The deal, set to be completed in the coming days, will see the break up of the creative agency network The U.K. sector of Engine Group is set to be sold to communications group Next15. The sale has been ongoing for several months since Sky News first reported that its owners, Lake Capital, had appointed bank […]
We are delighted to have advised Engage In-Health on their acquisition by Fingerpaint Marketing Inc. Based in London, Engage is an award-winning, digital-first omnichannel healthcare marketing agency which delivers customer engagement strategies and content to global pharma brands. Founded in 2016 by data and medical communications specialists Mary McGregor and Dave Chandler, Engage has grown […]
As IPG’s Michael Roth steps down from the holding company, Barry Dudley examines what the departure means for the group, and the industry at large. It’s the end of an era – no, it really is. Michael Roth, 74, is retiring from what we used to call ’the ad business.’ Roth, who stepped down as […]
Much has been made in the media over the past few weeks of shortages – shortages of fuel, in the shops, of computer chips, CO2 gas, construction materials, shipping containers, of certain drugs, of lorry drivers, hospitality staff and care home workers… in short, the world is, for the time being at least, short of […]
We are delighted to have advised Home on their merger with IMA (Intermarketing Agency) part of the Advantage Smollen Group. Read more in Prolific North Read more in Campaign
After boasting of ‘unprecedented’ trading activity and unveiling a confident rebrand job, S4 Capital – now Media.Monks – is flying high. Tony Walford explains why the company is performing so well right now. If there’s one iron rule in the marcomms business, it’s this: never write Sir Martin Sorrell off. You do so at your […]
It’s been a funny century for the marketing and communications industry: the rise of holding groups, consolidation, startups, digital disruption, even a pandemic, the effects of which we cannot yet even begin to analyse let alone understand. In the tumultuous 20 years so far, many names have come and gone. Once-mighty agencies have been subsumed […]
Sony Music Entertainment (SME) June 16, 2021 announced the acquisition of leading UK audio, TV and social media producer Somethin’ Else, marking a major ramping up of SME’s in-house creative production capabilities and the creation of a newly expanded global podcast division. Steve Ackerman and Jez Nelson are to lead the global division, marking the […]
Tony Walford joined independent agency leaders and their teams at The Indie Forum on Thursday 27th May. Tony’s seminar “Looking forward? Follow the money!” delivered insightful commentary on why some of today’s independent agencies succeed and others fail – why holding companies are going through tough times – and what the new generation of Private […]
The Boundary is a visualisation studio pioneering the use of digital technologies to represent the built environment. It’s mission is to evoke emotion through imagery. Using proprietary technology and IP, The Boundary creates virtual reality experiences, short films, animations, and photo-realistic imagery. Founded in 2014, The Boundary rapidly gained an international reputation as a leading […]