2009 Media, Advertising and Publishing - UK Key Corporate Changes

The Mandis 2009 Key Corporate Changes report for the Media, Advertising and Publishing Sector will put you ahead of your competition in terms of market knowledge. This is an in depth report detailing 494 key changes and developments, covering 296 different companies. These are the Key Corporate Changes that have occurred within or to the relevant market participants and that can be considered to have shaped and influenced the overall UK market during the year.

The report includes over 147 pages of Key Corporate Changes including:

- 85 changes driving Job Creation and highlighting growth companies,
- 122 changes giving rise to Redundancies, thus identifying companies that are shrinking and may be potential take-over targets.
- 31 significant Administrations or Liquidations, these may give rise to opportunities for strong market players to cost effectively acquire new assets, staff and clients.
- 97 Major financial changes, which provides valuable market knowledge and insights into the impact on performance of the key players due to of current market forces.
- 96 product and service developments, which identifies those companies responding to significant changes within their marketplace by varying their product mix.

This report is unique within the UK market, as it is the only sector report that is based upon the Key Corporate Changes that have driven change in the market and is completely up to date, as of the report date. The report condenses the details of those change events into brief summaries. These would therefore provide the perfect input to developing your own value added consultancy reports, allowing you to add depth and facts by including specific details of developments within individual companies. The report comprises two principal sections.

The first section consists of a one-line synopsis of every corporate change covered in the report. In this section, organisations with two or more change summaries have been grouped by organisation and indexed alphabetically by organisation name. Within organisation name, the summaries are listed in descending date order with the latest dated summary shown first. For organisations with only a single change summary in the report period, the information is grouped under Other Organisations and is shown in descending date order. The only exceptions to this being those summaries that are considered exceptionally important; these are then also shown under the separate organisation name in the index of organisations.

The second section comprises the detailed text of every event summary covered in the report, each of which is headed by the date and the organisation name. The information is grouped by the type of dynamic change covered by the event summary and is shown in descending date order within that section. SHOW LESS READ MORE >

1. Introduction

2. Event Summary Synopsis
- Aegis Group Plc
- Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board
- Amaze Plc
- Archant Ltd
- Associated Newspapers Ltd
- Avanti Communications Ltd
- Bauer Consumer Media Limited
- BBC Worldwide Ltd
- Big Communications Ltd
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Boomerang Plus Plc
- BrainJuicer Group plc
- British Broadcasting Corporation
- British Sky Broadcasting Group Plc
- Burst Media Ltd
- Cellcast plc
- Channel 4 Television Co Ltd
- Channel 5 Broadcasting Ltd
- Channel Five Company Ltd
- Chime Communications Plc
- Circle Anglia Ltd
- Cosgrove Hall Films Ltd.
- Coventry City Council
- Creative Lynx Limited
- Creston Plc
- Daily Mail & General Trust Plc
- Dawson Holdings Plc
- DCD Media Plc
- Dennis Publishing Ltd
- EEDA
- Electric Word Plc
- Energy Saving Trust Ltd
- Euromoney Institutional Investor Plc
- Evening Standard Company Ltd
- Financial Times Ltd
- Fresh Group
- Freshwater UK Ltd
- Future Publishing
- Galleon Holdings Plc
- Guardian Media Group Plc
- Guardian News & Media Ltd
- Gyro International Ltd
- Hasgrove plc
- Hunterlodge Desgin Ltd
- Huntsworth Plc
- Huveaux Plc
- Immedia Broadcasting Plc
- Incisive Media Limited
- Independent News & Media Plc
- Isle of Wight Council.
- ITE Group Plc
- ITV Plc
- JCDecaux UK Ltd
- John Menzies Plc
- Johnston Press Plc
- Local Radio Company Plc
- Mecom Group Plc
- Mediavest (Manchester) Ltd.
- MEN Media Ltd
- Merricks Media Ltd
- Microsoft Ltd
- Motive Television Plc
- National Exhibition Centre Ltd
- National Magazine Company Limited
- News Corporation
- News International Holdings Plc
- Newsquest Plc
- Next Fifteen Communications Group Plc
- Northcliffe Media Ltd
- Nursing and Midwifery Council
- Paver Smith & Co Ltd
- Pearson Plc
- Pinewood Shepperton Plc
- Promotional Logisitics Ltd
- Ptarmigan Consultants
- Reed Business Information Ltd.
- Reed Elsevier Plc
- Setanta CTV Broadcasting (UK) Ltd
- Setanta Sports Channel Ireland Ltd
- Shed Media Plc
- Smiths News Plc
- Sport Media Group Plc
- STV Group Plc
- Tarsus Group Plc
- TBWA Manchester Ltd
- Ten Alps Plc
- THA Group Ltd
- Totally Plc
- Transport for London.
- Trinity Mirror Plc
- UBC Media Group Plc
- United Business Media Plc
- UTV Media Plc
- Virgin Media Ltd
- Vision Media Group International PLC
- Vitesse Media Plc
- WPP Group Plc
- Yell Group Plc
- Other Companies

