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2 weeks agoMarketers Increase Budgets Cautiously: IPA Bellwether Q3 2025
UK marketing budgets rose for a second consecutive quarter to a net +3.6% in Q3 2025 amid economic caution and shifting channel priorities.
The Iteractive Advertising Bureau (IAB) has revised its 2025 annual forecast of ad spend, "macroeconomic concerns" among ad buyers across multiple channels. The overall outlook has been revised downward by 1.6%. "Advertisers, facing a shifting economy, are sharpening their focus. Amid rising tariff concerns and macroeconomic headwinds, ad buyers expect to spend less in the second half of the year than originally projected." IAB.