Confused.com has appointed Publicis London to its £50m advertising business following a pitch against four undisclosed agencies. The price comparison site has confirmed that it is working with Publicis to develop its advertising. (more)
Publicis London has created a quirky and stylish illustrated ad to launch McVitie’s Quirks, which shows how the tasty biscuits are “special on the inside”. The agency teamed with legendary artist and illustrator Paul Davis to make the ad. (more)
Publicis has appointed Nick Hough, the former chief executive of Lambie-Nairn and deputy chairman of Leagas Delaney, Europe, to the role of worldwide account director for banking and financial services company UBS. (more)
Tourism Ireland has launched its global advertising campaign – ‘Jump Into Ireland’ – to promote the island of Ireland overseas in 2012 and beyond. The new Tourism Ireland campaign has been created by Publicis London and Publicis Modem and includes TV, radio, press, cinema and online advertising. (more)
Publicis Blueprint has been named Customer Publishing Agency of the Year by top trade magazine Marketing. The agency, which works with brands including Asda, Cath Kidston, Hewlett-Packard and Orange, was praised for its turnaround and its offer of “compelling branded communications and content across platforms”. (more)
SCA is launching its first pan-European advertising for 82 year old tissue and toilet paper brand Tempo with a campaign developed by Publicis London. The campaign, “As Life Unfolds”, shows how Tempo is a constant, caring companion throughout life. The idea is executed through hand-drawn animated stories that unfold and fold on the back of a tissue, and builds on Tempo’s reputation as a long-established and trusted brand, whilst seeking to engage consumers on a more emotional level. (more)
Publicis London has been awarded a prestigious Gold IPA Effectiveness Award for its iHobo iPhone App created for youth homelessness charity Depaul UK. The Gold, one of just four handed out, was awarded at a ceremony in London last night with iHobo praised for reaching new donors. (more)
Juan Sheet, brand icon of SCA’s leading household towel brand Plenty, returns to TV screens this weekend in idents supporting Plenty’s sponsorship of hit ITV1 show The Cube. The sexy, Latino cleaning superhero is starring in a series of sponsorship idents, ‘Juan Sheet and The Big One Challenge’, created by Publicis London. They support the launch of Plenty The Big One, a new, larger product which aims to increase consumer uses outside the kitchen. (more)
Publicis has won a Cresta 2011 award for its interactive outdoor campaign for Renault Wind Roadster, “12 Second Strip”. The campaign for Renault UK was created by Publicis London, with Publicis Modem. (more)
The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has announced that global airline Emirates will sponsor London’s new cable car river crossing, to be known as the Emirates Air Line, in a ten year deal worth £36m. Publicis Chemistry is handling the creative around the sponsorship and also devised the Emirates Air Line name. (more)
Leading integrated agency Publicis Chemistry has scooped a Bronze Echo Award for its vinyl record DM campaign for Orange. The campaign took the Bronze in the Communications/Utilities category. The DM pack promotes Orange's Ready Deal package, which allows parents to buy a lump sum of credit for their children up front, which can only be spent in smaller, pre-determined increments each month. (more)
Integrated agency Publicis Chemistry has won the digital account for premium puddings brand Gü Puds. The win marks the first significant appointment for the agency since launch. (more)
Juan Sheet, the sexy, Latino cleaning superhero, returns to UK television screens tonight in a new advert for Plenty, SCA’s leading household towel brand. The advert, “Juan Sheet and the Pretty Bride”, shows Juan Sheet to the rescue again – this time to save a bride’s wedding dress from a potentially disastrous spill at the reception. (more)
Publicis Blueprint has been ranked top of Marketing magazine's annual customer publishing agencies league table — posting a strong growth in turnover. (more)
Chivas Brothers, the Scotch whisky and premium gin business of Pernod Ricard – the world’s co-leader in wine and spirits – has launched a site to promote its premium gin portfolio, which includes Beefeater London Dry, Beefeater 24 and Plymouth Gins. The site, www.ginandtales.com, has been created by Publicis Modem and centres around refreshing, different gin cocktails. (more)
