Argos Christmas adverts sees two sisters transform into magicians

Just one day after Halloween, Argos has fired the starting gun on the festive season by realising their adorable Christmas advert for 2020. The UK retailer’s advert follows last year’s which sees customers reading the Argos catalogue magically transforming into ‘The Book of Dreams’. While last year’s offering saw a father and daughter duo long for … Read more

Upbeat message from adverts king Sir Martin Sorrell

Global guru: Sir Martin Sorrell sees parallels with a recovery that surprised the world Britain may be staring into the abyss of a winter ridden with job losses and businesses failing, but Sir Martin Sorrell believes the country is poised for a swift bounce-back in 2021 – and he says the outcome of Tuesday’s knife-edge … Read more

New job adverts plummet across UK with Aberdeen suffering massive 75% drop

New job adverts plummet across UK with Aberdeen suffering massive 75% drop while London, Edinburgh, Belfast and Reading all see vacancies HALVE compared with last year due to Covid A report found job postings fell by 46% overall in the UK since October last year It noted number of adverts hit lowest point in June, … Read more

Star of popular Tudor Crisps TV adverts in the 1980s dies from coronavirus aged 87

The star of the popular Tudor Crisps TV adverts in the 1980s has died from coronavirus at the age of 87. Comedian and singer Kenny Williams spent years entertaining people across the North East as he toured the region’s club circuit. Kenny, who had vascular dementia, was living at Armstrong House care home in Gateshead. His … Read more

Bombarding people with viagra adverts increases the number of babies born, study shows 

The hard sell: Bombarding people with VIAGRA adverts on TV and radio INCREASES the number of babies born, study shows A new study claims one per cent increase in ED advertising can affect birth rates Co-author Dr Tongil Kim says his data suggests it isn’t only older men using pills The new study was published … Read more

Alesha Dixon praises ITV for supporting Diversity in newspaper adverts

ITV ‘stood with Diversity’ as they rolled out a full-page advert across national newspapers in support of the controversial Black Lives Matters Britain’s Got Talent dance on Saturday. The poster showed a poignant black and white image of Ashley Banjo, 31, taking the knee alongside the words: ‘We are changed by what we see. Just … Read more

Alesha Dixon praises ITV for supporting Diversity in newspaper adverts

ITV ‘stood with Diversity’ as they rolled out a full-page advert across national newspapers in support of the controversial Black Lives Matters Britain’s Got Talent dance on Saturday. The poster showed a poignant black and white image of Ashley Banjo, 31, taking the knee alongside the words: ‘We are changed by what we see. Just … Read more

Why is Google making thousands of pounds from unauthorised debt adverts?

Google is still making thousands of pounds from unregulated advertisers mimicking legitimate charities and offering to write off people’s debts, nearly a year on from introducing new guidelines which it said would help ‘stamp out’ the practice. Charities and registered insolvency practitioners say the advertising giant ‘ignored complaints’ about misleading adverts and often took over … Read more

Fraudsters target victims by hijacking Google’s search engine with phoney financial adverts

Fraudsters target victims by hijacking Google’s search engine with phoney financial adverts, consumer group finds One victim lost £160,000 after clicking on a link for an investment scheme  Fraudsters are exploiting people seeking debt help with ads imitating charities Fraudsters are exploiting Google’s 21-day grace period to target victims.  By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 01:37 … Read more

What happened to the Milkybar Kid from ’90s Nestle adverts?

EXCLUSIVE: What happened to the Milkybar Kid? Child star admits he was BULLIED over the famous ’90s adverts – and reveals his surprising new career By Candice Jackson For Daily Mail Australia Published: 05:51 BST, 18 August 2020 | Updated: 06:28 BST, 18 August 2020 He played the Milkybar Kid in Australia’s popular Nestlé commercials … Read more