3. Event Summary Detail

3.1 Product and Service developments

3.2 Financial changes - growth, decline

3.3 Acquisitions & fund raising
3.3.1 Administrators/Liquidators
3.3.2 Mergers & Acquisition

3.4 Relocations new outlets, plant developments

3.5 Organisational restructuring
3.5.1 Redundancy Announcements
3.5.2 New Staff Announcements
3.5.3 Redeployment Announcements

- 365 Promotions Ltd
- 4imprint Group Plc
- 7 Marketing Ltd
- Absolute Media Solutions Ltd
- Active Signs Limited
- Adwalker Plc
- Aegis Group Plc
- Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board
- Altitude Group Plc
- Amaze Plc
- Amelio Consulting Ltd
- Archant Ltd
- Arqiva Ltd
- Aspire Design Limited
- Associated Newspapers Ltd
- Astley Signs & Designs Limited
- Avagio Ltd
- Avanti Communications Ltd
- Avid Technology Europe Ltd
- Bang Communications
- Barkers Group Ltd.
- Bartle Bogle Hegarty Ltd
- Bauer Consumer Media Limited
- BBC
- BBC Resources Ltd
- BBC World Service
- BBC Worldwide Ltd
- Bell Pottinger North Ltd
- Bernard Hodes Ltd
- Big Communications Ltd
- Bio Products Laboratory
- Birmingham City University
- Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
- Bloomberg UK Ltd
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Boomerang Plus Plc
- Bradley.tv
- BrainJuicer Group plc
- Bright Light Communications
- British Broadcasting Corporation
- British Council
- British Museum Company Ltd
- British Sky Broadcasting Group Plc
- Burlington Press Limited
- Burst Media Ltd
- Business Link (South Yorkshire)
- Business to Business.
- BWA Design
- Cagney Plc
- Calm Asylum Communications Ltd
- Carphone Warehouse Group Plc
- Cellcast plc
- Central Office Of Information.
- Channel 4 Television Co Ltd
- Channel 5 Broadcasting Ltd
- Channel Five Company Ltd
- Chime Communications Plc
- Chrysalis Group Plc
- Circle Anglia Ltd
- CL5 Ltd
- CN Group Ltd
- Communications Management Public Relations Ltd
- Concept Outdoor (UK) Limited
- Contentfilm Plc
- Cornwall Development Company
- Cosgrove Hall Films Ltd.
- Coventry City Council
- Creative Lynx Limited
- CreativeMojo
- Creston Plc
- Cromwell Press Ltd.
- Daily Mail & General Trust Plc
- Dawson Holdings Plc
- DCD Media Plc
- Dennis Publishing Ltd
- Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
- Derby City Council.
- Different Advertising Design and Marketing Ltd
- Digital Marketing Group plc
- East Midlands Business Ltd
- Ebiquity plc
- Eduserv
- EEDA
- Electric Word Plc
- Elite Data Marketing Limited
- Emberton Dale Advertising Limited
- Energy Saving Trust Ltd
- Entertainment Rights Plc
- Equality & Human Rights Commission
- ESPN (Europe, Middle East, Africa) Ltd
- Estates & Law Limited
- Euromoney Institutional Investor Plc
- Eutechnyx Ltd
- Evening Standard Company Ltd
- Event Advantage Solutions Ltd
- FCBi London Ltd
- Financial Services Authority
- Financial Times Ltd
- First Artist Corporation Plc
- Fish Media Ltd
- Focal Radio
- Forward Media Ltd
- Fresh Group
- Freshwater UK Ltd
- Future Publishing
- FutureBrand
- Galleon Holdings Plc
- GI Solutions Group Ltd
- Global Radio UK Ltd
- Go Ahead Group Plc
- Guardian Media Group Plc
- Guardian News & Media Ltd
- Gyro International Ltd
- Hanover Housing Association
- Harmsworth Printing Limited
- Hasgrove plc
- HDM Agency Ltd
- Healthcare Purchasing Consortium
- Her Majestys Courts Service
- High Position Limited
- High Profile UK Limited
- Highlands and Islands Enterprise Ltd
- Holly Benson Communications Ltd.
- Hunterlodge Desgin Ltd
- Huntsworth Plc
- Huveaux Plc
- I-Design Multi Media Ltd.
- IAS Smarts Plc
- ICE Ltd.
- Immedia Broadcasting Plc
- Incisive Media Limited
- Independent News & Media Plc
- Indian Film Company Limited
- Informa Plc
- Inphinet New Media Ltd
- International Greetings Plc
