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General
http://media.guardian.co.uk/
creative/ads/0,,533544,00.html
MediaGuardian.co.uk's Creative Lounge has all the latest TV, print, cinema, outdoor, online and radio ads.
http://media.guardian.co.uk/
advertising/
The Advertising section of MediaGuardian.co.uk has the industry's latest news.
www.asa.org.uk
The Advertising Standards Authority website will tell you more about the rules for advertising, let you complain online, and explain how the ASA is working to keep UK advertising standards as high as possible.
www.adassoc.org.uk/
The Advertising Association promotes and protects the rights, responsibilities and role of Advertising.
www.btaa.co.uk
British Television Advertising Awards website.
www.dandad.org/
D&AD is an educational charity that represents the global creative, design and advertising communities. Their purpose is to set creative standards, educate, inspire and promote good design and advertising.
www.hatads.org.uk/
The History of Advertising Trust (HAT) has the largest archive of UK advertising in the world.
www.ipa.co.uk/
The Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA) is the trade body and professional institute for 269 leading agencies in the UK's advertising, media and marketing communications industry, covering the Creative, Digital, Direct Marketing, Healthcare, Media, Outdoor, Sales Promotion and Sponsorship sectors.
www.ofcom.org.uk/
Ofcom (Office of Communications) is the independent regulator and competition authority for the UK communications industries, with responsibilities across television, radio, telecommunications and wireless communications services.
www.visit4info.com/
Watch and download all the latest TV, magazine and cinema ads. Includes ad collections, such as Top 10 funny TV Ads of 2006, 2005 and 2004, Top 30 downloaded TV Ads, Top 30 viewed TV Ads and Top 30 voted TV Ads.
Careers in advertising
http://www.channel4.com/life/microsites/
B/brilliantcareers/multiplayer/frontline/advertising.html
'How to get ahead in Advertising…' There are a variety of different types of roles in advertising – and getting in requires a different approach for each. This article in Channel 4's Frontline magazine offers some advice.
www.kent.ac.uk/careers/
workin/advertising.htm
This site called 'I Want to Work In…' includes useful general advice on careers in advertising.
Featured agencies
www.futurebrand.com/futurebrand.html
The website of Future Brand, a global branding firm that uses creative excellence to help clients think ahead to seize future opportunities.
www.bmb.uk.com/
The website of BMB, an award-winning firm whose aim is to build a profitable relationship between clients and their target audience, through advertising, direct marketing, design, interactive, live events and public relations.
www.captaincrikey.com
Captain Crikey is an alternative marketing consultancy focused on trend forecasting.
www.brandrepublic.com
Brand Republic is an advertising, marketing, media and PR website.
www.CollectiveLondon.com
Collective create award-winning digital campaigns.
www.theviralfactory.com
The website of Viral Factory, a company that specialises in making viral marketing campaigns for the web.
www.fallon.com
Fallon aims to create brilliant advertising which is remembered, often inventing new forms of advertising or ingeniously repackaging old forms.
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