Staff from Van, co-founded by Mark Cooper and Matt de Leon a decade ago, have relocated to Richmond Towers’ Frith Street, London offices as part of the deal. It will become a separate division within the parent agency, joining the food and drink teams, the sustainability-focused Eco agency and social media specialist Straight Social
All eyes are on the advertising sector in France after LesEchos reported that Publicis was in discussions to acquire Criteo last Friday
WPP announces that its majority-owned company, Aqua, South Africa’s largest digital agency and part of Wunderman, has acquired Applogix, a marketing and ecommerce technology company in South Africa
Lake Capital and Engine Group are delighted to announce that the proposed acquisition of Engine has been comprehensively approved by over 97% of its shareholders and is expected to complete very shortly
WPP’s media management arm GroupM has acquired Keyade, a leading digital search and performance specialist in France
Millward Brown, a WPP company, announced Tuesday the acquisition of InsightExpress, which focuses on media analytics for brand marketers
Digitas LBi, part of Publicis Groupe, has acquired South African digital agency Liquorice. Liquorice will form part of Digitas LBi’s Middle East & Africa region but will retain its own brand identity
The cash deal, which went through earlier this week, is believed to be worth between £20 million and £30 million
Dentsu Aegis Network has bought a majority stake in Crimson Room Communications, a South African experiential marketing and promotions agency
As Huntsworth’s half-year results were looming last week, and as the share price continued to flatline, one suspected the group would pull yet another rabbit from its top hat; few predicted that rabbit would be Lord Chadlington himself. For the full story read PR Week
Double Encore’s unaudited revenues for the period ended 31 December 2013 were US$8.0 million with gross assets of US$2.6 million as of the same date
Publicis WW has acquired a stake in Singapore based digital agency Arcade
Publicis WW has acquired a stake in Singapore based digital agency Arcade
Dentsu Aegis Network has acquired Milestone Brandcom, an out-of-home (OOH) specialist agency in the country
Matthew Freud has acquired a £4m (3%) stake in the company that owns a string of PR firms including Citigate, Grayling and Red. For the full story read The Guardian
Engine Group, the owner of PR firms MHP Communications and Mischief and ad agency WCRS, is set to confirm its sale to private equity group Lake Capital later today.
An affiliate of Sun European Partners yesterday announced the acquisition of the River Group Ltd, a full service, leading UK content marketing agency
Elliott Management, the activist hedge fund, has acquired a stake in Interpublic Group and plans to push the $8.5bn advertising company to sell itself to a rival such as Publicis, Omnicom or WPP. For the full story read The FT
Omnicom continues to expand its footprint in Brazil. Earlier this year, Omnicom’s TBWA took a majority stake in Brazil’s advertising agency Mood
Omnicom continues to expand its footprint in Brazil. Earlier this year, Omnicom’s TBWA took a majority stake in Brazil’s advertising agency Mood
