29 Apr 2005
Sir Martin Sorrell's WPP is to marketing services what Tesco is to the high street. Caroline..., WPP's chief executive is the figurehead for more than 84,000 staff, thousands of clients and 13 ...
, says.
Anyone far-sighted enough to have put £1,000 into WPP in 1985, and ploughed back all ...
and Kantar. WPP made a profit before tax of £564 million last year. A strong new-business performance ($6 ...
12 May 2000
| by MARTIN SORRELL, chief executive of WPP
Every day brings with it another story of millions won and lost on
the stock market. Pages are devoted to the lastminute.com share price as
if that was the important story. And yet anyone who equates dotcom share
prices with the importance of the dotcom revolution fundamentally
misunderstands what we...
21 Nov 1997
| by JEREMY BULLMORE, a director at WPP
Twenty years ago this week, the founding partners of Abbott Mead
Vickers set out their stall in a double-page ad in Campaign. Watch out
Colletts, the headline said above a cheery picture of the founders,
we re only pounds 34 million behind you - Collett Dickenson Pearce,
for those whose history...
21 Nov 1997
| by JEREMY BULLMORE, a director at WPP
Let me begin, as the company s name does, with Abbott. Twenty years
ago, Barry Day edited a book called 100 Great Advertisements.* Ten
contributors each chose and commented on ten print advertisements they
particularly admired.
20 Aug 1999
- WPP Group has acquired Shire Hall Group, the largest independent healthcare communications...- WPP Group has acquired Shire Hall Group, the largest independent healthcare communications consultancy in the UK in a move designed to advance WPP s strategy of expanding in the fast growing healthcare sector.
Shire Hall will retain its brand identity and management structure and will join WPP ...
20 Aug 1999
- WPP Group has acquired Shire Hall Group, the largest independent healthcare communications...- WPP Group has acquired Shire Hall Group, the largest independent healthcare communications consultancy in the UK in a move designed to advance WPP s strategy of expanding in the fast growing healthcare sector.
Shire Hall will retain its brand identity and management structure and will join WPP ...
07 Aug 2000
- WPP is reportedly being sued for 1 billion by a group of Hispanic newspapers who allege...- WPP is reportedly being sued for 1 billion by a group of Hispanic newspapers who allege they were excluded from a US Government anti-drugs campaign.
Such campaigns would normally have to run ...
enough of the money, and is suing WPP, J Walter Thompson and Young & Rubicam.
...
07 Aug 2000
- WPP is reportedly being sued for 1 billion by a group of Hispanic newspapers who allege...- WPP is reportedly being sued for 1 billion by a group of Hispanic newspapers who allege they were excluded from a US Government anti-drugs campaign.
Such campaigns would normally have to run ...
enough of the money, and is suing WPP, J Walter Thompson and Young & Rubicam.
...
29 Apr 2005
| by John Tylee
Omnicom and WPP have added to the growing economic optimism within the global advertising business...per cent respectively. This translates into a £1.2 billion figure for Omnicom and £1.1 billion for WPP. WPP said its performance reflected strong organic growth and extra income from Grey Global Group, which it acquired earlier this year.
At the same time, WPP won £875 million worth of extra business ...
17 Aug 1998
- WPP Group has reported a 20 per cent rise in pre-tax profits to 93.8 million ( 154.7 million...- WPP Group has reported a 20 per cent rise in pre-tax profits to 93.8 million ( 154.7 million ...
objectives. Total operating and direct costs rose by 7.1%.
The WPP board recommended an increase of 20 ...
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WPP said it was too early to detect any impact from the Asia Pacific s economic difficulties, but any ...