There was no slowing Carat down last year, they followed up a very successful year with a huge 2013. Ad Age chose Carat as the Media Agency of the Year because of their ability to kick on, they increased revenue by 20% and recruited top talent 2013, while still securing new accounts and managing their huge General Motors account.

Carat Global President Doug Ray said: "After winning so much business last year we could have gotten distracted by trying to absorb the business and being too internally focused, the goal was to avoid distraction by hiring and "scaling operations."

Luxury car manufacturer Jaguar has outsourced its social media strategy for the first time to a hired agency.

Just days after announcing their withdrawal from advertising on Facebook (and putting a rather sour note on the social networking giant's forthcoming IPO) General Motors have shocked the marketing world again by announcing that they will not advertise during the 2013 NFL Super Bowl.