Finance
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Tesco reveals accounting scandal goes back years – what on earth is it going tell people this Christmas?
Tesco, it has emerged, has been cooking the books for years. Today outgoing chairman (as of today) Sir Richard Broadbent…
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Omnicom cranks up post-Publicis growth surge
It’s an ill wind….when Omnicom and Publicis Groupe aborted their $35bn merger back in the summer it looked likely that…
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Now Bollore stitches €500m O2 Havas media deal
French tycoon Vincent Bollore, newly installed as chairman of huge media conglomerate Vivendi (it owns Canal+ among others) seems to…
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Johnny Hornby on CHI, The&Partnership, his full-service ambitions and the top job at WPP
Roka in London’s Charlotte Street on an unseasonably warm autumn day. Johnny Hornby, one of London adland’s best-known characters is…
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Vincent Bollore bids for majority stake in Havas
French Tycoon Vincent Bollore, the biggest shareholder in marcoms group Havas with about 36 per cent, is offering a share…
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WPP’s M4C takes UK government to court – but we’re not allowed to see why
WPP’s M4C, its bespoke media agency that has handled the UK government’s media buying for the past four years, has…
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IPA’s Bellwether survey paints rosy picture for UK adland – but there’s a cold wind blowing from China
Who’d be an economist? The UK’s IPA agency body has releases its latest Bellwether survey of marketing budgets this morning…
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Where the money goes in marcoms companies – Irish PR company pays owner Omnicom €1.5m
Irish PR company Drury Porter Novelli paid owner Omnicom a handsome dividend of €1.5m last year, even though umbrella company…
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Publicis buys into Israeli ad tech company Matomy
Publicis Groupe has bought 20 per cent of Israel’s Matomy Media Group, yet another ‘performance-based’ media platform which aims to…
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