24 May 2012
| by Simon S Kershaw
What, precisely, has the coalition Government achieved so far? While you ponder that question, I must declare a vested interest in this week's review.
09 May 2012
| by John Reynolds
An ad for cosmetics company Lush has been banned by the advertising watchdog after it ruled that its claim that reptile trading was driving the species to extinction was false.
03 May 2012
| by Sara Kimberley
The RSPCA, the animal-welfare charity, has called a review of its estimated £5 million direct marketing account.
26 Apr 2012
| by Sara Kimberley
The National Trust is reviewing its direct marketing account as it looks to consolidate its fundraising, membership and loyalty activity into one agency.
12 Apr 2012
| by Daniel Farey-Jones
Spending on direct mail is predicted to fall 1% to £1.71bn in 2012, according to the latest figures from the Advertising Association/WARC.
12 Apr 2012
| by Daniel Farey-Jones
Funding for research and skills development related to direct marketing is being offered by a new industry charity that has been initially funded by the Direct Marketing Association (DMA).
11 Apr 2012
| by Loulla-Mae Eleftheriou-Smith
The Scottish Government has been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) from running an ad that celebrates the arrival of two giant pandas at Edinburgh zoo, because it implied the animals were a free gift.
29 Feb 2012
| by Ed Owen
The National Lottery is to focus on the good causes it helps, in an ad campaign due to break on Sunday (4 March).
20 Feb 2012
| by Loulla-Mae Eleftheriou-Smith
Plan UK, the global children's charity, is to use facial recognition technology on a digital outdoor screen to show different creative treatments to men and women, to raise awareness of the restrictions on girls' freedom in developing countries.
06 Dec 2011
| by Daniel Farey-Jones
The European Commissioner for Justice today repeated she wants to establish the right to be forgotten in the forthcoming update to the EU's 1995 Data Protection Directive.