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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

By Ciesco. IPG set the pace in Q1 but it was Publicis who surprised the market with above expected growth. Interpublic Group’s reported revenue increased 3.9% to $1.7bn. As with full year 2015 results, IPG enjoyed the highest organic growth ...