19 Dec 2005
£160m cash deal to buy Scotsman Publications....and tax of £7.7m on turnover of £63.5m, with gross assets of £127.5m.
Commenting on the deal, Tim ...
16 Dec 2005
| by ian quinn
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Cowell added: "ITV gave me my first break on television and I'm incredibly grateful. We've had a fantastic relationship and this was a very easy decision for me to make. I'm looking forward to another ...
16 Dec 2005
| by ian quinn
German car giant Audi launches a £4m campaign next week to support its new RS4 model....German car giant Audi launches a £4m campaign next week to support its new RS4 model. Starting with a TV ad on Channel 4, the campaign will go on to include print, poster and online support in January and February next year. For the campaign, Audi's advertising agency, BBH, has tinkered with the famous Audi ...
15 Dec 2005
| by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
John Leng Co, an investment subsidiary of the Dundee-based publisher, bought the puzzle publisher for an enterprise value of £85m.
Puzzler Media managing director Mel Lewis said: "Our new ...
in a £36.7m management buy-out, in which ABN Amro Capital invested £9.6m.
Puzzler Media will be one ...
15 Dec 2005
| by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Frontline Media has won the £1m media account for the launch of Kettle Crispy Bakes.
15 Dec 2005
| by Ian Quinn
of the genre, despite today's audiences expecting to interact with big shows like X Factor and I'm A Celebrity ...
14 Dec 2005
| by James Livesley
Aegis, the owner of agencies Carat and Vizeum, has announced the £10m acquisition of Scandinavian...Univero is the largest independent full service full market research network in Scandinavia. Norway, Denmark and Sweden represent Europe's fifth largest research market, with annual spend of around £282m.
Univero's businesses include MMI Univero in Norway, TEMO Univero and LUI Univero in Sweden ...
13 Dec 2005
| by Mark Banham
MediaCom has won the £35m press account for the COI in a final pitch between the WPP agency..., Starcom, PHD and The Ingram Partnership. Earlier this year, Starcom lost the brief for the £70m COI
television account to Carat, but was then awarded the £20m COI
radio buying account taking it from incumbent ...
were appointed to the
£156m account. The COI also recently appointed OMD data to provide a new tool ...
13 Dec 2005
| by Media Week
of its annual billings were effectively hit in a single day, with the loss of the £64m Norwich Union...the £11m RAC account in the Aviva review. ...
13 Dec 2005
| by Guy Di Piazza
As City analysts dissect the motives behind ITV's £120m acquisition of a hugely popular web...of £12.4m in 2005 and
EBITDA of £6.6m. And there's the rub. ITV is paying £120m cash upfront for £6.6m ...