Uber Agency: London Bound

It's grim up north, isn't it? No culture, crap weather... and the ad agencies don't even have slides in their offices. Why would anyone use a northern shop when they could go to London? 

Well, for a start, it's a lot cheaper, says this comic promotional film for Sheffield-based agency Uber (not to be confused with the ride-hailing app). Why pay over the odds for the same service?

Set on a station platform, the film sees an adman pleading with his client not to take the London-bound train, debunking glitzy myths like agency apps that negate the need for toilets ("they release the chocolate hostages just like anyone else!") and listing all the things his client could do with the money he'd save by keeping his business oop north. He could take his whole family on a trip to London! Stay at the Savoy! Rent the London Eye! Why, he might even be able to splash out on a pint (but not a cocktail). 

Witty dialogue and decent acting make this an excellent ad for the agency's services (their tagline is "like a London agency, only cheaper"), and should hopefully inspire folk to look outside the Big Smoke for great creative. The weather is still crap, though.