- IPC Media Group Ltd
- Isle of Wight Council.
- ITE Group Plc
- ITN Group Ltd
- ITV Plc
- JCDecaux UK Ltd
- John Menzies Plc
- John Wiley & Sons Ltd
- Johnston Press Plc
- Keep Britain Tidy
- Kelsey Publishing Ltd
- Kent Messenger Ltd
- Kenyon Fraser Ltd
- Key 103 Ltd
- Kings College London
- Lansons Communications
- LBi UK Holding Ltd
- Legal Services Commission (LSC)
- Leicester Shire Promotions Ltd.
- Leicestershire Partnership Trust on behalf of East Midlands Strategic Health Authority
- Link Telemarketing
- Local Radio Company Plc
- Manchester City Council.
- MBL Group plc
- McGraw-Hill Companies Ltd
- Mecom Group Plc
- Mediaburst Ltd
- Mediavest (Manchester) Ltd.
- MediaZest Plc
- MEN Media Ltd
- Merricks Media Ltd
- Microsoft Ltd
- Mike Burton Group Ltd.
- Mill (The)
- Millivres Prowler Ltd
- Millward Brown UK Ltd
- Mirror Group Newspapers Ltd
- Mother Ltd
- Motive Television Plc
- National Exhibition Centre Ltd
- National Magazine Company Limited
- National Savings & Investments.
- NetPlay TV plc
- New Media Warehouse
- News Corporation
- News International Holdings Plc
- Newsquest Plc
- Next Fifteen Communications Group Plc
- North West Vision & Media
- Northcliffe Media Ltd
- Nursing and Midwifery Council
- Observer Standard Newspapers Ltd
- Ofwat
- OGCbuying.solutions.
- Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA)
- One NorthEast
- OpenTV UK Ltd
- Origin Creative Design
- Pan Macmillan Publishers Ltd
- Paver Smith & Co Ltd
- Pearson Plc
- Penguin Group
- Personal Accounts Delivery Authority
- Ph Creative Limited
- Pinewood Shepperton Plc
- Poole Borough Council.
- Press Association Ltd (The)
- Procam Television Limited
- Promotional Logisitics Ltd
- Ptarmigan Consultants
- Publishing Consultancy Limited (The)
- Quotes 4 Limited
- RDF Media Ltd
- Red Bee Media Ltd
- Redtree International Limited
- Reed Business Information Ltd.
- Reed Elsevier Plc
- Rotherham Primary Care Trust
- RTE Commercial Enterprises Ltd
- Rushes Postproduction Limited
- S4C Digital Media Ltd
- SA Screen Media Ltd
- Scholastic UK Ltd
- Screen East
- Setanta CTV Broadcasting (UK) Ltd
- Setanta Sport Holdings Ltd
- Setanta Sports Channel Ireland Ltd
- Shed Media Plc
- Sheffield City Council
- Shiny Media Ltd
- Shorthose Russell Ltd
- Shropshire County Council.
- Smith Davis Press Ltd
- Smiths News Plc
- Somer Community Housing Trust
- Soula Ltd
- South West Scotland Screen Commission
- Specific Media UK Limited
- Sport Media & Strategy Ltd
- Sport Media Group Plc
- Sport Newspapers Ltd.
- Staffordshire County Council.
- Stagecoach Theatre Arts Plc
- Standout Design & Marketing Ltd
- Streetbroadcast Ltd
- STV Group Plc
- Summersault Communications Ltd
- Sussex University
- Tarsus Group Plc
- TBWA Manchester Ltd
- Ten Alps Plc
- THA Group Ltd
- Thames Valley Police Authority
- The Natural History Museum
- The Open University
- TheAgency
- Thirty Three
- Thomas Crosbie Holdings Ltd
- Thomson Reuters Plc
- Tiger Aspect Productions Ltd
- Tigress Productions Ltd
- Tindle Radio Ltd
- Toast Public Relations Limited
- Total Media Group Ltd
- Totally Plc
- Trader Media Group Ltd
- Transport for London.
- Tribal Resourcing Limited
- Trimedia.
- Trinity Mirror Plc
- Trinity Mirror Southern
- TRO Group
- TV3 Broadcasting Group Limited
- Twist Communications
- UBC Media Group Plc
- United Business Media Plc
- University of Sunderland Enterprises Ltd
- UTV Media Plc
- Velti Plc
- Virgin Media Ltd
- Vision Media Group International PLC
- Visit London Ltd
- Vitesse Media Plc
- Walkers (MCR) Limited
- Watershed Ltd
- White Digital Media Ltd
- Work Group Plc
- WPP Group Plc
- Wyatt International Ltd
- Yell Group Plc
- Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation
- Zoo Digital Group Plc.