report, ads that use creativity in the form of brand characters or motifs are better at eliciting an emotional response and boosting brand recognition – yet their use is in decline.
The appointments come after Trefor Thomas was hired as chief creative officer in May and Eoin O’Neill promoted to chief technology officer and global head of SEO in April.
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CEO Mark Read names Stephan Pretorius as chief technology officer, Lindsay Pattison as chief client officer, while Andrew Scott is confirmed as the permanent COO.
