M&C Saatchi expects ‘small’ H1 profit, confirms $9m government loan
M&C Saatchi expects to report a “small” underlying pre-tax profit in the first half of 2020 following a “resilient” second quarter.
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Revenue dips 5.1% at Huntsworth PR shops in 2018, Grayling down 7.6%
Like-for-like revenue at Huntsworth’s comms agencies fell 5.1% in 2018 – and declined by 7.6% at Grayling, although that agency became more profitable in both the UK and the US.
GCI Health London names deputy MD
GCI Health London has hired Kim Walker, formerly of healthcare PR agency Liberation Unlimited and of Johnson & Johnson’s diabetes medical devices company Lifescan EMEA, as its deputy MD.
Avenir Global buys London creative healthcare agency Cherry
Avenir, the Canadian parent company of Axon and Madano, has acquired the firm for an undisclosed sum.
Huntsworth cuts ties with 5% of PR accounts to end ‘abusive’ client relationships
Huntsworth has stopped working with around 5% of clients in its Communications arm – which includes Grayling, Red and Citigate – as it exits “unprofitable” accounts, CEO Paul Taaffe has told PRWeek.
Huntsworth PR revenue falls as Grayling ‘eliminates’ unprofitable client contracts
Huntsworth has reported a 5.4% fall in like-for-like revenue at its PR agencies in the first half of 2018, led largely by declines at Grayling after the “elimination of unprofitable client contracts.”
Huntsworth buys U.S. health shop Giant Creative Strategy for $72m
Huntsworth has continued its expansion by taking a majority stake in U.S. independent healthcare marketing agency Giant Creative Strategy for an initial sum of $72.2m.
Huntsworth Health revenue rose 18% in the first half of 2016
Red, a Huntsworth agency, also counted Sanofi as a new client.
AstraZeneca hires new head of corporate affairs
AstraZeneca appointed Jennie Younger, who has held senior communications roles at GlaxoSmithKline, Deutsche Bank, and FTI Consulting, as its vice president of global corporate affairs.
