The Government’s childhood obesity strategy: good or bad news for marketers?
While there will be no ban on junk food ads, brands still face a sugar tax and targets to cut 20% of the sugar out of their products by 2020.
Coca-Cola and Britvic hit back at sugar tax for ‘singling out soft drinks’
Leonie RoderickCoca-Cola and Britvic have responded to the government’s plans to introduce a sugar tax on all soft drinks by the end of 2018, stating that the decision is “extremely disappointing”.
Soft drink brands suffer blow as government pledges sugar tax for 2018
Thomas HobbsChancellor George Osborne has confirmed a sugar levy will be introduced on all soft drinks by the end of 2018.
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Jamie Oliver: ‘Brands are not even getting the basics right when it comes to tackling childhood obesity’
Sarah VizardJamie Oliver has issued a damning indictment on the state of the food and drinks industry’s attempts to tackle childhood obesity, saying it is barely managing to get the basics right and that brands need to take more risks to make eating healthy food “cool” and come up with a holistic approach to meet the challenge.
Marketoonist on AI productivity
Tom FishburneTom Fishburne is founder of Marketoon Studios. Follow his work at marketoonist.com or on Twitter @tomfishburne See more of the Marketoonist here
Marketing Week Mini MBA launches business management course
Marketing Week ReportersThe new course is designed to help senior marketers cross over into business management. It will be led by Helen Edwards, and feature renowned professors such as Roger Martin and Alison Fragale.
P&G’s brand chief on why prioritising accessible advertising is ‘good for growth, people and society’
Niamh CarrollThe barriers to introducing accessible advertising are relatively low, but the potential gains for brands are high, according to P&G Europe’s chief brand officer, Taide Guajardo.
What to do when you have no budget
Jon EvansAchieving big things on a small budget is possible. Here are four things to consider.