Areas of business: at the heart of Warc is warc.com, our unique online service for marketing people around the world. We also have three other areas of activity:

• Events: we organise a range of premium conferences and seminars covering topical issues of interest to marketing people across the world.
• Magazines and journals: we publish highly respected magazines and market leading journals for people working in advertising, marketing, media and research.
• Data: we provide the authoritative trends and forecasts of advertising expenditure for all major economies, which are used by media researchers worldwide.

Recent developments: Warc is the most comprehensive marketing information service in the world and we’ve embarked on an ambitious programme of upgrades. Developments for 2009 so far include:

• Creative executions – mainly video – so you can see the campaigns you’re reading about on warc.com.
• Warc Plus, a service that saves you time by giving you access to the expertise of our team.
• A Quotebank and Speeches archive going back to the 1920s.
• A new look and feel for Warc by award-winning graphic designer David Hillman.
• More reporting from key industry conferences around the world.
• More material on trends and consumer insights.
• Streamlined navigation to make it easier to find what you want on warc.com.