Sage has signed a 'definitive agreement' which, subject to regulatory clearances, should see the transaction completed at the end of Q3 2008. 100-strong H H is split into a comms and web services business. The 60 per cent of the Stockholm-based agency which is dedicated to city and corporate communications ...
31 Jul 2008
| by Anthony Hilton, City commentator on London's Evening Standard
Charles Handy, the management guru, once said that in business, leadership is about creating a vision that gives a point to the work of others - which seemed a pretty shrewd analysis of what it is and why it is so rare.
30 Jul 2008
| by Stephen Foster
wonder if UBM could be coming back for a second bite, maybe with private equity support? City traders ...
era. City Republic is going on holiday for the next two weeks. We will be following events from ...
25 Jul 2008
Penrose Financial brought in by International Assets Management
25 Jul 2008
Google's pre-tax profits rose 35 per cent year on year to $1.25 billion (£628 million) for the second quarter of 2008, but were down 5 per cent from the first quarter of the year, when they stood at $1.31 billion.
25 Jul 2008
Carl Icahn, who owns 5 per cent of Yahoo! and has demanded the company accept Microsoft's takeover bid, is to join the company's board and withdraw his attempt to replace its directors.
25 Jul 2008
scheme which encourages
parents to read to their kids. I read to my son most nights. Leicester
City ...
24 Jul 2008
| by Anthony Hilton
companies do, and pay the price. Anthony Hilton is City commentator on London's Evening Standard ...
24 Jul 2008
| by David Quainton
International business is doubling in UK City agencies as bosses focus on work from emerging...PR consultancies in the financial services sector are propping up revenues with crisis and emergency comms briefs, but Russia, India and the Middle East are more attractive markets, according to agency chiefs. The findings, resulting from discussions with a range of City and corporate agency ...
24 Jul 2008
| by David Singleton
Michael Lever, who has spent 20 years as a banking analyst, started at the agency this month. Before Credit Suisse, Lever worked at HSBC Securities as a banking analyst and spent nine years at the Bank of England. He has often been quoted in national newspapers giving advice on City stories. 'He ...