M&A advisory firm Ciesco has released its 2021 Global M&A Review & 2022 Outlook for media and technology firms, showing that last year 2021 deals were transacted, a 60.1% rise on Covid-hit 2020 and 29.9% on 2019. The total announced ...

Technicolor Creative Services is incorporating venerable production company MPC Advertising into its other big brand The Mill to create what it claims is the biggest suite of VFX, production and experiential marketing studios servicing the ad industry globally. The new ...

Revolut, described as the world’s first global financial “superapp,” has appointed Wieden+Kennedy London as its global ad agency. Revolut launched in the UK in 2015 offering money transfer and exchange. It now has more than 18 million customers around the ...

David Jones’ You & Mr Jones is rebranding to The Brandtech Group, signalling its growth from a start-up six years ago to a group with about $500m in revenue and more than 5,000 employees. Jones, a former CEO of Havas, ...

Dentsu International boss Wendy Clark has hired Nnenna Ilomechina as global chief operating officer, effectively her number two, from Accenture Strategy. Ilomechina succeeds Neil Gissler who is retiring. Ilomechina (above) is charged with business transformation (as you are these days) ...

S4Capital’s Media.Monks has added another data business, 4 Mile Analytics based in Santa Cruz, California. The company, founded by Nick Fogler in 2017, works with Fortune 500 brands deploying technology from partners including Looker, Snowflake, Fivetran and Google Cloud. With ...

Independent London agency Now has hired Louise Hayward from Engine as its new CEO. She replaces Larissa Vince who joined TBWA London as CEO last year. Hayward (above) is currently client managing director and director of account handling at Engine ...

If 2021 was a year of consolidation for the big ad holding companies – restoring their fortunes after Covid-battered 2020 – 2022 may be the year when they spread their wings with bids and deals. Publicis Groupe has bought Tremend ...

London agency Above+Beyond has won Pure Electric e-bikes and e-scooters. Pure Electric was set up by Adam Norris in 2018 and has 18 showrooms and repair centres across the UK. Above+Beyond will handle Pure Electric globally. Pure Electric CMO Phil ...