Tag Archives: Mark Read

WPP sets out ambitious plans as it emerges in one piece from bad old 2020

WPP is updating investors and analysts today but the menu gives a pretty clear idea of CEO Mark Read’s plans and expectations. Under Strategic Goals we have: *Return core Communications business to sustainable growth. *Expand further into high-growth areas of ...

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WPP at £6bn may look like a bargain for someone – even its former boss

In the small print of S4 Capital’s 2019 results announcement it helpfully reminds us that WPP (the company Sir Martin Sorrell founded 35 years ago and left abruptly in 2018) is now worth less than £6bn (£5.86bn this morning), compared ...

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More agency mergers may be on the cards for WPP although holding company says no major ones planned

Is WPP CEO Mark Read planning more agency mergers? Speaking to investors recently Read, alongside the usual stuff about partnering more with tech companies and the surprising revelation that Google was WPP’s second-biggest client, said the mergers of JWT with ...

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Completion of Kantar sale marks a good(ish) year for WPP

WPP ends 2019 in rather better shape than it started the year, with the completion of its sale of 60 per cent of research operation Kantar to Bain Capital for about £2.4bn. £1.4bn of this is being retained to reduce ...

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WPP in surprise return to growth

WPP returned to growth in the third quarter of 2019, way ahead of expectations, although CEO Mark Read is counselling investors not to expect too much too soon, sticking to his guidance for no growth this year and performance in ...

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