Stephen Woodford

2 weeks ago | thegrocer.co.uk | Phil Smith |Stephen Woodford

As leaders of two of the UK’s advertising trade bodies, our members include the UK’s supermarkets and many brands that stock their shelves, as well as the agencies, media and tech companies that help promote the products available to customers every day. One of our most important tasks is to help our members navigate changing political tides. Between 2016 and 2022, we went through prime minister after prime minister – and when it came to obesity and advertising, policy after policy.

Jan 17, 2025 | campaignlive.co.uk | Stephen Woodford

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Jul 25, 2024 | mediacatmagazine.co.uk | Chris Kenji Beer |Grace Gollasch |Andrea Buzzi |Stephen Woodford

Advertising: Who Cares? has announced details of its first event offering solutions to today’s biggest industry challenges. Taking place on 12 September from 2 pm at the Royal Society of Arts, the event will provide advice to tackle ongoing issues, discussing data and consumers’ dissatisfaction with ineffective and invasive ads.

May 8, 2024 | magnetic.media | Stephen Woodford |Gareth Jones

By Stephen Woodford, CEO, Advertising AssociationTrust is one of the top three priorities for the Advertising Association’s (AA) membership and is at the core of our work, so thank you to the PPA for inviting me to speak at your brilliant festival last month (23 April). Sharing our insights into what drives public trust and why it is important is critical in raising awareness and fostering best practice.

Feb 20, 2024 | mediacatmagazine.co.uk | Grace Gollasch |Stephen Woodford

The UK advertising industry launched Ad Net Zero in November 2020, but how’s it going? Plenty of brands pledged their support at the time, as the industry loves to do with good causes. But what progress has been made? As recently as November last year The Guardian reported that the marketing industry is ‘grappling with the role of selling consumption in a climate crisis‘. So we decided to ask a handful of smart people in our network what they think is going on, and what needs to be done.