The German agency covers a range of sectors including advertising, digital media, events and medical education and will now operate as Havas Life Bird & Schulte. Donna Murphy, global CEO of Havas Health, said: “Our partnership will combine industry-leading strategy and insight with highly honoured creativity to deliver best-in-class results for our clients with a grater market reach.
That deal would give BT the ability to offer customers a “quad play” package of home phone, broadband, TV and mobile
As first reported in EN last July, LDC, the private equity arm of Lloyds Banking Group has been announced as the buyer of the NEC in Birmingham
Holtzbrinck and BC Partners announced today that they have reached an agreement to merge Springer Science+Business Media in its entirety with the majority of Holtzbrinck-owned Macmillan Science and Education
The Havas Group has acquired Bird & Schulte Advertising, an award-winning agency based in Freiburg, Germany. The German agency, which offers a full spectrum of services for Rx and OTC, including advertising, digital media, events and medical education, will continue to build on its more-than-20-year track record of serving up what its clients’ brands need to succeed
According to a Sky News report today (12 January) LDC, the private equity arm of Lloyds Bank, is to be confirmed as the new owner of the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) in Birmingham
Private equity-owned publishing house Immediate Media has offered to sell three magazines in a bid to appease the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)
Instinctif Partners has acquired financial services PR agency Wriglesworth, creating a 90-strong corporate practice in London. For the full story read PR Week
Organiser Media 10 has today announced the acquisition of dedicated event for timber construction, Timber Expo. The event is to run as a key part of UK Construction Week (UKCW), featuring nine construction-focused events taking place at the NEC, on 6-11 October 2015. For the full exclusive read Exhibition News
Clarion, organiser of more than 200 leading events worldwide, has been sold to global asset management firm Providence Equity
ALM, a leader in specialized industry news and information, announced a deal to acquire Summit Professional Networks, the publisher of Investment Advisor and several prominent insurance and legal publications, including National Underwriter and InsideCounsel
INCISIVE MEDIA – parent company of Financial Director & Accountancy Age – has announced refinancing agreement with private equity firm Alchemy, which will see the the firm take a majority stake in the business
Wunderman acquires majority stake in digital marketing agency Phantasia in Peru
Marcoms giant Dentsu Aegis Network has acquired Toronto-based digital creative firm SPOKE Agency, which offers a range of services for clients the in the lifestyle, retail and entertainment sectors
Havas has acquired US based integrated communications and experiential marketing agency Formula, giving the French PR firm access to new offices in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco
WPP, the world’s largest communications services group, is leading a syndicate investing US$250 million in Bruin Sports Capital, a global sports marketing firm launched by George Pyne
Exhibitions company ITE has bought rival trade show operator Breakbulk for $42m, as it steps up its efforts to diversify and reduce its dependence on Russia, which it relies on for 60 per cent of revenues
ITE Group plc, (“ITE”) the international exhibitions group, today announces that its wholly owned subsidiary, ITE Enterprises Ltd, has acquired Breakbulk Holdco UK Ltd and its subsidiary companies from Electra backed, AXIO Data Group for a maximum consideration of $42m
Oracle made its data play clear after acquiring DMP BlueKai earlier this year, and on Monday reaffirmed its commitment to data by acquiring Datalogix, an audience-targeting firm known for connecting offline sales to online ads
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