Wieden + Kennedy Portland has topped the Bestads 2012 rankings, with Wieden + Kennedy New York coming in at number five.

Bestads said:

"The prolific Wieden & Kennedy, Portland has been ranked the world's number one advertising agency in the 9th Annual Bestads Rankings, released today.

The world's hottest shop was ahead of second placed BBH London, followed by DDB Group New Zealand and DDB New York in equal third spot, and Wieden & Kennedy, New York in fifth position."

Wieden + Kennedy London was ranked number five in the UK.

The
Christmas tree is up, the nativity scene is in place but no W+K Christmas would
be complete without some kind of appropriately festive bake-off.

Gingerbread
was this year’s theme and the entries came in many shapes and sizes. There were
gingerbread trees, gingerbread houses, pregnant gingerbread ladies and a lot of
icing sugar snow (which managed to get everywhere). There was also a
gingerbread rendition of our office, complete with its own gingerbread Ronny.

However, there was no clear winner in the Bake-Off competition because everyone got two votes each. What a lovely way to end the Christmas baking challenge!