R&D Venture Partners with partner Green Square are delighted to have advised Canadian based pricing specialist agency Pricing Solutions on its acquisition by iris Worldwide. The move will allow iris to extend its global management consultancy capabilities into pricing strategy, and deliver more bottom-line value and profitability impact for clients, and gives iris an HQ in […]
An interesting mergers trend has been making itself felt in the marcomms industry over the past few weeks. Not mergers between agencies, though – but within them. Only last week Havas Media announced that it was merging its creative and media departments. So instead of having separate media and creative groups, it will organize itself […]
R&D Venture Partners with partner Green Square are delighted to have advised Canadian based pricing specialist agency Pricing Solutions on its acquisition by iris Worldwide. The move will allow iris to extend its global management consultancy capabilities into pricing strategy, and deliver more bottom-line value and profitability impact for clients, and gives iris an HQ in […]
Over the past few weeks, I (and, I suspect, a lot of other people) have been thinking about news. Not just the news, but news. Ever since last year, with Brexit, Trump and events in Europe and elsewhere, news has been moving to the top of the news agenda. Ever since the inauguration of Donald […]
Green Square were delighted to be associated with The Drum Network’s Elite Members dinner where marketing and media industry leading lights and experts discussed the current economic challenges and Brexit’s potential impact on the Global M&A landscape. An excellent time was had by all. If you would like to know more about the evening or […]
I’m talking about yesterday’s announcement that Arthur Sadoun is to succeed Maurice Lévy as chairman and chief executive of Publicis Groupe. While speculation as to who would succeed the charismatic and energetic Lévy has been going on for years, Sadoun has been the bookies’ favourite for the last couple of years, so his elevation to […]
The Drum reports UK ad industry greets Theresa May’s Brexit plan with bated breath. Prime minister Theresa May’s much-anticipated reveal of a “bold and ambitious” Brexit from the European Union’s (EU) single market has been met with reserved optimism by the country’s advertising industry. Her admission that Britain cannot remain part of the single market […]
Omnicom’s TBWA is poised to take a stake in independent agency Lucky Generals in a deal that could be announced as early as next week, The Drum has learned from multiple sources. It is understood that the founders – Danny Brooke-Taylor, Helen Calcraft and Andy Nairn would remain in the management team and take on […]
Tony Walford was deligthed to join The Drum Business Jam December event – How can agencies get the jump on 2017? Exploring what 2017 has in store for agency owners who are looking to grow their businesses, Tony considered what is going to be happening in agencyland, the outlook for growing independent agencies in the […]
If there’s anyone in the media industry who is guaranteed to spring a surprise, it’s Rupert Murdoch. And he certainly did that when he announced (through his 21st Century Fox corporation) an audacious bid to fully take over the satellite TV giant Sky. Sky said on Friday that 21st Century Fox had reached a preliminary […]