Posts Tagged ‘WPP Group’

Published 8th Jul 2010, 12:19

CHI reports another healthy profit

CHI & Partners continued to generate a healthy profit in its second full year with WPP Group as a 49.9% shareholder. The pre-tax profit for the year to 30 September 2009 before... Read more
Published 30th Jun 2010, 22:00

Sir Martin’s first Epistle was good. What about a second?

The most important component of Sir Martin Sorrell’s update to WPP Group shareholders at Tuesday’s annual meeting was the public acknowledgement of a basic truth: if you do what you are paid to... Read more
Published 4th Jun 2010, 09:31

Share prices of three marcoms companies have tripled since last year’s low

Further evidence - if ever it was required – that well regarded marketing services companies’ share prices run ahead of (and over-react to) underlying economic conditions is provided by the... Read more
Published 13th May 2010, 09:33

And now for some good news…

Share prices of marcoms companies that comprise Fintellect’s MSFI Index have begun to recover at a faster rate than the FTSE All-Share Index. But there’s a big gap to fill. The MSFI Index has... Read more
Published 8th May 2010, 11:46

Founders share 90% of Grand Union sale proceeds

The founders of digital marketing agency Grand Union Communications will share 90% of the sale proceeds from selling out to the European agency FullSIX International last month, but the amount... Read more
Published 4th May 2010, 11:58

Interpublic continues to struggle along a rocky road to recovery

Interpublic is continuing to struggle along a rocky road to recovery as it reported a loss last week of $71.5 million for the quarter to 31 March, almost unchanged from the result reported for the... Read more
Published 27th Apr 2010, 19:53

WPP takes stake in PE backed loss-making e-commerce operation

It came as something of a surprise to read earlier this month that WPP Group had bought a minority shareholding in loss-making e-commerce software provider E-Commera Holdings. The size of the stake... Read more
Published 31st Mar 2010, 08:35

Share price recovery exposes the weak

A year ago the stock market was at its lowest point for many years.   Not surprisingly, shares in marketing services companies had fallen even more sharply than most others, as investors worried... Read more
Published 5th Mar 2010, 09:33

WPP revenue growth boosted by TNS, but margins and profits slip

Given the harsh economic climate WPP Group may be fairly pleased with its results for last year.   Revenues grew by 16.1% and outstripped those of Omnicom substantially (see chart), while... Read more
Published 1st Mar 2010, 09:05

WPP to close Fitch Live venture after losses

Today’s announcement that WPP’s specialist experiential and digital consultancy Fitch Live is to close after running up losses will come as no great surprise.   It lost £1.5 million in the... Read more