Daily Press Summary | Friday 26 September 2025

Is adland ready for the less healthy food ad restrictions?
With the industry expected to begin voluntarily complying with the ‘less healthy food’ ad ban from 1 October, what changes have brands made to their creative and media plans?
Campaign (£)

Just Eat launches fun student-focused experiential campaign
A new campaign from Just Eat and Live & Breathe aims to shake up student life across UK campuses at the start of the academic year.
Marketing Beat

Yan Elliott joins VCCP as creative director
Yan Elliott, chief creative officer at Weber Shandwick, is joining VCCP as a creative director to lead on the Barclays account.
Campaign (£)

Asda appoints vice-president for own brand
Asda has appointed a vice president for its own brand, marking chief customer officer Rachel Eyre’s first senior appointment.
Marketing Week (£)

Publicis Media’s Niel Bornman lands new group role
Publicis Media UK’s chief executive, Niel Bornman, has had his role expanded to cover leading Connected Media UK.
Campaign (£)

OpenAI launches ChatGPT Pulse to proactively write you morning briefs
OpenAI is launching a new feature inside of ChatGPT called Pulse, which generates personalized reports for users while they sleep.
Tech Crunch

Omnicom Production appoints chief executive
Joanna Cotton, UK and Ireland managing director at Monks, has been appointed as chief executive at Omnicom Production.
Campaign (£)

Meta to face EU charge for failing to police illegal posts, Bloomberg News reports
Meta Platforms, opens new tab is set to face a charge sheet from the European Union for failing to adequately police illegal content, risking fines for violating the bloc’s content moderation rulebook, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday.
Reuters

Pablo Appointed as Honda Motor Europe’s Lead Brand Agency
Pablo is set to handle all brand strategy and brand communications across Europe.
Little Black Book

Instagram teen accounts still show suicide content, study claims
Instagram’s tools designed to protect teenagers from harmful content are failing to stop them from seeing suicide and self-harm posts, a study has claimed.
BBC News