UK Advertising Spend Expected to Post Strongest Growth on Record in 2021
29 July 2021 - 12:18AM
Dow Jones News
By Adria Calatayud
U.K. advertising expenditure is forecast to grow 18.2% this
year, its strongest annual rise since records began, as the
recovery from the hit caused by the coronavirus pandemic gathers
pace, according to industry estimates released Thursday.
Spending in advertising is expected to reach 27.7 billion pounds
($38.44 billion) this year from GBP23.46 billion in 2020, the
latest expenditure report from the U.K.'s Advertising Association
and ad-intelligence firm WARC showed. This compares with a previous
forecast of GBP27.0 billion published in April.
The growth-rate forecast for U.K. ad spend has also been revised
upward to 18.2% from 15.2% previously, which means that 2021 is
expected to surpass the prior expenditure growth high set at 15.9%
in 1988, the AA and WARC said. Their data and forecasts go back to
1982.
U.K. ad spend in the second quarter is estimated to have grown
54.7%, following a 0.8% increase during the first quarter, which
fell short of the 1.8% rise forecast in April, the AA and WARC
said.
For 2022, ad expenditure in the U.K. is forecast to rise 7.7%,
taking the market to GBP30 billion, according to the report.
Write to Adria Calatayud at adria.calatayud@dowjones.com
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