Glasgow advertising agency Merle has been placed into the hands of liquidators with members of staff launching a new agency, as well as agreeing a joint venture with a London-based digital agency. The new agency, entitled ‘Monkey’,... Read more
Quality Meat Scotland has appointed The Union to handle its advertising account following the closure of incumbent Merle.The Edinburgh agency, which held the account until July last year upon the appointment of Merle, was reappointed following a... Read more
The final advertising campaign for bottled water brand Highland Spring by Merle is currently running. The ‘New Balls for Britain’ campaign is the largest promotion by the company ahead of the summer and invites consumers to collect... Read more
John Dean, creative director at Merle is to join Tangible next month as creative manager. Dean joined the Glasgow advertising agency since October 2008 when he chose to reteam with creative director Simon Anderson, who he had worked alongside at... Read more
The latest TV commercial for confectionary brand Tunnocks has been produced by Merle. The campaign for Tunnock’s Teacakes begins to air this week using the message of indulgence, while revealing that each teacake contains only 106 calories,... Read more
The Scottish Government has drafted a shortlist of two marketing services roster agencies to pitch for the new cluster contract for its Greener Scotland account. The roster agencies down to the final two are understood to be Story and Merle with... Read more
Following a competitive pitched between Scottish Government marketing communication roster agencies, Merle has been appointed the handle a new brand campaign for Quality Meat Scotland. The campaign, relating to the Scotch Beef, Scotch Lamb and... Read more
John MacDougall, former divisional director of Faulds Advertising, has joined Merle to replace Giles Moffatt. MacDougall, who has also worked at The Union and STV, will strengthen the agency’s Scottish Government team and will head up the... Read more
Celebrities are signing up to support a new campaign for animal rights organisation Advocates for Animals, created by Merle. The OneKind campaign has launched featuring images of Strictly Come Dancing judge Alesha Dixon, chat show host Paul O... Read more
Stuart Anderson, joint creative director at Merle is to leave the agency to join The Whole Caboodle for personal reasons. It is understood that having recently become a father for the first time, Anderson has taken a role which is nearer his... Read more
