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Marketing Services Financial Intelligence

Sector Share Prices

Free Published 12th May 2012, 09:11

Shares in the marketing communications sector continued to outperform the FTSE All-Share Index in the month to 12 May, but both indices lost ground over the period. The marketing industry’s... Read more

The Private Plums

Published 13th Nov 2011, 16:21

Out now: the privately-owned agencies with the best and worst financial credentials

Every year we assess the financial credentials of some 70 privately-owned marketing agencies and award them up to eight “Private Plums”, depending on their quality.   Agencies with the biggest... Read more

Special Reports

Media Square laid bare: A story of mistakes and misjudged acquisitions

Published 11th Jan 2012, 15:36

The story of Media Square is first and foremost a story of misjudged acquisitions some of which cost a lot to finance and often failed to generate anything like the profits expected of them. Over... Read more

Global marketing agencies enjoy resurgence: revenues up 8.9% and profits rise by 23%

Published 13th Jun 2011, 22:40

Revenues earned by the largest publicly listed marketing groups around the world recovered by nearly 9% last year, and post-tax profits grew by 23.3%, as agencies began to emerge from the latest... Read more

Financial FactFinder

This is our unique database — available to subscribers only — of UK marcoms companies listed on the stock exchange. It summarises profits, balance sheet strength and key financial performance indicators  for the latest five years. Read more

Latest News

Published 19th May 2012, 10:58

Meredith changes board representative at Iris

David Brown, general manager of Meredith Xlerated Marketing, has replaced Martin Reidy on the board of Iris Nation Worldwide. Reidy was one of two nominees appointed to the Iris board earlier this... Read more
Published 19th May 2012, 09:57

Karma share structure becomes clearer

A fuller picture of ownership of the Karma Communications group has emerged after the latest annual returns have been filed showing that private equity investor Phoenix Equity Nominees holds 61.2% of... Read more
Published 19th May 2012, 08:56

Porta grants 4 million share options

Porta Communications, the AIM listed public relations business, yesterday granted options over almost 4 million shares to employees, of which 2.4 million have been awarded to chief executive David... Read more
Published 18th May 2012, 08:43

Huntsworth appoints Lake Capital founder as non-executive director

Lake Capital, the US private equity investment group, is gaining a place on the board of the publicly listed international public relations group Huntsworth, reflecting its near 10% shareholding in... Read more
Published 16th May 2012, 16:00

Chime buys 51% of very profitable healthcare consultancy

Chime Communications has paid a multiple of about 9 times profit before interest and tax to acquire a 51% shareholding in Harvey Walsh, the specialist consultancy that uses healthcare data to help... Read more
Published 15th May 2012, 21:44

GM loses confidence in Facebook ads

General Motors is to abandon buying advertising space on Facebook, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.  The report claims that the company's marketing executives determined their paid... Read more
Published 15th May 2012, 08:37

Cello “optimistic” about year’s financial prospects

Cello Group will confirm today that the forward pipeline of work is “solid” and the company is optimistic that its full year financial expectations will be met, despite the 24% decline in its... Read more
Published 11th May 2012, 15:55

Whither Red Brick Road without Tesco?

The loss of the Tesco business, announced last month, could propel The Red Brick Road into a much tougher financial position as it always relied on advance payments from its clients to help fund the... Read more
Published 10th May 2012, 15:07

Weare 2020 hires replacement finance officer

AIM listed digital marketing group Weare 2020 has appointed Kate McIntyre as chief financial officer with effect from 1 June.   McIntyre is replacing Keith Sadler who had combined the role with... Read more
Published 10th May 2012, 09:51

Adventis faces administration threat after failing to raise new capital

Lloyds Banking Group is pressing AIM listed Adventis Group for the repayment of its debt after the company admitted this morning that attempts to raise about £3 million of additional share capital... Read more
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