18 Jan 2008
Havas has acquired the independent media agency BLM for around £20 million to form part of its...Arena BLM, as the agency will now be known, will become the UK arm of
Arena, which was launched ...
. The rest of
the management team will remain in place. Havas' acquisition of BLM follows interest from several potential
buyers, including The Engine Group, the owner of WCRS. Engine and BLM
were close ...
12 Nov 2008
| by Anne Cassidy
Starcom, OMD, Arena BLM, Universal McCann and incumbent Carat, will take part in the pitch, which is scheduled for 24 and 25 November. The pitch process will include an online auction on 17 December. Santander plans to inform agencies of its decision on 19 December. The review includes media for Abbey ...
09 Apr 2009
The financial services company has drawn up a shortlist of agencies and is holding chemistry meetings ahead of a pitch. Arena BLM has been the incumbent on the account since 2005. It has declined to repitch for the business. Invesco, which is owned by the fund manager Amvescap, is one of the largest ...
18 Aug 2000
| by ANNA GRIFFITHS
BLM Media is strengthening its management line-up with the creation
of a managing director s role...BLM Media is strengthening its management line-up with the creation
of a managing director ...
Barthold, who is the commercial director of Media-Com TMB, will join
BLM to run the agency on a day ...
managing partner of BLM, said: This is not about asking
ourselves (the partners) how we exit from ...
26 Nov 2009
| by Matt Williams
planning for the organisation. The agency won the business following a pitch against Arena BLM and Naked. ...
21 Aug 2008
| by Anne Cassidy
Carat pitched for the offline portion of the business against MindShare and PHD. It retained the digital aspect after a pitch against Arena BLM's digital unit, BLM Quantum, Harvest and Steak Media. The review was handled by Creativebrief. Carat has also retained the 3 million media planning and buying ...
07 Aug 2009
| by Anne Cassidy
Media planning and buying for all of AXA s financial services brands will be divided among Havas Media agencies, following a pitch against the incumbent on the AXA brand media account, Mindshare. The Havas agency MPG won the media planning and buying for the AXA brand, while its sister agency Arena BLM ...
17 Feb 2006
MBNA, the credit-card company, has appointed BLM Quantum and Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO to handle its..., currently held by Zed, is unaffected by BLM
Quantum's appointment. MBNA was acquired by Bank of America ...
17 Feb 2006
| by by Staff
LONDON - MBNA, the credit-card company, has appointed BLM Quantum and Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO...planning and buying, currently held by Zed, is unaffected by BLM Quantum's appointment.
MBNA ...
25 Nov 2005
Invesco Perpetual, the fund management group, has appointed BLM Media to handle its £4 million