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    • Tuesday, 26 July, 2016
      UK economy
      Star Wars film company pleads guilty over Harrison Ford accident

      Foodles Production accepted blame after actor suffered broken leg during filming of The Force Awakens

      Harrison Ford...This photo provided by Lucasfilm shows Peter Mayhew as Chewbacca and Harrison Ford as Han Solo in "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," directed by J.J. Abrams. The movie opened in U.S. theaters on Dec. 18, 2015. (Film Frame/Lucasfilm via AP) -
    • Thursday, 21 July, 2016
      European companies
      Publicis points to shake-up successes but warns on growth

      French advertising group says move to break silos has led to new client wins

      Maurice Lévy
    • Monday, 18 July, 2016
      Telecoms
      UK’s Hyperoptic wins £21m EU loan for ultrafast broadband

      European Investment Bank’s first funding since Brexit vote

    • Monday, 18 July, 2016
      News in-depthThe Big Read
      Digital advertising: Brands versus bots

      Software fraud claims billions of dollars but the industry finds it difficult to stop

    • Monday, 18 July, 2016
      Advertising
      Advertising body calls for robust audits of media agencies

      Trade group guidelines come after its probe alleged agencies were enriching themselves with rebates

    • Monday, 18 July, 2016
      Technology sector
      UK government welcomes Arm takeover but tech leaders mourn loss

      Chancellor hails investment and jobs, while sector warns it will make other companies vulnerable

      Philip Hammond, U.K. chancellor of the exchequer, leaves 11 Downing Street in London, U.K., on Friday, July 15, 2016. Theresa May will visit Edinburgh on Friday, her first foray outside of London since becoming U.K. prime minister, to deliver in person a pledge to govern in the interests of all Scots and damp their call for independence following the Brexit vote. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
    • Thursday, 14 July, 2016
      EU business regulation
      EU adds to competition complaints against Google

      Brussels strengthens antitrust case centring on online advertising and shopping

      A woman hovers a mouse over the Google and European Union logos in Sarajevo, in this April 15, 2015 photo illustration. The European Union accused Google Inc on Wednesday of cheating competitors by distorting Internet search results in favour of its Google Shopping service and also launched an antitrust probe into its Android mobile operating system. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
    • Wednesday, 6 July, 2016
      Media
      News media move to ban ad blockers from websites

      Industry acts to preserve revenues, but internet users have genuine concerns

    • Wednesday, 29 June, 2016
      US & Canadian companies
      Amazon offers cut-price phones in return for personalised ads

      Ecommerce group will offer $50 discounts if customers agree to receive marketing

      Revenues from Amazon Web Services grew 69% in the fourth quarter, reaching $2.4bn
    • Monday, 27 June, 2016
      Technology sector
      Google to be hit by new complaint from Brussels

      New ‘objections’ raised against group for allegedly abusing market power over ads and shopping

      WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 02: The reception area at Google's offices on December 2, 2008 in Washington, DC. Google hosted a roundtable discussion focused on clean energy policy which featured Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. (Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images)
    • Thursday, 16 June, 2016
      Social Media
      Groups tap social media to persuade the young to join in (or out)

      Vast array of videos and graphics hits Facebook, Twitter and YouTube

      epa05362190 Former British prime minister Gordon Brown delivers a speech at a 'Remain In' event in Leicester, Britain, 13 June 2016. Britons will vote on whether to remain in or leave the EU in a referendum on 23 June 2016. EPA/WILL OLIVER
    • Tuesday, 14 June, 2016
      Brexit
      TV groups watch out for EU commercial break

      Views differ on whether Brexit fears are behind lower ad revenues

      Former Mayor of London Boris Johnson gestures during the "The ITV Referendum Debate" at the London Television Centre in Britain, June 9, 2016. Mandatory Credit: Photo by Matt Frost/ITV/REX/Shutterstock via Reuters ??ATTENTION EDITORS - MANDATORY CREDIT. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. THIS PICTURE IS MADE AVAILABLE FREE OF CHARGE FOR PRESS EDITORIAL USE UP TO AND INCLUDING THURSDAY 30TH JUNE 2016. NO ARCHIVE AFTER THIS DATE. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
    • Monday, 13 June, 2016
      UK politics
      Sadiq Khan bans body-shaming ads on London transport

