Marketing Services Corporate Finance

MBO of Creare Communications backed by Sovereign Capital Partners

September 10, 2011

Sovereign Capital has backed the MBO of Creare Communications The management team at digital marketing agency Creare Communications has successfully completed a management buyout of the business with funds from Sovereign Capital. Creare Communications is one of the UK’s leading providers of Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) services and today helps over 1,000 clients. It works [...]

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Publicis Groupe has continued its acquisition push by purchasing Kitcatt Nohr, a London-based digital agency.

March 9, 2011

Following its acquisitions of Interactive Communications and Holler, Publicis will merge Kitcatt Nohr with its own digital agency Digitas, creating Kitcatt Nohr Digitas.  Founded in 2002, Kitcatt Nohr has clients including Body Shop, John Lewis, Lexus and Shell.  Stephan Beringer, president of Digitas International comments: ‘There are many synergies between Digitas and Kitcatt Nohr, which both [...]

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Sale of marketing business Core (Blimey) Ltd

January 28, 2011

Client Business The Core was founded in Hull in the early 1990’s by Alistair Whiteley.  Whilst his co-founder left the business, Alistair continued to grow The Core and in 2006 brought Nick Green in as Managing Director.  Nick had worked with the team on numerous occasions in his prior role managing various brands within Unilever. Subsequent [...]

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WP Display sale to Kleerex Group

February 5, 2010

Background WP Display is a leading designer and supplier of retail display equipment to the Greeting Card, Gift-wrap and Stationery Markets. Operating since 1994, the company established a reputation for expertise in the design, manufacture and supply of Innovative Display Solutions, working in partnership with leading Specialist Retailers (e.g. Clintons Cards) and Publishers (e.g. Hallmark) [...]

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