Property developer Derwent London has got the go-ahead to redevelop Saatchi & Saatchi's headquarters at 80 Charlotte Street in the heart of Fitzrovia... more
On advertising and marketing: Forget Charles and Maurice Saatchi. Over the last 40-plus years that the brothers' name has dominated British advertising, arguably no one has done more to sustain the Saatchi legend than its top creative, Jeremy Sinclair... more
Our eye is drawn to a terrific, fairly frightening piece of reportage in the Sunday Times magazine by one Caroline Scott on the middle class and homeless... more
Robert Chote, the head of the Office for Budget Responsibility, has admitted that the economy is unlikely to grow by the 1.7% he forecast in March. ... more
When we go shopping, somewhere between 30% and 80% of our purchasing decisions are made at the point of sale. Procter & Gamble, the consumer goods giant behind Pampers nappies and Gillette razors, calls it "the first moment of truth" for a brand... more
Publicis Groupe, the world's third-biggest advertising company that owns top agencies Saatchi & Saatchi and Starcom MediaVest, defies the doomsters as global revenues surge but the UK is lagging... more
Secrets, the pole-dancing chain, has discovered something most of us thought was obvious: men are willing to pay more to see scantily clad women than women are... more
Who are the most assiduous corporate lobbyists courting the coalition Government? Top of the tree is employers' body the CBI, which has had no fewer than 75 meetings with ministers... more
Publicis, the French advertising giant that owns top UK agencies such as Saatchi & Saatchi and Starcom MediaVest, admits global growth has slowed, partly because of the Arab uprisings and Japanese quake... more
ITV has just reported a 16% leap in advertising last year and it is on course to be up 12% in the first four months of 2011. And WPP, the world's biggest ad and marketing group, saw a 9.7% revenue rise in the UK in the last three months of 2010 - the fastest quarterly growth all year... more
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has set a March 1 deadline for expressions of interest in running a new TV channel which will occupy the cherished sixth slot on Freeview - directly after Channel Five... more
Derwent London will be delighted with David Cameron's plans to turn the unlovely area around Old Street roundabout into the UK's "silicon valley"... more
David Cameron gives his full backing to the Evening Standard’s £1million Dispossessed Fund and declares it has 'stirred the conscience' of the capital... more
Spotted: Rob Lowe, star of West Wing and acknowledged as one of the shrewdest and most knowledgeable figures in the global entertainment industry, with Tom Barrack, the charismatic chairman and CEO of Colony Capital... more
Interview: David Kershaw’s nerves are frazzled but it’s not because the M&C Saatchi chief executive has just won the Tories’ advertising account... more
David Cameron calls in Margaret Thatcher’s favourite advertising men to shore up his election campaign as a shock poll showed the Tory lead vanishing... more
The London Olympics are drawing closer and it was only a matter of time before the corporate world began working out ways to squeeze money out of the sports fest... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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