Archive for 2012

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
Published 10th May 2012, 09:02

Photon to change name after another $159m loss

Photon Group, the Australian marketing group that over-reached itself with expensive global acquisitions that included Naked Communications and several other UK businesses, is to change its name... Read more
Published 9th May 2012, 20:52

Chime in PR profit downturn: Bell Pottinger buyout progressing

Chime Communications, the AIM listed group chaired by Lord Bell, confirmed today that profits from its public relations businesses will fall short of expectations for the year and that plans for a... Read more
Published 8th May 2012, 23:14

LinkedIn grows and so does a nagging concern

Investors in LinkedIn should be pleased with the performance of their company.  Operating profits for 2011 were up by 21% on 2010 and in the latest quarter those profits were up a further 73% on the... Read more
Published 8th May 2012, 21:57

Porta struggling to make a profit

AIM listed public relations company Porta Communications recorded an operating loss of £1.6 million in 2011 after incurring heavy group overheads and benefiting from only three months’ trading at... Read more
Published 2nd May 2012, 22:42

Nadal calls another massive $26m MDC loss “solid results”

MDC Partners, the Canadian publicly listed marketing group that owns Crispin Porter & Bogusky and Anomaly, lost another $26 million in the quarter to 31 March - a performance described by... Read more
Published 2nd May 2012, 19:13

Writtle profits from Loewy takeover

Writtle Holdings, the privately owned marketing group that acquired Loewy Group and Arken POP International last year, as well as a lot of related debt, has reported a post-tax profit of almost £1.4... Read more
Published 2nd May 2012, 17:36

Weakening euro boosts Havas and Publicis growth

Further evidence of how the weakening euro provided a fillip to overseas revenue growth at Havas and Publicis Groupe has emerged in the first quarter’s revenue figures published by the two... Read more
Published 27th Apr 2012, 09:24

WPP revenue growth solid, but well behind Publicis

WPP has reported solid revenue growth of 7.6% in the first quarter of 2012, but well behind the growth rate recorded by Publicis Groupe in the period (see Publicis boosts revenue by 12.9%). Unlike... Read more