OnePoll buys rival survey provider Response Fusion
17 May 2013 | by Daniel Farey-Jones
Survey-led market research company OnePoll has acquired rival Response Fusion for a six-figure sum.
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Lord Chadlington, Huntsworth's chief executive, has said the group made a good start to 2013 despite the 'difficult' trading environment in the UK and Europe.
Survey-led market research company OnePoll has acquired rival Response Fusion for a six-figure sum.
BlueFocus, the Chinese PR firm that last week snapped up a chunk of Huntsworth, has been tipped to open a London office.
Grayling owner Huntsworth is selling a 19.8% stake in its business to China-headquartered PR group BlueFocus, which it claimed would reduce debt and enable investment for growth.
Global business advisory firm KPMG has acquired once of the UK’s best known investor relations business, Makinson Cowell.
College Group has acquired Russia and CIS investor relations specialist Shared Value in the third large-scale acquisition since its private equity cash injection in 2010.
Financial and strategic comms specialists StockWell Communications and R Holloway & Associates are to combine their businesses.
Porta Communications, the AIM-listed marcoms group, has acquired financial services specialist Cauldron Consulting.
Threepipe has bolstered its digital offering by merging with digital marketing agency Blowfish.
The pre-Christmas sale of a major stake in Blue Rubicon is further proof that the PR industry is becoming increasingly attractive for private equity investors.