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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 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, 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
Published 27th Apr 2012, 08:48

Aegis revenue grows by 17% in first quarter

Aegis Group increased its revenues by 17% in the first quarter of 2012 compared with a growth rate of 16.3% in the corresponding quarter of 2011.  If currency movements are excluded, the growth rate... Read more
Published 26th Apr 2012, 23:24

Interpublic grows slowly in traditionally depressed first quarter

The Interpublic Group of Companies recorded a seasonally depressed result for the first quarter of 2012, but the $45.9 million loss was smaller than reported in the same quarter of any of the... Read more
Published 26th Apr 2012, 18:47

Hasgrove loss slightly exceeds expectations

Hasgrove, the AIM listed digital and communications group, lost £9.8 million last year on static revenue, but is more confident about 2012 after restructuring the business and consolidating its... Read more
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