Artefact deal builds war chest to fund global expansion
Artefact, the French-owned AI and data-driven marketing agency which expanded in to the UK in 2018, has set its sights…
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MSQ swoops once more to create ‘design powerhouse’
International marketing group MSQ has whipped out its chequebook once more to acquire design business Elmwood and merge it with…
Nick Dixon marks return with £15m acquisition of Edit
Serial entrepreneur and former Blueberry Wave and HH Global chief Nick Dixon has returned to the industry by swooping on…
Creative production studio Brave Spark joins MSQ fold
Marketing group MSQ has made its third acquisition of the past 12 months by swooping for award-winning creative production studio…
UK technology industry raises £13.5bn in VC funds in H1
Covid-19 may have left thousands of businesses struggling but the UK’s tech sector has seen off the pandemic in style,…
US giant behind QuickBooks buys Mailchimp for $12bn
Mailchimp, the digital marketing company which specialises in hosting email campaigns, has been sold off to US financial software giant…
Contentsquare snaps up rival ‘to take on the world’
Contentsquare, the digital user experience and analytics specialist whose clients include NatWest, Pizza Hut, T-Mobile, Skoda and Lovehoney, has acquired…
Once Upon A Time acquires health and beauty agency
Marketing group Once Upon A Time is continuing to build its services through the acquisition of design and production agency…
Publicis swoops for retail digital ad platform CitrusAd
Publicis Groupe is beefing up its data-driven marketing capabilities with the acquisition of the CitrusAd digital advertising platform, used by…
MSQ sees off Covid nightmare to reveal record results
MSQ has battled through the Covid pandemic to reveal record results following a series of strategic investments that it claims…