Separated at birth: Adrian Birchall, chairman of the highly profitable Media Centre, and Brian Mawhinney, chairman of the less profitable, frankly, heavily in debt, Conservative Party. When not acting as the scourge of “loony left” Labour councils, Mawhinney spends his time trying to employ Maurice Saatchi. Birchall confines himself to attacking loony ITV media owners and their poor viewing figures.
Marketing boss Richard Warren claims boards see advertising as a running cost, meaning marketers shouldn’t “cloak” campaigns in the word “investment”.
Overall digital advertising spend grew 11% in 2023 to £29.6bn, according to data from IAB and PwC.
Chief brand officer Ije Nkoworie, who takes over as CEO next year, says marketing can get distracted by trends and risk preventing customers discovering product.
Rather than only prioritising training for their teams, marketing leaders should carve out time for learning and rethink what ‘upskilling’ really means.