Posts tagged: Sir Martin Sorrell
Friday, 22 March 2024, 10:10 am
Shares in S4 Capital have rallied this morning almost 20pc after hacks at The Wall Street Journal came up with an intriguing tale about takeover interest the digital advertising group set up by Sir Martin Sorrell, one of Britain's most successful admen and founder of WPP...
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Wednesday, 25 November 2020, 8:53 pm
The idea of Sir Martin heading stateside for his next deal might have been a curve ball.
In case you don't recall the excellent Alex Lawson noted in the Mail on Sunday's Stockwatch column a few weeks ago that adman dealmaker was over in the US eyeing up deals ahead of Jo Biden becoming president. Below is a link to the Sunday round up piece I wrote on the topic a few weeks ago:..
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Friday, 2 October 2020, 8:12 am
Tucked away in yesterday's Evening Standard City Spy column is a little diary story about how Sir Martin Sorrell stayed in Belgravia during the summer months of the crisis instead of escaping to "sunnier climes" such as the South of France.
Apparently, according to the item, Sorrell spent most of his time at his central London pad growing and looking after "oranges and lemons" as it has a sun trap.
Really?..
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Wednesday, 20 June 2018, 9:25 pm
It has been brought to Betaville's attention that Investment bankers are all over WPP chairman Roberto Quarta, angling for permanent mandate as the company's financial advisor.
And you can see why corporate financiers are aggresively targeting the marketing services group set up by Sir Martin Sorrell in 1985...
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Betaville IntelligenceMonday, 11 June 2018, 5:14 pm
Below is a link to a truly brilliant piece of investigative journalism by the Financial Times.
https://ft.trib.al/v52x9f4..
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Friday, 27 April 2018, 11:11 am
Farewell, Sir Martin. The round the clock media coverage of the deal junkie ad man appears to have halted now that he has stepped down as chief executive of WPP, the marketing services giant he built over the last thirty years...
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Tuesday, 17 April 2018, 2:49 pm
There is another cracking column in the The Times on WPP today from former Telegraph colleague Alistair Osborne. Below is a link:
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/wpp-is-hit-as-fears-grow-of-break-up-fc2r5psk2
But this is a fast moving story, with the The Times business section splashing on the prospects for a break up for at the advertising juggernaut...
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Betaville IntelligenceWednesday, 4 April 2018, 3:48 pm
Advertising giant WPP is in the headlines today and not necessarily for the right reasons:
https://www.investegate.co.uk/wpp-plc--wpp-/rns/independent-investigation/201804040700027165J/
In fact, it was the venerable Wall Street Journal that broke the news last night about the independent investigation into Sir Martin...
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