Posts Tagged ‘coutts holdings’

Published 11th Jan 2012, 15:36

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

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
Published 12th Jul 2011, 20:12

Writtle coming to the aid of Loewy

The loss-ridden design business Loewy Group is understood to be in the closing stages of a deal whereby ownership will be acquired by Writtle Holdings, a privately owned company headed by Robert... Read more
Published in 2006

Margins hold back Media Square despite Coutts buy

Despite having swallowed the Coutts Holdings retail marketing group, Media Square failed to improve its operating margins beyond 10% in the 12 months to 31 October last year. Staff costs... Read more
Published in 2004

Media Square lops £9.9m off Coutts cost

The £22 million purchase price paid by AIM-listed Media Square for the former publicly listed retail marketing company Coutts Holdings has been cut by almost half following agreements to dispose of... Read more
Published in 2004

Media Square in big bold growth bid as it acquires AIM-listed Coutts group

AIM listed Media Square is paying £22 million to acquire another publicly listed company Coutts Holdings that until earlier this year had a balance sheet that was twice the size of Media Square and... Read more