As the global ad industry adjusts to there now being five global advertising holding companies instead of six, Green Square’s Barry Dudley asks what the absence of words such...
Read morePublicis ends 2024 on a high as it becomes the largest holding company in the world for the first time in its history. Green Square’s Tony Walford analyzes why...
Read moreThe numbers were looking good for the agency network halfway through 2024, but has it managed to keep momentum moving in the right direction? Our number-cruncher, Barry Dudley of...
Read moreOne is in high spirits thanks to accelerating growth. The other has seen its share price tumble to a record low. As Stagwell and S4 post their Q3 results,...
Read moreThe UK has been waiting 14 years for a Labour budget and, as expected, a rise in employers’ national insurance has stolen many of the headlines, but there was...
Read moreWith Halloween just around the corner and the IPA’s latest Bellwether talking of ‘stagnating’ marketing budgets in the UK, a fearless Barry Dudley of Green Square looks at Omnicom,...
Read moreThere have been a lot of headlines recently around agency reorganizations – think Omnicom, Monks, Deloitte and IPG. Green Square’s Barry Dudley raises some questions that, as we approach...
Read moreIn less than a month, the UK’s new chancellor, Rachel Reeves, will unveil her first budget and Green Square director Tony Walford says agency owners should brace themselves for...
Read moreAs holding companies invest millions in building and acquiring complex AI tools, Publicis’s acquisition of long-established shopper marketing specialist Mars United Commerce makes ‘perfect sense,’ says analyst. Launched in...
Read moreSir Martin Sorrell’s S4 Capital and Tim Dyson’s Next 15 both announced H1 figures this week and neither made particularly palatable reading for shareholders or staff. Green Square’s Barry...
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