Author: Stuart Mitchell

Cannes Lions recognises David Lubars as its 2025 Lion of St Mark

Stuart Mitchell

The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has announced that David Lubars, former Chief Creative Officer of BBDO Worldwide, will be honoured with its lifetime achievement award, the Lion of St Mark, at the Festival in June. With a career spanning more than 40 years, Lubars has won more than 600 Lions, and under his creative leadership, he helped BBDO achieve unprecedented success, including being named Network of the Year at Cannes Lions a record-setting seven times, leading it to win Network of the Decade in 2020. About the honour,…

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‘Eight amazing things I learned’ – Kate Quilton talks new RSPCA podcast

Stuart Mitchell

Broadcaster and journalist Kate Quilton has revealed eight amazing things she has learned hosting the RSPCA’s brand new podcast. Kate is hosting the RSPCA’s new ‘Animal Futures’ podcast – which explores, with expert guests, how the decisions society makes today will affect the future for pets, wildlife and farm animals. It is part of the charity’s wider Animal Futures project – which urges the public to consider what the world may look like for animals in 2050, and how everyone has a role to play in shaping that.  Currently, the charity…

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Healthy Food Too Expensive For A Third Of Families, According To Barnardo’s Scotland Research

Stuart Mitchell

Almost a third (31%) of parents surveyed in Scotland have revealed that they have bought unhealthy food for their children at least once a fortnight because they cannot afford healthy meals, according to the country’s leading children’s charity. Research from pollsters YouGov, which was commissioned by Barnardo’s Scotland, reveals that 31% of parent of children aged 18 or under are having to make such purchases when it comes to feeding their families every fortnight, while nearly a quarter of those polled (26%) say they have had to do so at…

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Harnessing the Power of Games: Psyon Games Launches a New Initiative to Combat HPV

Stuart Mitchell

Psyon Games, an award-winning health games studio, announces a new initiative designed to explore the power of games to raise awareness about the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV). The project aims to increase awareness of the lifesaving potential of HPV vaccine through the help of a digital game. This is an important issue for public health as HPV affects over 80% of sexually active individuals, and while most cases are harmless, the virus can lead to cervical cancer, which is largely preventable with a vaccination. Cervical cancer is the fourth leading…

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WARC Rankings 2025: Creative 100 revealed – the most awarded campaigns and companies for creativity

Stuart Mitchell

The WARC Creative 100, the ultimate independent global benchmark of the world’s most awarded campaigns and companies for creativity, is now released.   Compiled by WARC Creative, helping companies deliver creative marketing that works, the annual Creative 100 Ranking brings together the results of the most important global and regional creative awards of 2024. The shows tracked are determined in consultation with the WARC Rankings Advisory Board and by a yearly global panel survey. Anna Hamill, Senior Editor, WARC Creative, said: “The WARC Creative 100 are annual worldwide league tables of…

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