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WPP and Ogilvy & Mather continue Cannes winning streak as final honours are announced

26-06-2016 14:25

Cannes Lions unveiled its final winners last night (Saturday 25 June) with WPP and Ogilvy & Mather both continuing their winning streaks by claiming the Holding Company of the Year and Network of the Year awards respectively.
The holding group prize was won by WPP for the sixth year in a row, while sister company Ogilvy & Mather took home the network gong for the fifth consecutive year.
WPP's award is based on the accumulated points won by the agencies within each group, and me

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Scotland 'seeks new flatmate' via Gumtree ad following Brexit

26-06-2016 12:57

A disconcerted Scottish voter has taken to Gumtree to find a "new flatmate" for Scotland in the aftermath of the Brexit.
Advertising the vacancy on the 'roomshare' section of the site, the tongue-in-cheek ad reads: "Small industrious northern European nation of 5.3million seeks new flatmates as current resident's behaviour has become unreasonable."
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Posted by a user called 'Scott' the ad stipulates that rent is £200 per-month, but for that bargain price lodgers c

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Cannes gets its very own Carpool Karaoke as Luma Partners CEO Terence Kawaja puts himself in the driver's seat

26-06-2016 12:18

It looks like James Corden has some stiff competition in the Carpool Karaoke stakes now that the popular show has made it all the way to La Croisette.
Adland's very own Terence Kawaja has taken over Corden's duties as chief crooner for a very special Cannes Lions-themed edition of the viral Late Late Show segment.
The founder and chief executive of Luma Partners invited Facebook's vice-president of global marketing solutions, Carolyn Everson, t

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UK government to hold talks with business leaders over Brexit fears this week

26-06-2016 11:40

The UK government is poised to hold a meeting with business leaders this week to discuss the implications of Britain's exit from the European Union.
Business Secretary Sajid Javid has told the BBC that he wants to let businesses know "there's no need to panic," in the aftermath of the vote, adding that the UK's economy is strong enough to handle any "short-term market volatility".
The roundtable meeting with UK firms will be chaired by the business secretary on Tuesday (28 June),

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Guardian journalists denied entry into Donald Trump Aberdeen golf resort event

26-06-2016 10:50

The Guardian is the latest newspaper to find itself banned from a Donald Trump press event, joining the likes of BuzzFeed, the Washington Post and Poltico.
The publisher claimed that on Saturday (25 June) the presumptive Republican presidential nominee prevented its reporters gaining entry to his golf resort in Aberdeeen after haven taken issue with another Guardian journalist's line of questioning the day before.
Both a reporter and photographer from the paper were stopped from att

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