Come on in, the water’s lovely.
Brand deep dive – Having trouble finding a team prepared to dive deep enough to understand your brand? OBB could well be your lifeline. Deep sea divers are in short supply. The North Sea oil business offers rich pickings for those who brave its frigid depths to repair pipelines and the like – often in …
A night of puerility with Mark Denton
Holding on to childish notions and having fun with creativity. The first of our Fierce Talks couldn't have had a better speaker.
One Black Bear up to scratch for Chips Away brief
One Black Bear have developed a new strategic positioning and creative look and feel for leading paintwork repair brand, Chips Away.
The value of creativity when running an agency.
Listen to Rich as he talks about 16 years in the creative hot seat.
Wake up and smell the coffee tax
January saw me seriously cut down the caffeine. Limiting myself to one weak coffee per day was a refreshing break, but living on green tea was always unacceptable as a long term commitment. Finally, it was February, and I was first in the queue for a double espresso with extra presso. But my coffee holiday had heightened my senses to something.
More points for the bears
The UK division of the largest independent tyre and autocare network in Europe, Point S, has appointed One Black Bear. The first brief is to recruit more independent garages to sign up to membership with this hard hitting trade press advertising campaign, which stresses the benefits of being part of a multi-national group, while retaining all their individuality.
Tipton & Coseley Invests in One Black Bear
A West Midlands financial services brand has appointed One Black Bear following a three way pitch, as it sets its sights on an ambitious growth plan.
One Black Bear named Birmingham’s leading independent agency
One Black Bear named Birmingham’s leading independent agency The Drum have announced their findings of a study into the UK’s top independent agencies announcing the top 100. Tim Molony, Head of The Drum Recommends said “Of the 25,000 marketing companies to choose from in the UK, these are the 100 you really should consider.” We’re …One Black Bear named Birmingham’s leading independent agency +
Couldn’t get my Ed round it
The power of love or loathe advertising September 2017 saw TMW Unlimited launch Kinder Bueno’s Adulting campaign, using social language to tap in to a grown up audience. Designed to resonate with Bueno’s majority audience who would “prefer to permanently remain 29 if they could”, vloggers and influencers are shown rewarding themselves for ‘adulting success’. …