Cheerios®, through its Spoonfuls of Stories® program, is inviting families to start their day with a nutritious breakfast and a brand new book. As part of its ongoing commitment to nurturing the whole child and connecting families by fostering a shared love of reading, Cheerios will once again provide more than six million children’s books, written in both English and Spanish, free inside Cheerios boxes beginning November 3.

Procter & Gamble Salon Professional, a division of The Procter & Gamble announces Sebastian Professional’s collaboration with Sony Pictures’ «Burlesque,» the highly-anticipated musical film starring Cher and Christina Aguilera, in the U.S. theatres November 24. Already a Hollywood movie set staple, Sebastian Professional Re-Shaper hairspray steps past the curtain and into the spotlight as the Official Hairspray of «Burlesque.»

Pearlfisher has created the branding for Mii, a make-up line from Gerrard International—the first own-brand make-up line from this leading consultancy and distributor for professional beauty salons and spas. Appointed in 2009 on the strength of its beauty brand credentials, Pearlfisher was tasked with creating brand strategy, product segmentation, naming, tone of voice and the packaging design.

Last week, in David Cameron’s address to the CBI, the main thrust of his speech centred on the need for this to be the ‘age of the entrepreneur’. Whilst I am not wearing any political heart on my sleeve, I did want to respond to his call to action. I believe that we are already very much living in the age of the entrepreneur and that if big business looked to the brand design business they would see examples of how entrepreneurial brands are already changing the status quo to carve a more successful path for their—and ergo the economy’s—future.