Publicis Chemistry has appointed David Prideaux as Executive Creative Director. Prideaux will be responsible for leading the integration of the creative teams following the acquisition of Chemistry Communications by Publicis Group and its merger with Publicis Dialog, to create Publicis Chemistry. (more)
Publicis London has created two long copy press ad for low-cost carrier easyJet celebrating the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton (more)
Publicis London has been appointed to handle the advertising for British fashion retailer Jigsaw. (more)
Publicis has won a bronze for Best Integrated Campaign at the Art Directors Club Awards for its ’12 Second Strip’ campaign for the Renault Wind Roadster. (more)
Juan Sheet, the sexy, Latino cleaning superhero, has launched an advertising campaign to promote his new Spills Helpline – in a bid to save households everywhere from spills. (more)
iHobo, the interactive App created by Publicis London for homelessness charity Depaul UK, has returned to the Apple iTunes store with extra features to improve user engagement and understanding and capitalise on the power of social networking. (more)
iHobo, the live action interactive App developed by Publicis London for the UK's largest youth homelessness charity Depaul UK, has scored a double win at the MediaGuardian Innovation Awards. (more)
Publicis London has scooped an Intercontinental Advertising CUP for its groundbreaking campaign The Megane Experiment, for Renault UK. (more)
Publicis has announced the appointment of Karen Buchanan as chief executive of Publicis London. (more)
Publicis Group UK has unveiled plans to merge Chemistry Communications with Publicis Dialog to create Publicis Chemistry, one of the biggest integrated agencies in the UK. (more)
Renault UK has launched a TV campaign for its Clio model, which sees the return of Va Va Voom. The ad, created by Publicis London, sees Rihanna and Dita Von Teese join Thierry Henry, the star of the original Renault Clio Va Va Voom ads. (more)
Publicis Groupe has announced it has reached an agreement with Chemistry Communications Group plc on the terms of a recommended cash offer to acquire the whole of the issued and to be issued ordinary share capital of Chemistry. (more)
London agencies Publicis Dialog and Publicis Blueprint have jointly created a campaign to ‘rebrand’ the institution of marriage, at a time when marriage rates are falling to an all time low. The work was developed to run in the Valentine’s issue of national women’s glossy, SHE magazine. (more)
Publicis Blueprint has landed two key trophies at this year’s International Customer Publishing Awards. (more)
Publicis London has scooped a Gold at the Campaign BIG Awards for its “Start Thinking Soldier” ad for British Army Recruitment. The agency was awarded a further four Silvers. (more)
Renault TV will launch on Freesat on Thursday October 14, on channel number 651. The move means the marketing channel, the largest in Europe, will now be available to 10 million+ UK homes and broadcast into Renault dealerships nationally. (more)
Publicis London won four awards at The Blades event, held in London last night – more than any other agency. The Blades is an awards scheme for creative work judged by marketers and clients and backed by the magazines Marketing Week, Creative Review and online title Pitch Creative. (more)
Publicis is drawing on its media centre expertise to offer retailers a new out-of-home (OOH) media channel Handrail Media that allows branded campaigns to run on escalator handrails. (more)
London, 24 September 2010: Chief Operating Officer Publicis Worldwide Richard Pinder will be addressing The Guardian's Changing Advertising Summit - to be held in London on 12th October 2010. (more)
Publicis Dialog has been appointed to refresh the communication branding and look and feel for Rider Levett Bucknall, one of the world’s largest construction firms. (more)
Renault has launched the second phase of its integrated advertising campaign for the Mégane, created by Publicis London with Publicis Modem. (more)
Publicis Dialog network has won the fully integrated advertising account for Cirque du Soleil across Europe... (more)
Car marque Renault continues to build its Facebook presence with a quiz game created by Publicis Modem inspired by its compact city model Twingo... (more)
Publicis London has launched an interactive, live action iPhone application, iHobo, to challenge perceptions surrounding homelessness. The app has been developed pro bono on behalf of homelessness charity Depaul UK which is looking to attract a new generation of young, affluent donors... (more)
Publicis Worldwide's Entertainment division is the first agency to have produced an entire 24/7/365 digital TV channel across multiple territories... (more)
