Lisbon, 16 May 2013: Frances Illingworth, Global Recruitment Director at WPP, has been elected President of edcom, the European Institute for Commercial Communications Education, for the period 2013-2015.

New York, 30 April 2013: While global advertising spending increased overall in 2012, not all sectors reaped the benefits. The telecommunications, consumer goods and media sectors saw the biggest increases, earning year-over-year jumps of 7, 6.8 and 5.8 percent, according to Nielsen’s quarterly Global AdView Pulse report. Comparatively, former top performers like healthcare and durables saw reduced spending for the year.

Brussels, 24 April 2013: Three finalist teams of students in this year's pan European Ad Venture student competition have been selected from 79 entries to present their campaigns during the edcom Annual Conference on 17 May, hosted by IADE Creative University in Lisbon.

New York, 24 April 2013: Advertisers gravitated to the small screen in 2012 and pulled away from newspapers and magazines, according to Nielsen’s quarterly Global AdView Pulse report. The $350 billion in global TV ad spending represented a 4.3 percent year-over-year increase, and a strong second half in North America contributed to a 3.2 percent rise in global ad spending for the year. Overall, TV ad spending accounted for 62.8 percent of global ad dollars in 2012.

A joint WFA/EACA publication provides guidelines for both agencies and clients on managing business relationships and how to organize, conduct and conclude a pitch process leading to a new client-agency relationship.

Some companies decide to go green to save money. Some do it to reassure clients, or because clients are expanding their corporate responsibility to include their whole supply-chain - including marketing suppliers. Some do it because their employees insist. Whatever their motives, many corporations - and a growing number of public sector agencies - now build environmental, community and ethical priorities into their strategies and operations. Think global they say and act local. Here's how.

The adherence to high ethical principles is a requirement for any business sector today. As the representative body for the advertising and commercial communications sector in Europe, it is EACA's task to ensure that member companies have clear guidance on the ethical standards that we set for ourselves and that our stakeholders fully understand our commitments to the highest standards of performance.