We’re delighted to announce the sale of Singapore registered KADENCE INT’L, one of the world’s largest global independent marketing insight agencies, to Tokyo based, Nikkei listed CROSS MARKETING GROUP (CMG). Employing over 350 people across 7 offices in Asia, US and Europe, Kadence was founded by Simon Everard, the Group Chairman, with a simple mission: […]
We’re delighted to announce the sale of Singapore registered KADENCE INT’L, one of the world’s largest global independent marketing insight agencies, to Tokyo based, Nikkei listed CROSS MARKETING GROUP (CMG). Employing over 350 people across 7 offices in Asia, US and Europe, Kadence was founded by Simon Everard, the Group Chairman, with a simple mission: […]
Wow – nobody saw that one coming. It’s not every Monday morning one wakes up to discover that one of the biggest deals in the history of advertising has just been agreed, and kept so secret. The first most of us knew about this was a piece on the Wall Street Journal’s site yesterday evening […]
We’re delighted to announce the sale of the packaging consultancy Less Packaging Company to London Stock Exchange listed packaging and recycling group DS Smith plc. This transaction brings significant consultancy expertise to DS Smith in a world where packaging reduction and more environmentally sound logistics are becoming key. As a packaging business itself, DS Smith […]
We’re delighted to announce the management buy-out of creative agency pd3. Working with both the founder, Paul Tully, Head of legal Lamia Tully, and Creative Director, Cat Botibol in a collaborative context, Green Square was able to put together a transaction that allowed Paul to realise value and exit the business with Cat taking over […]
Back in 2001, an economist named Jim O’Neill wrote a paper for Goldman Sachs in which he coined a brand-new acronym – the BRIC economies. Since then, of course, said acronym has come into widespread daily use as a symbol of the apparent shift in global economic power away from the developed G7 economies towards […]
Green Square is delighted to announce the sale of category management, shopper marketing and analytics consultancy Bridgethorne Limited to US VC backed Ceuta Healthcare Group. Founded in 1997, Bridgethorne delivers its services via three core routes – consultancy, outsourcing and capability training for some of the world’s best known FMCG, retail and healthcare brands, including […]
All customers are not created equal and sometimes they can be more trouble than they are worth. Here’s how to deal with the difficult ones: 1. Decide what the problem is. Work out exactly why they are difficult. Is it because they take up so much of your time with endless demands? Is it because […]
After a month’s worth of rumour and speculation, Apple finally confirmed its purchase of the Beats headphone and streaming business (or, to give it its full name, Beats Electronics) this week for a staggering $3bn (about £1.85bn). The deal, which is expected to be completed before the end of the year, is made up of […]
ISP is the one of the largest independent foster care agencies in the UK with over 300 children in care across seven centres. It offers a unique integrated model of therapeutic foster care, specialist education, contact centres and leaving care. Run by a team of eight, many who were nearing retirement, the time had come […]