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Dentsu Aegis Network is strengthening its position in the north of England with the acquisition of independent Manchester creative agency, BJL. BJL’s clients include Subaru Europe, Ronseal, The Co-operative Bank, Skipton and BASF. The agency employs 75 people. Dentsu Aegis ...

It’s been four months since WPP announced it would sell a majority stake in Kantar, and it looks as though a deal may be close: The Sunday Times reports that there are four suitors circling the £3.5bn research and data ...

Engine has won its first piece of business since ditching agency brands in favour of a single group identity. Saxo Group, a fintech specialist, has appointed the agency to handle the global advertising for its “active traders” account, following a ...

Dentsu Aegis Network has reported 4.3 per cent organic growth in 2018, and 3.4 per cent in Q4. The Japan-based communications group is forecasting 3.9 per cent growth for 2019 Europe, the Middle East and Africa was the standout region ...

Interpublic continues to set the pace among the holding companies, with organic net revenue growth of 7.1 per cent in Q4 – way ahead of its peers. For the full year 2018, organic net revenue growth was 5.5 per cent. ...

Omnicom Group posted organic growth of 3.2 per cent for Q4 2018 and operating profit up 0.1 per cent to $0.7 million, but a 2.2 per cent fall in revenue to $4.09 billion was enough to send the share price ...

Talon Outdoor’s chief transformation officer Josko Grljevic explains the 2019 roadmap for technology and automation in Out of Home advertising. Since taking on the newly-created and in vogue role for developing companies – that of chief transformation officer at Talon ...

The Publicis Groupe share price was rising unsteadily this morning – and WPP with it, in sympathy perhaps – after the collective panic attack that hit markets yesterday after Publicis CEO Arthur Sadoun (below) reported growth falling by 0.3 per ...

Publicis Groupe is the first of the big ad holding companies to report its full year figures for 2018 and they’re a mixed bag, showing how hard it is in today’s marketplace for such companies. Organic revenue in 2018 rose ...