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Archive for 2003
Why Publicis collaborated over Cordiant receivership
The failed attempt by Publicis Groupe and Cerberus Capital Management to force Cordiant Communications Group into receivership last month was aimed at acquiring its outstanding 25% shareholding in... Read more
Poor financial management brings Harry Nash down with £2m debts
Allegations of accounting errors failed to disguise the root cause of collapse of the commercials production house Harry Nash Film Productions last month, owing an estimated £2 million or... Read more
Publicis cuts cost of servicing its highly geared balance sheet
French-based multinational Publicis Groupe has borrowed another €616 million in the form of a low coupon convertible bond issue that will mature after five years. Proceeds will be used... Read more
Nomadic Siegal & Gale moves on…
Siegal & Gale, the US design consultancy that was founded by Alan Siegal and Robert Gale in 1969, acquired by Saatchi & Saatchi Company during the nineteen eighties, and then bought itself... Read more
M&C Saatchi talks to Sports Media
Sports Media, the business bought back from the receivers of Sportsworld Media Group by its former owners Keith Impey and Marcus Wright last May, is in talks with M&C Saatchi Worldwide about a... Read more
Campbell Doyle Dye loses £491,000
Start-up agency Campbell Doyle Dye lost £491,000 in its first 15- month financial period, according to its audited accounts. CDD started life with very little share capital - just £4,500.... Read more
WPP varies its goodwill policy to accommodate Y&R and Tempus costs
WPP Group has adopted a far more liberal assessment of the £3.3 billion value of goodwill attributed to its purchases of Young & Rubicam and Tempus Group than it has applied to other... Read more
Revenue slowdown and lower margins weaken finances of private firms
With fewer than one in three privately-owned agencies achieving a recurring annual growth rate of 15% or more, and profit margins being eroded across the board, only three out of 50 businesses scored... Read more
Events downturn hits Ten Alps profits
A major decline in corporate conferences and exhibitions dragged down profits of TV and marketing group Ten Alps Communications for the year to 31 March 2003. Explaining the reasons for a... Read more
Huntsworth pays £1.3m for Haslimann Taylor
Huntsworth has paid a multiple of about 10 times post-tax profits (seven times adjusted pre-tax profits) to acquire public relations consultancy Haslimann Taylor. As sole owner, Patzi Haslimann will... Read more
