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• Saatchi & Saatchi chairman Kevin Roberts given leave as Publicis Groupe to 'evaluate his standing' following gender debate comments controversy

  30-07-2016 23:12
  
  Saatchi & Saatchi chairman and head coach of Publicis Groupe Kevin Roberts has been given a leave of absence from the company as the decision on his future is taken by the Publicis Groupe Supervisory Board.
  The decision was made following a statement released earlier on Saturday by Maurice Levy which distanced himself and the company from Robert's comments in an interview with Business Insider where he claimed the gender debate was 'done' and added that sexism was worse in other se
  
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• Sorry, Kevin Roberts, I’m done with you

  30-07-2016 21:50
  
  The almost legendary Saatchi & Saatchi chairman Kevin Roberts is a man who means a lot to the advertising industry and to myself as well. 
  The release of his book Lovemarks in 2004 came at an important time. I was transitioning from one gig to another and the timing couldn’t have been better. Reading it was a revelation. This was something that not only could I get behind, but I was willing to shout about as loudly as I could to anyone in my corporation at the time. 
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• Maurice Levy moves to distance himself and Publicis Groupe from Kevin Roberts controversial gender debate comments

  30-07-2016 16:56
  
  Publicis Groupe's chief executive Maurice Levy has distanced himself and the company from the controversial viewpoint expressed by Saatchi & Saatchi chairman Kevin Roberts that the gender debate was 'over'. 
  The statement, released the day after Roberts was reported to have also criticised the work of Cindy Gallop and 3% Conference founder Kat Gordon who have battled gender inequality in advertising for years, was brief but saw Levy disagree entirely with Robert's viewpoint. 
  "The
  
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• England's plastic bag usage drops 85% since 5p charge introduced

  30-07-2016 14:04
  
  England's 5p charge on plastic bags appears to have succeeded in changing consumer behaviour after early figures suggested usage has dropped 85 per cent since it was introduced last October.
  The seven major supermarkets handed out just over 500 million plastic carriers in the first six months after the levy was introduced, compared with more than 7 billion in the year before it came into force, according to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).
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• Vladimir Putin 'waging propaganda war on UK from Edinburgh', the Times claims

  30-07-2016 13:43
  
  Vladimir Putin is using the recently opened Edinburgh bureau of its state-backed news agency to wage a propaganda campaign on the UK, according to the Times.
  In its report today, the broadsheet accuses the Kremlin of "spreading disinformation through a newly opened British bureau for its Sputnik international news service" and additionally claims it "is infiltrating elite universities by placing language and cultural centres on campuses".
  The paper points to Sputnik's suggestions that murde
  
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• Kitbag takes Twitter back to 1966 for 50th anniversary of England's World Cup win

  30-07-2016 12:09
  
  Sports retailer Kitbag is taking social media back in time today to commemorate the 50th anniversary of England's World Cup triumph.
  The Manchester-based firm will devote its Twitter feed to 'real-time' coverage of the England v West Germany final to demonstrate how the dramatic game would have played out on social media if it existed at the time.
  Social media manager James Travis said: “We wanted to celebrate the anniversary of English football’s greatest ever day in a way that
  
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• South Sudan Olympics selector claims ad deal swayed sprinter pick for Rio 2016

  30-07-2016 11:43
  
  The secretary-general of South Sudan’s Olympic committee has said he felt under pressure to choose a runner for Rio 2016 because she was the star of a Samsung ad campaign.
  As reported by the Guardian, Tong Chor Malek Deran has explained in interviews and in emails among athletes that he felt obliged to choose sprinter Margret Rumat Rumar Hassan despite the fact that she was not the country’s quickest competitor.
  In the emails sent to athletes, he wrote: “We have selected Margre
  
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• Salt: Service Desk Delivery Team Lead, App Support, Agency

  30-07-2016 02:00
  
  £30000.00 - £37000.00 per annum + Great Benefits + Bonus:Salt:
  Service Desk Delivery Team Lead, App Support, Agency Service Delivery Lead to work on to join a Leading Global Digital Agency within their Technology (Software Team).
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• Salt: iOS User Experience/User Interface Designer (UI/UX) | London |

  30-07-2016 02:00
  
  £350 - £550 per day:Salt:
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• Fill Recruitment: Senior Data Planner (Client Lead) - Off Oxford Street Agency

  30-07-2016 02:00
  
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• Fill Recruitment: Group Account Director (Integrated / TV) - Agency of the Year

  30-07-2016 02:00
  
  to £65k:Fill Recruitment:
  Group Account Director (Integrated / TV) - Agency of the Year - to £65k Recent ‘Agency of the Year' seeks a talented, multi-disciplined Group Accou...
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• Fill Recruitment: Account Director (Integrated) - Agency of the Year

  30-07-2016 02:00
  
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• Fill Recruitment: Account Director - Branding & Design Agency

  30-07-2016 02:00
  
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  Account Director - Branding & Design Agency - West London - to £60k Stunning mid-sized design and branding agency seeks an Account Director to over...
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