09 Aug 2001
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WPP buys Forward...Sir Martin: international expansion WPP has announced the acquisition of contract ...
Airways and the Halifax, will be placed within the Specialist Communications division of WPP. Forward ...
could and should be a powerful means of communicating with a company's target audiences. WPP presents ...
07 Feb 2002
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Goodbye WPP, hello Woking!...stake in the takeover by WPP, is said to be leaving for new fields in June. Sir Martin Sorrell's WPP bought Tempus for £434m in November, despite efforts by Sorrell to extricate himself from the deal ...
03 Oct 2001
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WPP considering bid options...It looked increasingly likely today that WPP would attempt to pull out of its 555p bid for Tempus ...
now been extended to October 15 and WPP is expected to argue with regulators that the effects ...
change in the Tempus. Tempus' share price has slumped to below £5. Reports suggested that WPP chief ...
25 Oct 2001
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WPP leans on Tempus...may hold for them, as the WPP/Tempus saga dragged on amid yet more controversy. Sir Martin Sorrell's WPP was yesterday still trying to extricate itself from a 555p per share, £430m offer for the media ...
warning, which would strengthen the case for the Takeover Panel, allowing WPP to pull out of the deal ...
27 Oct 2000
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Love Boots: Love WPP...Boots strategic decision to pass all its marketing communications requirements to WPP means ...
Crookes Healthcare subsidiary, has the choice of a range of communications services within the WPP walled ...
Marsteller and Hill & Knowlton. Brand Consultancy: Landor Associates. WPP also owns a range of other ...
27 Feb 2003
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WPP reveals recovery disappointment...for the industry, predicting a flat year of growth for its myriad of companies in 2003. WPP this week ...
showed a drop of 1.3%. But in continental Europe, WPP saw a growth of 5.3% and in the rest of the world showed a 4.7% growth in revenue. Across the service sector, WPP's operations in public ...
13 Sep 2004
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Sir Martin Sorrell’s WPP empire has added the Grey Global global giant to its expanding colony...undisclosed offer tabled last week. The deal gives the WPP access to a new raft of high profile advertisers ...
of WPP, said: “In addition to broadening our relationship with a number of our leading clients, Grey ...
will further strengthen WPP's market position. We believe that WPP will offer Grey's clients and its people ...
24 Feb 2006
| by Mark Banham
WPP has reported a 36% rise in pre-tax profits to £669m and a 25% rise in revenues to £5.37bn....9%, compared to Europe's 2.9%, North America's 5.8% and worldwide growth of 11.9%. During 2005, WPP media ...
manager Marco Benatti was personally dismissed by WPP chief executive Sir Martin Sorrell. The report ...
26 Aug 2005
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Sir Martin Sorrell’s WPP network saw revenues increase by 6% in the first six months of 2005....” Elsewhere, WPP said the role of procurement teams in marketing decisions and the concentration of media ...