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Hold the back page! Cracknell and Eccleshare start new venture together.
But before Campaign gets another of those irritating calls from the photocopier salesman who purports to be 'a mate of Trevor Beattie's' wanting their phone number, this isn't a reunion of the double act which ran Ammirati Puris Lintas London for a period in the late 90s.
This time it's Tom Eccleshare, the son of William, the incoming head of Young & Rubicam Europe, and Lucy Cracknell, the daughter of Bates UK's executive creative director, Andrew.
Both are getting their first direct experiences of the industry in the humble surroundings of the Bates post room. In doing so they follow in the footsteps of some of the biggest names in advertising, who got their first break loading the mail trolley.
Peter Warren, the former chairman of Ogilvy & Mather, well remembers his stint in the post room at the then Mather & ...