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Posts Tagged ‘General Atlantic Partners’

Published 20th Jun 2012, 19:26

AKQA sells to WPP for bumper value of 14 times EBITDA

WPP is to acquire the assets of global digital agency AKQA in a major move seemingly designed to match progress made by its arch rival Publicis Groupe. WPP is valuing AKQA at $540 million (£343... Read more
Published 5th Apr 2012, 11:11

AKQA’s UK business makes record profit

AKQA, the full service digital agency founded by Ajaz Ahmed, earned a record profit in its UK subsidiary of £4.1 million in 2011. Turnover grew by 11% to £48.7 million and operating profit... Read more
Published 3rd Apr 2011, 20:47

AKQA’s UK subsidiary makes £3.4m profit

AKQA’s UK subsidiary made its highest ever profit last year, earning £3.4 million after tax for its owners that include private equity investor General Atlantic Partners.  Turnover increased by... Read more
Published 1st Nov 2010, 10:24

Price frightened Dentsu off AKQA deal

As anticipated here last month Japan’s biggest marketing agency group Dentsu has withdrawn its interest in acquiring the international digital agency AKQA (see “Will Dentsu’s £100m write-off... Read more
Published 11th Oct 2010, 14:23

Will Dentsu’s £100m write-off deter a bid for AKQA?

The news that the major Japanese marketing group Dentsu is going to take a  ¥13 billion (£100 million) hit against this year’s results because of asset write-downs raises questions about... Read more
Published 20th Sep 2010, 15:34

Who will buy this digital gem?

While it comes as no surprise to hear that AKQA is in talks about selling out and thereby realising a gain for shareholders like private equity investor General Atlantic Partners, it does seem a... Read more
Published 28th May 2010, 11:18

AKQA makes a strong profit recovery in the UK

AKQA, the UK digital agency that is a subsidiary of the private equity owned US company with the same name, enjoyed an impressive recovery in profits last year. Post-tax profits reached almost £2... Read more
Published 18th Jun 2009, 13:52

Back to school for AKQA’s directors?

Now here's a conundrum, or two conundrums actually. AKQA's UK accounts, just published, show a big drop in post-tax profits from £1.5 million in 2007 to £281,227 in 2008, but this is... Read more