The UK’s longest running index of disruptive new startups, the Startups 100, has released its 2021 lineup and Picnic has made the list for the second year in a row.  Run by the UK’s most established website for entrepreneurs, Startups.co.uk, the [...]

Global attention measurement platform Amplified Intelligence today (30 September) announced it has closed a post-seed funding round of AUD$3m (£1.6m). The round is led by TEN13 - a market-leading investment syndicate co-founded by Aussie tech entrepreneur and Shark (‘Shark Tank’) Steve [...]

Independent consultancy, The Programmatic Advisory, was founded by Wayne Blodwell five years ago. As programmatic has burgeoned, so too has demand from marketers to help navigate the ecosystem, providing a wealth of opportunities for companies like The Programmatic Advisory. Following [...]

In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates in media, marketing, and commerce from around the globe. In this edition: TikTok’s CEO is questioned by US senators over the company’s collection and use of biometric information; Databricks have [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: the UK government are exploring an alternative to GDPR; UK-based ecommerce 'roll-up' firm Heroes have raised USD $200m; and ProbablyMonsters, a AAA game company, also raise USD $200m.   UK government look for GDPR alternative The UK government [...]

Merkle (www.merkleinc.com), a leading technology-enabled, data-driven customer experience management (CXM) company and part of dentsu, has appointed Andy Ankrah to head of technology consulting, leading a new dedicated UK practice that aims to drive business value through technology investment and [...]

Channel Factory, the global brand suitability and ad performance platform for YouTube has added two new hires to its UK team to help increase its footprint and to continue to grow the business across the region. Amy Crowsley and Daniel Benjamins [...]

British food manufacturer Samworth Brothers has awarded its consolidated media account to the7stars. The appointment follows a competitive pitch process managed in-house and held entirely remotely. the7stars is tasked with helping to drive innovative, media-neutral planning across the product and brand [...]

Merkle (www.merkleinc.com), a leading technology-enabled, data-driven customer experience management (CXM) company and part of dentsu, has appointed Dan Wigley to lead its combined UK analytics practice. In his new role, Wigley is responsible for leading and driving growth strategies within Merkle’s [...]

As the UK and the rest of Europe sets its sight on an easing of COVID-19 rules, shoppers are bouncing back to the high street; the latest in-store sales figures[1] in June across the EMEA region jumped by 76% compared to [...]