Following the profit warning at S4 Capital, Green Square’s Nick Berry warns growing agencies not to ignore the necessary work of building support systems and infrastructure. The revelations about...
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Mergers and acquisitions can be messy affairs. And if you’ve been following the saga of M&C Saatchi you’ll have noticed almost daily alerts on the two suitors chasing it...
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With high wage costs and competition for talent hitting agency revenues, a new study from the World Federation of Advertisers (WFA) suggests the sector is facing its “worst-ever crisis”...
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S4 Capital has been forced to push back the release of its full-year 2021 results for the second time this month, leading its share price to plunge 35%. Here’s...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Clearly the cost of the pandemic has been enormous and at some point it will have to be paid for. The most likely source of funds will be higher...
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