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Reader's Digest is to create 85 jobs at a new call centre in Swindon next year.
20-Dec-2010
ITV has confirmed plans to relocate its Manchester-based TV studio to MediaCityUK in Salford in 2012.
20-Dec-2010
ThinkBDW has bought Robson Brown, the Newcastle-based advertising agency, out of administration, securing jobs for some of the 90 staff.
16-Dec-2010
Lloyd International Translations, the Cheshire-based provider of technical translation services with 40 staff, has been acquired by Welocalize of the US for undisclosed terms.
16-Dec-2010
Twitter of the US is said to be considering plans to open an office in London in 2011.
14-Dec-2010
Faversham House, the environmental publisher with 100 staff, has undergone a £4m management buy-out backed by Matrix Private Equity Partners.
14-Dec-2010
Zolfo Cooper has sold the R2 Communications media agency out of administration to WTTW Communications, securing 20 jobs, while the Bath-based Attinger Jack division has been sold to a former owner.
07-Dec-2010
ITV is to soon decide whether to relocate its Granada TV studio to MediaCity UK in Salford.
06-Dec-2010
ROEye, the Manchester-based affiliate management agency, is expanding into London with a new office in Camden.
06-Dec-2010
Unruly Media is setting up a new 5,900 sq ft office on Fashion Street, London E1.
06-Dec-2010
Bloomberg is planning to build a new 500,000 sq ft headquarters for its media business at Walbrook Square in London.
06-Dec-2010
The British Film Institute is to take on the responsibilities of the axed UK Film Council, including the allocation of the £15m lottery fund for movies.
30-Nov-2010
Chrysalis, the music publishing group, has been acquired by a joint venture between Bertelsmann and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts for £107m.
29-Nov-2010
Virgin Media is planning to create a new Wi-Fi broadband network, using secure public locations across the country.
24-Nov-2010
Amaze is to relocate its Manchester-based marketing business and 120 staff to a 16,500 sq ft office at the Number One First Street Building.
22-Nov-2010
Monkey Kingdom, the London-based TV production company, has been acquired by NBC Universal for undisclosed terms.
17-Nov-2010
VMIX of the US is expanding into the UK online video market with its two new offices at 151 West George Street in Glasgow and 1 Liverpool Street in London.
16-Nov-2010
Electric Word has acquired Radcliffe, the publisher of healthcare books, for an initial £1.5m, having raised £2.5m in a share placing.
16-Nov-2010
Pagoda Public Relations has acquired Morhamburn Consultancy to create a combined Edinburgh-based public relations agency with 15 staff.
16-Nov-2010
BBC Worldwide has sold its 50% stake in the Animal Planet and Liv TV channels to Discovery Communications for £97m.
16-Nov-2010
Concept4 has acquired Fusion Web Development, the Chorley-based digital technology firm.
15-Nov-2010
United Business Media has acquired Publishing Expo, the operator of a London tradeshow for the publishing industry, from Legend Exhibitions for £0.3m.
11-Nov-2010
Fuse8 has acquired Delete Digital Marketing, the recently-formed London-based digital agency, in a £0.4m deal.
11-Nov-2010
The BBC is seeking a suitable location outside London to set up a new animation studio, and will start recruiting a creative team early next year.
10-Nov-2010
Warner Bros is to proceed with plans to develop a new £100m film studio at Leavesden in Hertfordshire by 2012, with the creation of 300 jobs.
09-Nov-2010
Lime Pictures is to set up a Conker Media digital fiction production centre at MediaCityUK in Salford next spring, in partnership with BBC North.
08-Nov-2010
Universal Pictures is to set up a 107,000 sq ft office at Central St Giles in London's West End.
08-Nov-2010
Twofour has acquired The Rocket Science Group, the London-based corporate communications firm, for undisclosed terms.
04-Nov-2010
Bloomsbury has acquired Duckworth Academic and Bristol Classical Press from Gerald Duckworth & Co for undisclosed terms, in order to expand its academic book publishing operation.
01-Nov-2010
Mere Mortals is looking to expand its Tyneside-based film and TV production business with new offices in Manchester and the Middle East.
01-Nov-2010
Specific Media is to relocate its London-based interactive media office to a 25,000 sq ft unit at Central St Giles near Tottenham Court Road.
26-Oct-2010
Mindshare is to set up a 78,000 sq ft office for its media planning business at Central St Giles in London.
26-Oct-2010
ITV West has sold its 67,000 sq ft Bristol headquarters to Cube, in order to transform the site into a media village.
25-Oct-2010
Lancaster University has acquired The Work Foundation, the London-based economic research group with 43 staff.
25-Oct-2010
Compact Media Group, the London-based entertainment rights administrator, has undergone a £17m management buy-out backed by Lyceum Capital.
25-Oct-2010
Touch Local is planning to create 100 new jobs at its online directories call centre in Stockton this year.
25-Oct-2010
Creativeworld of Lancashire is planning to open a design and marketing office in London.
21-Oct-2010
FremantleMedia is to acquire a further 51% stake in Ludia, the interactive games developer, taking its total stake to 80%.
20-Oct-2010
Tribal Group has sold the trade and assets of Kindred Agency, the London-based communications agency with 50 staff, to a management team for a nominal sum.
20-Oct-2010
South West Screen is working on proposals to develop a film production studio at a 13-acre former industrial site at Hengrove in Bristol.
18-Oct-2010
Applied Language Solutions of Oldham has acquired Translate4me, the Harrogate-based translation services firm with six staff.
