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Advertising Matters 13.12.19

/ December 13th 2019 /
Advertising Matters

GENERAL ELECTION

Well, after a very late night for many and, perhaps for some an unexpected result in the General Election, here’s our take…

Stephen Woodford, Chief Executive, Advertising Association, commented: “With the clear mandate the Conservatives have won from the electorate we look forward to hearing more about the new Government’s programme for the country beyond Brexit and look forward to engaging in discussions about the future trade deal with the EU.

“Beyond Brexit, we also look forward to hearing how economic growth and prosperity can be shared more widely across the country. Advertising has a unique ability to foster growth among businesses of all shapes and sizes and drives economic progress across the nations and regions. It is also a key driver of export growth and is the fastest-growing of Britain’s services exports.”

You can read the statement in full on our website here, and included in Campaign here. Stephen also wrote a piece on what the General Election will mean for the advertising industry which you can read in The Drum here.

UK ADVERTISING NEEDS YOU!

We are delighted to invite you to an afternoon of our industry’s most inspiring speakers on 30 January 2020 at the QEII Centre in Westminster, London!

This special event, brought to you by the Advertising Association in partnership with Channel 4, Clear Channel, Department for International Trade, Framestore, London & Partners, M&C Saatchi and Newsworks will be the perfect shot of creative stimulus for 2020. You will hear from Phil Thomas, President of Ascential and Chairman of Cannes Lions who will speak about global trends in creative, Paul Kemp-Robertson, Co-founder of Contagious, will present some of the world’s most inspirational advertising campaigns and our very own Director of Credos Karen Fraser MBE will give new insights about the social contribution of UK advertising.

With tickets priced at just £35 they are selling fast! To find out more and book your place click here.

LAST CALL FOR JURORS

As the official UK rep for Cannes Lions 2020 we are on the look-out for jurors for the festival next year, but, the deadline for nominations is EOP on Monday (16th December), so if you’d like to nominate someone, now’s the time to do it!

To find out all the details and download the official nomination form head over to our website here.

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