      Khan fulfils election pledge over bikini diet posters

      Mandatory Credit: Photo by Nils Jorgensen/REX/Shutterstock (4743453an) Taking back the beach demonstration Taking back the beach demonstration, London, Britain - 02 May 2015
    • Thursday, 9 June, 2016
      IPOs
      Time Out raises £90m ahead of listing

      City guide publisher to build on ecommerce and food market concept launched in Lisbon

      C3B20A A man carrying a copy of TimeOut London Magazine.
    • Thursday, 9 June, 2016
      IPOs
      Time Out raises £90m ahead of Aim listing
    • Wednesday, 8 June, 2016
      UK companies
      Sir Martin Sorrell’s £70m pay package sparks investor rebellion

      Third of WPP shareholders choose to not back plan in non-binding vote

      WPP founder and CEO Martin Sorrell, speaks at the British chambers of Commerce annual conference in London Britain, March 3, 2016. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls - RTS94JX
    • Wednesday, 8 June, 2016
      World
      WPP investors rebel against CEO Sorrell’s pay
    • Tuesday, 7 June, 2016
      Advertising
      US ad agencies accused of secret deals with media companies

      Investigation funded by brands says groups use ‘non-transparent’ methods to make money from clients

      A woman looks at the screen of her mobile phone in front of an Apple logo outside its store in downtown Shanghai September 10, 2013. Apple Inc is expected to introduce a cheaper version of the iPhone on Tuesday, bringing one of the industry's costliest smartphones within reach of the masses in poorer emerging markets. The world's most valuable technology company, which many expect to unveil an iPhone 5C in several colors alongside the latest high-end iPhone 5S, is trying to beat back rivals like Samsung Electronics Co Ltd and Huawei Technologies Co Ltd in markets like India and China, where it is fast losing ground. REUTERS/Aly Song (CHINA - Tags: BUSINESS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY TELECOMS)
    • Tuesday, 7 June, 2016
      World
      ‘Secret cash rebates’ dog US ad deals
    • Sunday, 5 June, 2016
      US & Canadian companies
      ‘Endemic’ fraud threatens digital advertising budgets

      Marketers could waste more than $50bn a year by 2025, trade body warns

    • Sunday, 5 June, 2016
      Retail & Consumer industry
      Sports Direct’s Mike Ashley to face MPs

      Billionaire to answer questions over pay and working conditions at his retail empire

      Mike Ashley
    • Thursday, 2 June, 2016
      UK companies
      City AM to let brands place content directly on website

      London news publisher to allow companies to upload advertisements that look like editorial content

      A vendor hands out a copy of the newspaper City AM announcing news of the global financial crisis at Bank underground station in London, U.K., on Friday, Sept. 23, 2011. European stocks fell for a third day and U.S. index futures erased gains as commodities declined. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
    • Wednesday, 1 June, 2016
      Strategy
      Information matchmaker looks beyond Wall Street

      The financial crisis and a client’s insider trading scandal led expert network GLG to find new customers

      GLG CEO Alexander Saint-Amand in the New York Office
    • Tuesday, 31 May, 2016
      UK economy
      BBC pocket-sized coding computer for children goes on sale

      Broadcaster is hoping Micro Bit will emulate the success of the 1980s

    • Thursday, 26 May, 2016
      UK companies
      DMGT hit by falling print advertising sales

      Shares down 9% as publisher reduces profit outlook

      Copies of the Daily Mail newspaper are displayed in London, U.K., on Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2007. Daily Mail and General Trust Plc, the publisher of Britain's Daily Mail newspaper, sank the most in 21 months in London trading after earnings and forecasts fell short of some analysts' estimates. Photographer: Bryn Colton/Bloomberg News
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