Finance
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Stagwell’s Penn paints a positive picture as growth returns in Q1
Mark Penn’s Stagwell now includes the former MDC, an ad holding company that resolutely failed to make money, alongside his…
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Can others muscle in on creativity as ad holding companies retreat?
Advertising has always been an easy business to enter but, on the creative side anyway, a hard one to scale.…
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Now new business machine Pablo wins Play-Doh
Indie London agency Pablo is turning into a new business machine to rival the likes of VCCP and New Commercial…
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Amy Dennis: The new agents of change: how brands can win the battle for trust and drive change
In today’s complex global landscape, economic and social uncertainty has left both the world and its inhabitants feeling paralysed, despite…
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Valtech buys experience agency Kin +Carta for £239m
Valtech, which began as a French IT services company, has bought digital transformation company Kin + Carta for £239m. K+C…
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WPP stutters in Q1 2024
WPP went into reverse in the first quarter of 2024, with an organic decrease of 1.6%, in line with expectations,…
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UK advertising clocks up £36.6bn in 2023
The latest Advertising Association/WARC Expenditure Report shows that the UK’s ad market recorded a 6.1% increase to a total of…
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Interpublic inches ahead of forecast in Q1 2024
America’s Interpublic did slightly better than expected in Q1 2024: total revenue, which includes billable expenses, was $2.50bn against $2.52bn…
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Saatchi to emerge as biggest UK creative agency by billings
Does it matter which creative agency is biggest by media billings? Less so, obviously, since the separation of media departments…
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