Medialab Christmas COVID Tracker

Welcome to Medialab’s last coronavirus crisis tracker of the year. And what a year it has been. 2020 leaves us with many challenges: organisationally, for our teams, and in understanding the impact of this extraordinary crisis on our customers and supporters. However, it also leaves us with much to be optimistic about: how far we […]

Medialab October COVID Tracker

A remarkable and poignant set of news and data have emerged since our last edition. Runners raised over £16m as part of the (virtual) Virgin Money London Marathon, as many as 900,000 more children sought free school meals, a record 6,001 net store closures were reported in the first half of  2020, and 3.5 million […]

Medialab wins at the Performance Marketing Awards

We are incredibly proud to announce that Medialab have won the Best Travel, Leisure & Lifestyle category with National Trust, and were Highly Commended as the Most Effective Agency at this year’s Performance Marketing Awards. These sits alongside a shortlisted entry for Macmillan for the Best Use of Data category, and for our data marketing […]

Medialab COVID Tracker | 20.07.20

To say that lots has changed since the beginning of Lockdown on 23rd March is an understatement. The coronavirus crisis has already moved through several phases. A further crisis of equality, diversity and inclusion has come to the fore. Brexit is waiting in the wings. And don’t even mention climate disaster. With so much to […]

Medialab COVID Tracker | 25.06.20

As further unlocking of the economy is announced, with bars, restaurants and much-needed hairdressers allowed to re-open on 4th July, and the possibility of a (UK) summer holiday on the horizon, our seventh Medialab COVID-19 Tracker sets out changes to our audiences’ lives across the main themes of the crisis so far. A long period […]

Medialab COVID Tracker | 08.06.20

We have now entered a more progressive phase of the easing of lockdown. Across the four home nations we can socialise more freely. Some school year-groups have partially returned. Non-essential retailers can open from 15th June. Pubs, restaurants, hairdressers, hotels, cinemas, and places of worship could open from 4th July at the earliest. The challenge […]

Medialab COVID Tracker | 01.06.20

It has been a very long time since we have faced an economic crisis this deep. Over 300 years. In 1706 the drain on the economy from the war of Spanish Succession drove national output down by 15%. And then the great frost followed in 1709. Back to 2020. In May the BoE estimated that […]

Alzheimer’s Research UK & The Virtual Pub Quiz

Medialab are proud to be involved in the development of the partnership between Alzheimer’s Research UK and Jay Flynn’s staggeringly successful ‘The Virtual Pub Quiz’ starting this evening, Thursday 14th May, in order to raise awareness and boost funds and support for dementia research. The Virtual Pub Quiz is a weekly initiative created and compered […]

Medialab COVID Tracker | 12.05.20

The scale of upheaval has been huge. Almost 25% of the UK workforce is furloughed (HMRC), and it’s near impossible to even comprehend the scale and future implications this virus will have across all areas of life. We heard from the Government this weekend just gone, about easing of some of the lockdown restrictions, which […]

Medialab Achieves IPA CPD Gold Accreditation

Medialab Group has been recognised with the IPA CPD Gold Accreditation. According to the IPA, member agencies who receive the accolade ‘demonstrate a genuine culture of learning; bettering the professionalism, development and reputation of the industry, enhancing clients’ brands and agencies’ worth as a result.’ As part of feedback on the submission, the IPA stated […]