Today marks a special day at the Brooklyn Brothers. Not just because it’s the 703rd anniversary of the election of Pope Clement V – though you’d be right to think that is worthy of celebration in itself. But because today George Bryant, Jackie Stevenson, Jay Fretwell and David Watson launch The Brooklyn Brothers, London. It will be the first time we’ve added defining punctuation to our name and an office to our mini-global empire.

With this momentous step we are now fully equipped to take on the giant networks at their own game. Martin Sorrell – you will kick sand in our face at the Agency Big Wig Summer BBQ no more. Watch out Bruce Crawford of Omnicom: we now have a mere 724 fewer offices than you. And are you listening Vincente Bollore of Havas? Because we’ve just doubled our size, have you?