There is no greater sport spectacle than the FIFA World Cup. Every four years, billions of people watch the “beautiful game” at its very best. But while the football creates the memories, it is often the controversies that create the headlines. The World Cup is now...

Thousands of fans are descending on London to watch sold-out shows from South Korean K-pop group BTS, famous for their complex dances, storylines and lyrics that explore themes of mental health and trauma. It is no accident that Korean entertainment is everywhere....

Last week it was widely reported that adverts from Uniqlo, Calvin Klein and Adidas had been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) as the brands had been unable to substantiate their adverts’ green claims. All three stated the use of recycled materials...

With the prime minister having announced his resignation on Monday morning, it seems like the last few months of “Starmer drama” are coming to an end. Keir Starmer has gone from landslide victory to reluctant resignation in just two years. Regardless of what you think...

The bClear team are wearing their most wacky, wild and wrong trousers for the right reasons: to donate to help raise money for Wallace and Gromit’s Wrong Trousers Day, inspired by Aardman’s Oscar-winning stop-motion film. Wallace and Gromit’s charity, The Grand...

More than 42% of people avoid the news, according to a new report from Reuters Institute and 13 percentage point increase in the last 10 years. How we consume news and what we think about it are changing rapidly; many actively avoid the doom and gloom of big news...

Ten years ago, the mortgage media landscape operated on a much simpler rhythm.  If the Bank of England moved the base rate, a quick-witted PR professional at a specialist mortgage PR agency could secure a lead quote in a trade title within minutes. This was the golden...

AI has advanced from sci-fi pipe dream to widespread integration in no time at all. As expected, financial services is absolutely no exception, with plenty of use cases already, whether it’s document processing and verification, underwriting and decision-making or...

It’s that time of the year when bright lights of whimsical joy shine on the cheesy music, OTT outfits and rogue song choices of the Eurovision Song Contest. Although no matter how entertaining your churning milkmaids are, it’s rarely (if ever) the best song that wins...

At a festival built on brand visibility, Justin Bieber chose something radically different: restraint.  Coachella is where artists debut forgettable theatre, brands go to war for attention, and influencers treat the desert like a runway (often unbearably so). Bigger...

It's days before Easter. A red vehicle is leaving Italy with a priceless cargo when, inexplicably, it goes missing en route. While it sounds like a plot of The Italian Job, it’s actually chocolate bars that have been swiped rather than gold bars: 12 tonnes of...

McDonald’s has been riding high recently. Its Friends inspired adult Happy Meal tapped into its adult audience in a completely new way. Combining nostalgia for the much-loved sitcom with the enduring appeal of a collectable. The big ouch But when McDonald’s CEO Chris...

When people think about poetry, they think of flowery language, long lamentations of unbegotten love, internal wars of torn personas battling torrents of emotion, beguiling descriptions of Romantic vistas where every blade of grass is painted in vivid detail with a...

To celebrate International Women’s Day 2026, we spoke to Claire Cherrington, director of PMS and Bankhall at Sesame Bankhall Group. She shares her inspiring journey through the finance world, what's motivated her and why the best advice she's received is to not...

A row is brewing over the cost of an advertising campaign supporting Rachel Reeves’ goal of creating a “nation of investors”.  The UK Retail Investment Campaign, an industry-funded “hearts and minds” retail investing campaign designed to broaden participation in the...

The Super Bowl is an advertiser’s dream. A captive audience of nearly 130million consumers tuned in to watch Seattle’s victory over New England and watched Bad Bunny’s halftime show. It’s the most-watched sporting event in the biggest market in the world. It’s why the...

Two weeks ago (28th January), the nation’s favourite finance guru Martin Lewis broke the fourth wall on BBC Newsnight and issued a stark warning straight to Downing Street. Freezing the student loan repayment threshold was not the “moral thing” to do, he said. Later...

The 2026 Edelman Trust Barometer "Trust Amid Insularity" is out and it should matter to financial services leaders. We are surrounding ourselves with curated podcast lists, algorithm led social media feeds, seeing only our own opinion reflected back at us. People are...

When someone senior leaves your SMT and exits the organisation, it’s easy to retrofit reasons for their voluntary departure.  We have seen this recently when the Tory party issued an extraordinary and rather insensitive statement linking the defection of Suella...

The World Economic Forum and its flagship annual shindig in Davos have long served as a barometer for global elite sentiment, drawing world leaders, CEOs, and influencers to discuss pressing economic and social issues. Its reputation in the British media has proved...