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Lloyds Development Capital backs management buyout of Ocean Outdoor

Lloyds Development Capital backs management buyout of Ocean Outdoor

By Staff on May 17, 2012

The management team of Ocean Outdoor, backed by LDC Capital (part of Lloyds Banking Group), has bought the company from its early stage investors, Smedvig Capital and others, for an undisclosed sum. This means that Ocean Outdoor will stay independent and be able to expand its holding of super premium large format digital and banner [...]

Posted in Finance, Media, News | Tagged cbs outdoor, Clear Channel, company sale, Damian Cox, Daniel Sasaki, JC Decaux, ldc, lloyds development capital, ocean outdoor, smedvig capital, Tim Bleakley, Tom Goddard

UK poster boys panic over expensive Olympics sites

UK poster boys panic over expensive Olympics sites

By Staff on March 27, 2012

The imminent London Olympics were supposed to produce a boom time for the whole media sector: from the mighty WPP which anticipated heavy client spending down to the UK’s poster contractors and agencies (one of which, Kinetic, is owned by WPP). All those anticipated visitors would surely persuade advertisers to uncork their wallets. They still [...]

Posted in Agencies, Clients, Finance, Media, News, Politics | Tagged global radio, imax cinema, JC Decaux, kinetic, locog, london olympics, moscow, Network Rail, ocean outdoor, out of home, posters, Rance Crain, russia, smedvig capital, stratford, utv media, visitors, waterloo, westfield shopping mall, WPP, £1m poster sites

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