MLP are proud to be part of this year’s 40th anniversary The Marketing Society Awards – four decades of recognising the boldest and brightest ideas in UK marketing.

The pace of marketing has never been faster, but does speed mean sacrificing long-term brand building? At the Creative Impact Unpacked session Cannes Lions, industry leaders from across Asia, including Andreas Krasser, The Marketing Society Board Member came together to tackle one of marketing's most pressing questions: how do we move fast and build brands simultaneously?

At Cannes Lions this year, Neil Barrie from TwentyFirstCenturyBrands was heartened to see that the Grand Prix juries looked beyond the buzz and didn’t reward the loudest, shiniest work.

Details of the honest chat about something that doesn’t get talked about enough: how brands can really understand and connect with the next billion consumers in emerging markets. These consumers—mainly in parts of Asia, Africa, and Latin America—are coming online fast.

Most advertising and marketing communication is now driven by social media. Not so much social first, as social first, second, third and fourth but a quiet revolution is emerging. The annual Cannes (p)review from Julian Boulding

Two compelling CMO panels at Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity 2025 hosted by our very own CEO Sophie Devonshire at the Rotonde Stage laid bare the very the complex reality of being a top marketing leader today

After a week at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity with the SPCSHP & MSQ crew, one thing became

Partners of The Marketing Society, Accenture song reflect on our Awards theme for this year "why marketing matters"

The world has changed - customers expect more, technology is accelerating, and marketing must evolve to keep pace. That means stepping into a new role and supporting this with a new operating model. Katherine Theobald from Accenture Song writes why marketing still matters.

AI has made significant strides in being multilingual, but can it ever be truly multicultural?

We asked our Members a simple question: Why does marketing matter to you? And unsurprisingly, their answers were anything but. What emerged was a rich tapestry of insights that reveals modern marketing is a dynamic force that shapes how we connect, communicate and create change in our world.

We are delighted to partner with global advertising technology leader The Trade Desk on an important new report exploring the

From AI to psychedelics, brand love to sleep health -the maiden SXSW in London hit like a sugar rush. Member Tanvir Siddiqui gives his review of SXSW London 2025.

“There it is again, that funny feeling”, sings Bo Burnham in his Netflix comedy special, Inside, lamenting the sheer oddness of our tech-drenched world. Well, buckle up because we are heading into more funny feelings as AI makes whole brands feel like Arial font rendered in 8K. An article from BBH London

The Marketing Society's Digital Day Series 2025 brought together marketing leaders across five global hubs - Scotland, Singapore, UAE, England

At The Marketing Society’s The Digital Day 2025, MLP's Sarah Turner and Simon Jamieson took to the stage to explore an increasing challenge for brands in the digital age…

Highlights and key take aways from The Digital Day England 2025 event

Sannah Rogers reviews The Digital Day 2025 with an in depth appraisal of how Very successfully competes with the likes of Amazon and Shein using integrated digital and traditional media campaigns.

Q+A with Venya Wijegoonewardene CSO at Spark Foundry UK - her golden rules, her biggest influences and why she appeared at The Royal Courts of Justice.

It was an uncharacteristically sunny day in Glasgow as I hopped off my train and headed to the very impressive

It’s all too easy to get caught up in so much ‘doing’ that we have no time to think. Stuck