Posts Tagged "Agency deals"

Four Communications Group has bought financial PR agency Broadgate Mainland, its first acquisition since receiving a £10m investment from the Business Growth Fund

Chime Communications, the sports-focused marketing services group founded by Margaret Thatcher’s media adviser, has agreed to a £374m takeover joint offer from marketing rival WPP and US buyout firm Providence Equity Partners

Founded in 1999, based in Brussels and employing 24 people, ABS Creative is a digital marketing communications agency with solid expertise in medical content marketing

Chime Communications, the London-listed sports marketing specialist, is in advanced discussions to sell itself for more than £350m to Sir Martin Sorrell’s WPP and US buyout group Providence Equity Partners.Chime said that an independent committee of board members had been convened to discuss a cash offer for all its shares at 365p per share

WPP’s Kantar Media has acquired a stake in digital media intelligence specialist BIScience, which specialises in cross-channel and global digital media monitoring, planning and optimization. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.Kantar Invests in Digital Media Intelligence FirmBIScience’s flagship AdClarity platform enables users to make strategic decisions across display, video, mobile web, mobile apps and social media channels

Porta Communications has continued its expansion by acquiring a 29.5 per cent stake in corporate comms agency Broker Profile

MEMEBURN has it on good authority that French mega agency Publicis is on the verge of securing a deal that will see it acquire The Creative Counsel for a rumoured R1bn

WPP announces that GroupM, the leading global media investment management group, has acquired a majority stake in directComm Marketing Group (“directComm”), a leading provider of integrated direct marketing services in Turkey. directComm specialises in digital marketing, customer relationship management, events and social media

Transaction represents major expansion of Teneo’s global operations, doubling company headcount to more than 500 employees worldwide

Commarco GmbH, the leading German-based marketing services network which is part of WPP, has acquired a majority interest in Nicole Weber Communications GmbH, a German full service public relations agency

Next 15 has acquired a 75% stake in Encore Digital Media Limited, a successful programmatic advertising technology business based in London

WPP has acquired a majority stake in brand experience agency SET Management (SET Creative), growing its branding and identity group

Havas Health acquired London-based agency Just:: Health Communications for an undisclosed sum. The PR shop is primarily known for its work in public affairs and its digital expertise, and its current client roster includes GlaxoSmithKline, Roche, AbbVie, Pfizer and Sanofi. The agency houses 34 employees. The senior team at Just:: Health, led by MD Kirsty […]

In a bid to strengthen the company’s capabilities in the brand commerce space, Dentsu Aegis Network has reached an agreement to acquire UK eCommerce specialist eCommera. Terms were not disclosed, but Dentsu said the acquired firm would be aligned with its digital marketing agency network Isobar. The company, with a staff of 275, will continue […]

WPP announces that GroupM, the leading global media investment management group, has acquired Greenhouse Group in The Netherlands

Advertising agency WPP announced on Wednesday that its GroupM operating company has bought New Zealand-based media agency Chemistry Media

WPP announces that it has agreed, subject to regulatory approval, to acquire a significant minority stake in Hirschen Group, one of Germany’s leading independent agency groups

In a press release today Creston plc (LSE: CRE), the marketing communications group, says it is pleased to announce that it has made a strategic investment in 18 Feet & Rising, a London based advertising agency

Ad giant Dentsu Aegis Network is to acquire Polish agency Marketing Wizards, which lists SEO, CRM, web analytics and usability services among its portfolio of services.

French advertising giant Publicis (Paris: FR0000130577 – news) said Wednesday it had bought Australia’s leading independent media agency Match Media. Publicis said Match, which has 75 staff based in Sydney, will be become part of its ZenithOptimedia Group’s “newly launched global media network, Blue 449”.