Prolific North

Agency leaders looking to secure their place at From Growth to Gold: Scaling & Selling Your Agency have until close of play today to take advantage of discounted early bird tickets before prices increase. Designed for ambitious agency owners and senior leaders, From Growth to Gold is a full day of practical insight, expert-led discussion and valuable networking focused on one key objective: building stronger, more valuable agencies.

A new six-part series for Radio 4’s Intrigue and BBC Sounds will turn the spotlight back onto one of the most scrutinised criminal cases in modern history at a pivotal moment. Journalist Myles Bonnar embarks on a world of secret intelligence files, terrorism and international intrigue to shed new light on the investigations into the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 which killed 270 people over the Scottish town of Lockerbie.

Co-produced by STUDIOCANAL (Playing Nice, Families Like Ours) and Two Cities Television (Blue Lights, Patrick Melrose) and written by BAFTA award-winning Ronan Bennett (The Day of the Jackal, MobLand), filming has begun in Manchester and Liverpool, (as well as scenes in London and Paris) on new Channel 4 drama series Army of Shadows.

As the eyes of the golfing world turn to Liverpool City Region this week for the 154th British Open at Royal Birkdale, a giant 1,000 square metre portrait of local golfing legend Tommy Fleetwood has been unveiled in the city centre. The 40m x 25m art work has been created on the grass at Chavasse Park at Liverpool ONE to celebrate the start of the world’s oldest golf tournament.

Manchester-based indie Purple Productions, the force behind BBC amateur sleuthing smash Doorbell Detectives, is the first casualty of the newly announced “mega-indie” merger between Banijay and All3Media. The two completed their merger last week, creating a new London-based production and distribution giant that makes and sells shows including The Traitors, Big Brother, MasterChef and Peaky Blinders. The combined $8BN entity will be called Banijay Entertainment.

One year on from the launch of the Electric Car Grant (ECG), new data from Autotrader shows the average price gap between a new electric vehicle and a new petrol car has narrowed from £1,935 to just £40. For two months (March and April 2026) new EVs were actually cheaper than the average new petrol car for the first time (£455 cheaper in April). Figures are based on average pricing across all new models, and include discounts and grants.

Carousel has been appointed to lead the public relations and influencer strategy for the brand new Fairmont Cheshire, The Mere, one of the UK’s most anticipated luxury resort openings, which is launching following a landmark £90 million transformation. The newest property from Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, the global luxury brand and part of the world-leading hospitality group Accor, Fairmont Cheshire, The Mere officially opened on 10 July 2026.

Co-op is to renew its music festival sponsorship across several Live Nation UK festivals for a further five years, following eight successful years attending some of the UK’s most iconic live music events with its pop-up convenience stores.

Daytime programming changes are coming to BBC Radio 1, with six presenters departing. Rickie and Melvin will leave Radio 1 after seven years, along with Dean McCullough, Nat O’Leary, James Cusack and Swarzy. Taking over from the departees, Mylo and Rosie will handle weekday Early Breakfast every day from 4am until 7am, having first appeared through Radio 1’s presenter development initiative in 2025, and previously a big hit in West Yorkshire on Pulse 1.

Yorkshire-based Motorhome Pig has launched what it claims is the UK’s first AI-powered instant motorhome valuation platform, giving owners a genuine end-to-end valuation journey in minutes rather than asking them to submit an enquiry and wait for a callback. For years, online motorhome valuations have followed the same process.