Wunderman's Chief Technology Officer, Stephan Pretorius, has been promoted to the new position of UK Group Chief Executive, "Campaign" reports.

Publicis has rearranged its UK structure to give country heads leadership of their region across all disciplines. Steve King will add responsibility for the group across the UK to his day job of global chief executive of Publicis Media.

The huge FMCGs and major agencies are committed to tackling stereotypes in advertising and research from Havas, covered in "Marketing Week," suggests the public agrees. Half of those surveyed believe there are too many stereotypical portrayals of men and women in ads.

Google and Facebook are rightfully called a duopoly in digital advertising, according to eMarketer. Its latest figures show that pair account for 54% of all UK digital advertising revenues. Google is the larger of the two, accounting for 38.8% of all UK digital ad spend.

Six in ten new jobs are being filled by women, "The Times" reports. The newspaper quotes OECD research that says as many women as men will be employed in the UK 2030. It also points out that the country's unemployment rate is currently at its lowest since the mid '70s -- when, perhaps ironically, the country voted to remain in the European Community.

Christopher Bailey is credited with much of the new digitised approach to shopping at Burberry, and now he is saying there is huge scope for Britain and the creative industries post-Brexit, "The Telegraph" reports.

James Murdoch has urged the British authorities not to block Fox's takeover of Sky if they wish to show that Britain truly is "open for business" before and after Brexit, "The Guardian" reveals.

P&G's Chief Brand Officer has summed up 2017 as the year "bloom came off the rose" of digital advertising, "Marketing Week" reports. Speaking last week at the Dmexco conference in Germany, he said media could no longer be given "a pass" now that it turns out only a quarter of spend actually reaches consumers.

Smartphone browsing is fuelling a 9% rise in media consumption this year compared to last, according to IPA, "Campaign" reveals.

British search agency Verve has been bought by Omnicom. Founder Lisa Myers will continue to run the agency, which will operate as part of the Omnicom Media Group wing, "The Drum" reveals.