The corporation is calling a review of its media planning and buying account, which is believed to worth GBP25m per year. "Campaign" reveals that the incumbent, Havas Group Media, is repitching.

A trend for British consumers to move away from the high street and to shop instead online or at retail parks means that one in ten shops are currently empty, Sky News reports.

"Mobile Marketing" is reporting on figures from Which? suggesting that the mobile operators have not yet rolled out 4G, despite all the excitement around 5G. Some 80% of the country does not have full 4G access from all operators and 8% of the country has no 4G at all. The worst-hit areas are rural Scotland and Wales.

Kantar figures suggest that sales of physical DVDs and CDs are down nearly a fifth year-on-year. "The Guardian" is reporting on the numbers as proof that Britain has truly embraced streamed entertainment.

Although the City was happily surprised by WPP's Q2 figures last week, resulting in upward movement in its share price, Mediatel reminds that the advertising holding group is still struggling to make gains in the US where revenue fell more than 5%. This followed an 8.5% dip in Q1.

According to "Press Gazette," "The Times" and "The Sunday Times" now has 304,000 digital subscribers and around 5m registered to access two articles per week for free. The papers believe this proves the public will pay for quality content, and it comes less than a year after it was reporting that digital subscriptions had overtaken print subscriptions at the publications.

Costa has made the first addition to its agency roster since being bought by Coca-Cola. According to "Campaign," the coffee brand has added London-based creative agency Pablo to its roster for a global brief that has yet to be made public. Costa's global relationship with BBH is not affected by the new addition.

In some confusing news from the BBC, apparently Ofcom is to be handed new powers to fine video-sharing apps and websites that do not protect children from harmful content. The move is expected to take place at the end of next month and is in line with EU law. However, if the UK leaves the EU at the end of October, it is not clear whether Ofcom's new powers will be retained.