UK Creative Industries

We launched our new site for the UK Creative Industries last week:

www.thecreativeindustries.co.uk.

Read about our 'year of creativity' in Marketing

IPA Adaptathon

Join Ian Priest, IPA President, at the launch of a new Adaptathon™ series designed to hack the future of client agency relationships.

This is a collaborative venture, with ISBA and The Marketing Society and intermediaries, designed to give voice to client and agency concerns, and develop an action plan for collective adaptation and change.

The Alliances event on 3rd October kick starts the programme and sets the agenda.

You can find out more and book your place here.

Don't miss Ian Priest and Jonathan Mildenhall

If you're in Cannes, head to La Croisette, 9.30am Thursday morning, 20th June, when IPA President Ian Priest reveals his agenda with Client Champions Jonathan Mildenhall and Steve Kranakis.

Contact Kathryn@ipa.co.uk.

The Long and the Short of It

Out now! The new thought leadership paper from the IPA Databank.

Get your copy from the IPA site

Feminine values

Apparently, they're the 'operating system of the 21st century'.

So says John Gerzema in his new 'must-buy' book The Athena Doctrine: How Women (And The Men Who Think Like Them) Will Rule The Future.

Coming to your screen

New to Google's YouTube, a subscription service to as many as 50 channels, enabling new content, such as TV shows and films. 

According to Google Chair Eric Schmidt, the average Brit now spends 20 minutes a day on YouTube.

Meanwhile, Facebook launches video advertising in its newsfeed in July.

The new Joanna Shields

We wish former IPA President Nicola Mendelsohn well as she steps into the VP EMEA role at Facebook!

Advertising spend roars back

So says City AM today, Friday, reporting on the Advertising Association's latest figures.

Paid-for display advertising investment topped £ 17.2bn by the end of 2012, a 2.3% rise on the 2011 figure.

Now it's expected to overtake 2007's record high of £ 17.4bn this year!

Happy Centenary!

NABS, you're amazing. Thank you for supporting the industry. Over £1 million richer after last night's Big Bash! Congratulations!

Happy 10th Birthday, LinkedIn

1117 connections and counting!

Tragedy

Farewell, Nick Milligan, the epitome of the best of media admen.
Our thoughts are with the family.

Congratulations to Natalie Coleman!

Co-founder of London club night Mooch, Natalie Coleman, wins Masterchef 2013, proving yet again that fortune favours the brave!

A Manifesto for the Creative Economy

Download this excellent new report from NESTA here:

Strong UK performance lifts WPP

First quarter revenues up 2.1% on the same period last year, with a strong performance in the UK and Latin America offsetting weak growth in Europe and North America.

(City AM)

Also read about WPP's new venture capital approach to digital

(warc)

A big welcome to Ian Priest

Following his inaugural speech at the IPA members' lunch on Wednesday, Ian Priest enjoyed his first full day as IPA President. Check out the full page feature in Campaign.

Congratulations to Matt Scheckner!

For a fantastic first Advertising Week Europe in London.

We look forward to welcoming you back next year.

What's the masculine for 'bra-burner'?

'Pant-pyromaniac', says Rosamund Urwin, and Mike Buchanan of Justice for Men & Boys fits the 'brief'!

Scotland's junior men's curling team bring home gold.

On BA flight to Edinburgh, celebrating Scotland's success in Russia!

Pick up Metro today!

..to find out more about Creative Pioneers Apprenticeship opportunities in 2013.

Credit where credit is due

Hurrah! 'Snowman helps John Lewis profits snowball' says James Thompson in the Evening Standard (7 March).

You can access advertising, media and marketing effectiveness case studies featuring John Lewis and other retailers using the IPA's free search tool: EASE