News
Chime acquires The Icon Group - April 7, 2011
£11m in cash and shares.
cubaka moves into Lansons - March 30, 2011
Lanson has acquired a 25% stake in the company and a seat on the board.
Cello swings back to profit - March 15, 2011
... and announces Medergy acquisition
WPP looking for refund from HMRC - March 14, 2011
Relating to stamp duty paid on 2005 acquisition of Grey advertising
Publicis to acquire Airlock - March 10, 2011
This via Leo Burnett and hot on the heels of last month's acquisition of Holler
Fernando Rodés steps down to pursue other interests... - March 9, 2011
Revenue growth was >8% in 2010 (helped by currency gains) and PAT grew 20%. But he's off. Declining revenues in Europe may have something to do with this?
Writtle Holdings buys arken from Media Square - February 24, 2011
It looks as though a property transaction was the more interesting part of the deal.
New investment company backs Yieldbot - February 16, 2011
Kirschenbaum Bond Senecal and Partners has set up a Ventures division to invest in advertising and mobile technologies and design.
Top 5 UK bankers involved in media sector deals - February 15, 2011
From the Guardian.
Nick Winks moves to Adventis - February 15, 2011
Nick Winks is the new chairman at Adventis; meanwhile KMPG investigates.
Latitude acquired by Call Credit - February 2, 2011
Call Credit, based in Leeds, was taken over by Vitruvian Partners at the end of last year. Meanwhile the controlling stakeholder in Latitude at the time of the sale was... Vitruvian Partners. V2V then.
Results International's Keith Hunt on why social marketing agencies should sell now - February 1, 2011
Adventis healthcare division underperforming - January 27, 2011
Disturbing that the discrepancies only came to light at year end.
Latest from Bourne - January 25, 2011
Fernando Rodés Vilà on Havas' digital future - January 24, 2011
Reading between the lines - bundle with Aegis, go private, go public.
Best and worst paying ad agencies - January 24, 2011
Havas and Aegis at opposite ends of the scale
Technlightenment sells to Experian - January 21, 2011
Interesting to see an exit route other than via a sale to one of the big ad agencies. Good fit with a data company, we'll probably see more of the same.
Interpublic UK gets capital injection - January 13, 2011
Which may indicate the company has problems with (legacy) debt.
Bark Group aims to expand worldwide... - December 28, 2010
Shares for shares... not really a new model. In this case... it will never work.
Bank of Scotland agrees to refinancing of Ten Alps - December 23, 2010
This after the company ran a loss of £13m in the six months to September 2010.
Robson Brown, the plot thickens - December 15, 2010
Management buyout outbid by ThinkBDW, an Essex based property marketing company that is part of the Mission Group.
Brash acquires Message Makers - December 15, 2010
Message Makers, established in 2009, has been acquired by Brash, a digital agency founded earlier this year.
Publicis buys digital healthcare specialist - December 13, 2010
Publicis has just announced the acquisition of Digital District, a German agency whose clients include AstaZeneca and Siemens.
Phoenix company emerges from collapse of Robson Brown - December 10, 2010
netbusiness.co.uk reports that three Robson Brown staff members are to start a new company. 30 of the original 90 staff are in the lifeboat.
Havas buys controlling stake in Porda - December 8, 2010
Havas announced today it has bought a controlling stake in Hong Kong-based Porda International Finance PR.
Nick West leads management buyout of R2 Communications - December 7, 2010
R2 Communications, probably better known as Austin West, has bought itself out of administration.
More on the Round2 debacle - December 3, 2010
Attinger Jack has been sold to its management team; meanwhile the loss of a significant piece of business is probably the final nail in the coffin for Robson Brown.
Creston to make $30m+ acquisition in US - December 3, 2010
Creston is to buy New York-based healthcare communication specialist Cooney/Waters as well as subsidiary Alembic Health Communications, a lobbying outfit.
Demise of Robson Brown - December 1, 2010
It has been confirmed that Robson Brown was placed in administration yesterday, this less than 7 months after it was purchased by Round2. Incredibly sad.
Y&R to acquire Taxi - November 26, 2010
Perhaps with Dell review in mind, WPP's Y&R buys Taxi
David Wright to take over TSE Group - November 25, 2010
New listed marketing group on the cards.
Freud to buy back Publicis' 51% stake - November 25, 2010
Freud buys back stake.