Specialist M&A firm Ciesco reports a 17% volume increase in deal activity in the first quarter of 2022, with the digital agency sub-sector up 72% on 2021. The quarter includes a 48% January increase but a decrease in deal volume ...
Read More »Ciesco: tech and media sector ready to power M&A bounce-back in 2021
Sector-specialist M&A advisory firm Ciesco has reported global resilience in the tech, digital, media and marketing sectors even in the face of the Covid crisis. Ciesco tracked global M&A activity in these sectors, reporting 1,091 M&A transactions in 2020, with ...
Read More »Ciesco – 2020 adland M&A deals down 17 per cent but signs of recovery in third quarter
Boutique advisory firm Ciesco has been analysing this year’s M&A advertising and media deals to date and found – unsurprisingly – that the total is down year on year – by 17%. The first quarter (pre-Covid for many) saw the ...
Read More »Ciesco: WPP turns a corner in post Sorrell era, Publicis is worst performer during H1 2018
By James Harries, analyst WPP, the world’s largest marketing group, shares hit a five-year low in July amidst continued uncertainty following the departure of long-term chief executive Sir Martin Sorrell, as well as the uncertainty of GDPR. Former COO Mark ...
Read More »Ciesco: WPP brings up the rear as marketing groups struggle in 2017 – UK is strongest region
By Ciesco. WPP, the world’s largest marketing group, suffered its worst year since the 2009 recession in growth terms in 2017, with like for like revenue (which factors in currency and acquisitions) down 0.3 per cent, on total revenue of ...
Read More »Ciesco: holding companies struggle in the US but growth remains robust in the UK
By Ciesco WPP WPP, the world’s largest marketing group, reported revenue growth of 13.3 per cent to £7.40bn ($9.33bn) for the first half of 2017. However, this was largely due to an 11.4 per cent gain from currency, and a ...
Read More »Ciesco: WPP biggest in 2016, Interpublic is growing fastest
WPP reported record revenues in 2016 with £14.4bn ($20bn), an increase of 17.6 per cent from the previous year, and a record profit before tax of £2bn ($2.6bn), up 26.7 per cent. However, CEO Martin Sorrell warned of a slowdown ...
Read More »Ciesco: Publicis hit by media client losses while rivals post steady growth in Q3 2016
By James Whyms and Luke Power at Ciesco WPP, the world’s largest marketing group, reported revenue growth of 23.4% to £3.6bn ($4.7bn) for the third quarter of 2016 as it benefitted largely from the weakening pound. The underlying like-for-like, or ...
Read More »New Ciesco report reveals tech-led M&A boom
Corporate advisory firm Ciesco has produced its H1 2016 Global M&A survey of transactions in the technology-enabled media and marketing sectors. This follows on from its 2015 full year report published in January this year. Ciesco tracked 619 transactions in ...
Read More »