Unilever has created an 18 carat gold-plated jar of Marmite worth £1,500, which will be the top prize in an augmented reality treasure hunt competition. The brand has teamed up with AR treasure hunt app Snatch, which it bought a stake in this time last year, to launch the free-to-play smartphone game. Participants can […]
To drive awareness of its gourmet Signature Collection range, McDonald’s UK has signed a deal to become the 2018 broadcast sponsor of ITV’s Rugby Six Nations coverage. The partnership, brokered by ITV and OMD UK, starts on 4th February and includes sponsorship of all ITV’s broadcasts of England, Ireland and Italy home games. It covers […]
Thomson’s Coffee Roasters of Glasgow, a 176-year-old family business, has announced it will be opening a state of the art open plan roastery, café, bakery and training space in Glasgow’s famous Argyle Street Arches; promising a unique and immersive coffee experience. The new café will be open from end of February. The Argyle Street Arches […]
Gordon’s, the Diageo-owned gin brand, is giving out half-price or free gin and tonics to commuters hit with rail delays. The campaign, #YayDelay by MullenLowe Group, uses an algorithm to identify train delays at Waterloo station, as well as tweets with the hashtag to unlock the offer. Passengers will need to keep an eye out […]
BrandOpus has been working with Twinings to help them launch Superblends, a brand new range of green teas and infusions which expertly blend botanicals, natural flavours and added vitamins and minerals to support your everyday wellbeing. In recent years, the tea aisle has seen a rise in health-led, beneficial teas as consumers use these benefits […]
The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) has renewed its collective trademarks ‘SCOTCH WHISKY’ and its translation ‘苏格兰威士忌’ in China until November 2028. As a result, Scotch Whisky is officially protected from locally produced copies for a further 10 years. The announcement was made as SWA Chief Executive, Karen Betts, joined the Prime Minister on a three-day […]
London, Edinburgh and Bristol are set to host the biggest series of Craft Beer Festivals in the UK – taking their unique brand of world class music, incredible food, and headline music acts across the country. Attracting over 125 world class brewers from around the UK, Europe and US, festival goers will get the chance […]
Anthem Worldwide, the global creative agency has partnered with McVitie’s owner, pladis group to redesign the Jaffa Cakes range. 2,000 Jaffa Cakes are produced every minute in the UK, 46 for every household in the country each year. With the revision of all Jaffa Cakes product formats in 2017 to better meet consumer demand, as […]
Lidl, the UK’s seventh largest retailer, has launched its first fully-automated, AI-powered, Facebook Messenger chatbot to help UK customers select the best wine whatever the meal or moment. Users simply type in a wine question and voilà, the answer appears! Lidl’s new chatbot – named Margot – will perform the role of shoppers’ virtual wine […]
The Black Farmer, the premium meat provider, has expanded his range of eggs with two new varieties, White and Protein Plus Eggs. To go alongside his Extra Rich Yolk Free Range Eggs, the White Egg variety is a nod to nostalgia, having been popular in the past. The Black Farmer is one of the first […]