London Press Exchange

The London Press Exchange was founded in 1892 by Frederick Higginbottom and Reginald J.Sykes, becoming a significant Government advertising agency during World War II. It merged with the Leo Burnett agency in 1969.

The agency also produced promotional work for the 1921 film Elsie and the Brown Bunny, and advertising posters for the 1951 Festival of Britain.

On 5 November 1946, the Market Research Society was created in the London Press Exchange offices.

Notable people

 * Frederick Higginbottom (1859 - 1943) co-founder
 * Keith Lucas (d.2012) who became director of the British Film Institute
 * William Stewart (b. 1886 Greenwich), Director
 * Howard Thomas (1909—1986) worked in the commercial radio section
 * Mark Abrams (1906-1994) led its research function in the 1930s doing ground breaking studies Mark Abrams
 * Phillip Boydell (1896-1984) Art Director and designer of the Festival of Britain font.