New logo: Scottish Conservatives

The Conservative Party is governing the UK at the moment, but that mandate did certainly not come from Scotland that one sent one Conservative MP to Westminster in the last election. At a party convention held last weekend, the Scottish Conservatives introduced a new logo to replace a variation of the national party logo used until then.

The new icon is a combination of the Union Jack and the saltire on Scotland's flag, referred to as the "Union Saltire". It is said to be both distinctly Scottish and to reflect pride in the United Kingdom. Naturally, it has been ridiculed by representatives of other parties.

New logo: Agricola

Agricola is a Romanian meat company, one of the largest producers of poultry in the country. It recently received a complete design overhaul, created by the Romanian brand consultancy BrandTailors. This was announced on September 17 this year.

To differentiate the company's corporate profile and consumer brands, the company has separated the design of its corporate brand and its consumer brand. Until now, they had used the same logo for everything.

The corporate symbol is inspired by the Pietroasele Treasure, a treasure of gold objects that now resides at the National Museum of Romanian History in Bucharest. It should represent the company's "pioneerdom, continuity and longevity". A real life version of the logo has been created and placed outside Agricola's headquarters.

The new product logo is a lime leaf that resembles a heart with a drop of dew. It should convey freshness, an its sometimes accompanied by the slogan "Heart of Freshness". The packaging is using an image of a farm and product windows where applicable.

Plenty of images and a long process video below:

New logo: Bulgartabac

Bulgartabac is a Bulgarian tobacco company that is behind several regionally strong brands of cigarettes. Last week it presented a new logo to celebrate its 65th anniversary. The new icon combines the silhouette of a B with a simplified version of the compass rose from the previous logo.

New logo: Leto Bank

Leto Bank (Лето Банк, meaning "Summer Bank") is a new Russian retail bank brand from the major financial group VTB. It launched in October with a name and visual identity developed by The Brand Union in London and Moscow with interior design by Start JudgeGill.

The brand was designed to be warm and to attract consumers that usually do not trust banks. The final O in the name can be used on its own as a sign, and should convey cooperation between the bank and its clients.

New logo: Fiji

Tourism Fiji, the organisation that promotes the Pacific Ocean nation of Fiji to tourists, unveiled a new brand identity this month. It was presented on November 8 along with the new tagline "Where happiness finds you", and is said to capture the "spirit and essence of Fiji and its people".

Earlier this year, Fiji's national airline also unveiled a new identity. Many would probably argue that it does a better job of making Fiji stand apart.

New logo: Yaroslavl Coast

Yaroslavl Coast (Ярославское взморье in Russian) is a government project to establish a lakeside resort by the Rybinsk Reservoir north of Moscow.

Its visual identity was developed by Art. Lebedev Studio and features a symbol inspired by topographical maps and natural motifs, like tree rings and seashell patterns. The primary version of the logo comes in multiple colours; there are also colour-coded version for different divisions within the project.

New logo: ITV

First launched in London in 1955, and eventually expanding into a network covering the entire country, ITV is the oldest and most watched commercial TV channel in the United Kingdom. Through the years it has been the home of countless productions that we associate with the best of British television. It was originally made up of separate companies that were broadcasting under different names to different parts of the country, most of them have now merged into a single company covering all of England and Wales. Since 2002, the local names have been phased out and replaced by the ITV1 moniker.

After announcing that it would drop the numeral from the network's name to become simply ITV, a new brand identity was unveiled last week, on November 15. It was developed by an in-house team, headed by people poached from other broadcasters and agencies.

The new logo is flexible one, changing colour depending on its surroundings. The version seen above is how it will look when not accompanied with imagery.

The new look launches in January. ITV also has a string of spin-off channels, and the overhaul will be extended to them at the same time. Reportedly, ITV2, the entertainment channel, will be red, the drama channel ITV3 will be blue, while the male-skewing ITV4 with cult classics and sports becomes "slate grey".