Campaign
Suzuki has moved from sponsoring "Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway" to Channel 4's "Googlebox." "Campaign" reveals that new idents for Suzuki will appear alongside the show from next month onward.
NetImperative
The UK is fourth in the world for mobile commerce, according to research from Criteo. Netimperative reveals that the figures show mobile account for just over half of all goods bought online, placing the UK behind Sweden, Norway and Japan.
The Telegraph
London has maintained its number one spot in the EU as the city, or region, attracting the most investment in technology, "The Telegraph" reports.
Campaign
Abi Ellis has resigned as executive creative director at Wunderman UK following an investigation that was prompted by an employee raising a concern through WPP's Right To Speak confidential phone service. "Campaign' had previously broken the news of the investigation starting in December.
Mobile Marketing
Cambridge Analytica has pleaded guilty to a charge of not assisting the ICO in its investigation into the Facebook scandal and has been fined GBP15,000, according to "Mobile Marketing" magazine.
The Guardian
MPs and campaigners are complaining that BA's latest ad glamorises gambling, "The Guardian" reports. In the tv spot a couple talk about winning hundreds of dollars after putting some "spare change" in a slot machine.
Press Gazette
There is good news and bad news in News UK's latest figures, "Press Gazette" reports. While "The Times" and "The Sunday Times" are back in profit, after a loss the year before, "The Sun" has tripled its losses.
Marketing Week
"Marketing Week" research shows that a little over half of all marketers in the UK have no formal qualification in marketing.
The Telegraph
Google claims to have invented a real-time translation platform that will allow people to speak to one another in different languages, "The Telegraph" writes. The tech will be offered as an "interpreter mode" on its smart speakers.
Campaign
The ASA has kicked off the new year with bans on ads from comparethemarket.com and P&G's Oral B, "Campaign" reveals. The regulator agreed with complaints that the comparison site had not made it clear consumers needed a smartphone to access rewards and that medical claims made for an Oral B toothpaste were not permissible.