Publicis UK has restructured its management team, promoting Karen Buchanan to chairman and Nick Farnhill to chief executive of Publicis London. Buchanan has been chief executive of Publicis London for the past six years. She will now take on the new role of chairman of the agency as well as chief client development officer at the wider Publicis UK group.

L'Oreal Paris says its increased focus on diversity has pushed sales and led people to reappraise the brand. The campaign for its True Match foundation, which came out in August last year, targeted men for the first time. It decided to pick male blogger and makeup artist Gary, aka "The Plastic Boy," as one of its brand ambassadors, to reflect the fact that more men are wearing makeup.

Agencies have received RFIs for the brief, which involves the brewer's whole portfolio, including Somersby cider and Tuborg beer, as well as the eponymous brand. The business is currently handled by OMD. Carlsberg most recently called a review in 2013, when the account was reportedly worth GBP100m. Carlsberg has enlisted Ebiquity to lead the process and has invited OMD to repitch.

The annual television licence fee will increase to GBP147 from GBP145.50 on 1 April this year, the government has said -- the first time it has risen since 2010. It was announced by the government last year the licence fee would rise in line with inflation for five years from 1 April 2017. The cost of a TV licence was frozen for seven years in 2010.

UK retail ecommerce order growth was up 11.3% year-on-year in January, according to the latest data from the Interactive Media in Retail Group (IMRG)'s MetaPack UK Delivery Index, propelled by orders from consumers in other EU nations. January's performance matched IMRG's growth forecast of 11% for full-year 2017.

The parent company of the popular messaging app Snapchat is to be valued at almost $20 billion after setting a price for its initial public offering at $17 a share. Snap, which will begin trading today on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "SNAP," has priced its long-awaited float above the $14 to $16 a share targeted by the company, in an indication of strong investor demand.

ITV has reported its first fall in annual advertising revenues since the 2009 recession, but stronger production revenues helped its pre-tax profit rise 4% to GBP847m. The UK's biggest broadcaster blamed economic uncertainty for the 3% drop in ad revenue to GBP1.67bn over 2016 and is forecasting a 6% drop for the first four months of this year.

eMarketer has released its latest estimates for digital usage in the UK. According to a new report, "UK Digital Users: The eMarketer Forecast for 2017", the proportion of the country's population using the internet will swell to 82.0% this year, as majorities of UK residents engage in an expanding list of digital activities.

The controversial border tax that Donald Trump says will pay for his wall with Mexico is such a good idea that Britain should consider adopting something similar, according to one of the UK's most famous chancellors. Lord Lawson has told Sky News the UK should abolish corporation tax and replace it with a business tax that resembles the one the new US president is now considering.

Dyson, the technology company, will build a 500-acre campus dedicated to artificial intelligence and robotics as part of a GBP2.5 billion plan to take on giants such as Google and Facebook. The Cotswolds' answer to the 175-acre Apple Park in California is part of the biggest investment in the UK by a technology firm since the Brexit vote.