13-Oct-2010
Red Vision VFX is to set up a 3D TV studio at Newton Heath in Manchester next year, with the creation of 26 jobs.
11-Oct-2010
The Weather Lottery has acquired ClickNow, the provider of online marketing services to not-for-profit organisations.
11-Oct-2010
The Office for National Statistics is creating 35,000 temporary jobs to work on the 2011 census of England and Wales.
07-Oct-2010
Ecosse Films is seeking creative talent for its newly-opened film production office in Glasgow.
06-Oct-2010
Television Versioning & Translation is setting up a 4,000 sq ft office at 578-586 Chiswick High Road in London.
29-Sep-2010
Panther Securities is to acquire the freehold of Merton Studios in Wimbledon for £4.7m, and a new company has been formed to operate the four-acre site as an independent film studio.
29-Sep-2010
ITV is to sell its 50% stake in the Screenvision cinema advertising business to US private equity fund Shamrock Capital Growth Fund II for £50m.
29-Sep-2010
VOICE is planning to expand the workforce at its Sheffield-based telemarketing business from 270 to 750 by 2011, having just opened a new 25,000 sq ft office at The Mount.
22-Sep-2010
Customer Research Technology is to relocate its Coventry-based market research business and 26 staff from the Business Innovation Centre in Binley to its own building.
21-Sep-2010
Amazon is said to be looking to acquire Lovefilm, the online movie rental firm valued at £200m.
21-Sep-2010
Motive Television is to acquire a 68% stake in Adecq Digital, the Spanish TV technology firm, for £1.6m.
20-Sep-2010
United Business Media is to acquire Canon Communications, the US-based trade shows operator with 343 staff worldwide, from Spectrum Equity Investors for £185m.
16-Sep-2010
Fresh Egg is planning to set up a new headquarters for its web design business at a former Allied Carpets store in Worthing, and its workforce will rise from 40 to 60.
16-Sep-2010
Motive Television is to acquire the assets of NXVision, the Dunfermline-based internet TV company, out of liquidation.
16-Sep-2010
Universal Pictures is said to be seeking 80,000 sq ft of office space in London's West End, as the lease expires at its existing headquarters in 2012.
15-Sep-2010
Global Radio is to expand its Capital London radio station across the country, with the consolidation of its Galaxy and Hit Music brands into the Capital network.
14-Sep-2010
Alpha Newspaper Group has bought the Newry Democrat newspaper in County Down from Thomas Crosbie Holdings for undisclosed terms.
08-Sep-2010
Stanley Gibbons has acquired M&N Haworth, the stamp dealer, for £0.3m.
02-Sep-2010
Progressive Digital Media Group has acquired Canadean, the Basingstoke-based provider of market intelligence to the beverage industry, for £9m.
02-Sep-2010
Latitude Digital Marketing is setting up a 7,972 sq ft office at Mandarin Court in Warrington.
01-Sep-2010
Alterian has acquired Intrepid Consultants, the market research consultancy with 40 staff in the US and London, for up to £7.5m.
01-Sep-2010
LinkedIn Europe, the online business networking firm, is setting up a 7,400 sq ft office at 17 Gresse Street in London's West End.
26-Aug-2010
Belfast Metropolitan College is to build a new £15m education centre in west Belfast by 2012, including TV and radio production studios.
18-Aug-2010
Metrodome has acquired Target Entertainment, the TV distribution rights management firm, for £0.8m.
16-Aug-2010
All3Media has acquired Optomen, the TV production company, for an estimated £40m.
16-Aug-2010
United Business Media has acquired The Route Development Group, the Manchester-based operator of aviation route development events, for an initial £8m.
16-Aug-2010
Euromoney Institutional Investor is to acquire Arete Consulting, the online publishing firm, for up to £10m.
10-Aug-2010
YouGov is to acquire Harrison Group, the US marketing and strategic research consultancy, for an initial £3.8m.
10-Aug-2010
Shed Media, the TV production company, is to be acquired by Time Warner of the US for £100m.
09-Aug-2010
Satellite Information Services is to relocate its broadcasting production and engineering operation from London to a 25,000 sq ft office at MediaCityUK in Salford Quays, where it will employ more than 100 staff.
05-Aug-2010
Pearson is to acquire America's Choice, the US provider of school improvement services, for £50m.
03-Aug-2010
BSkyB is to create a further 400 jobs at its new call centre in Stockport over the next few months.
29-Jul-2010
Pearson has acquired Wall Street Institute, the US provider of language training services, for £58m.
29-Jul-2010
RTL Group has sold Five, the London-based TV channel, to Northern & Shell for £103m.
26-Jul-2010
Bertram Group has confirmed plans to relocate its library services division from Leeds to Norwich in September, with the creation of up to 130 jobs.
19-Jul-2010
The BBC is planning to relocate its Marketing, Communications & Audiences division, its Future Media & Technology department and its Breakfast programme to MediaCityUK at Salford Quays.
19-Jul-2010
BBC Worldwide has sold an 85% stake in BBC Audiobooks, the Bath-based publisher with 140 staff, to a new company called AudioGo for more than £10m.
15-Jul-2010
BMG Rights Management is to acquire Stage Three Music, the London-based music publisher, from Apax Partners and Ingenious Ventures.
15-Jul-2010
The Neighbourhood is to relocate its Manchester-based design studio and 11 staff to a larger office on Lever Street in September.
12-Jul-2010
Direct Visual is looking to recruit ten additional staff at its video equipment business in Elland.
12-Jul-2010
Yell is to create up to 60 new sales jobs at the Yellow Pages telephone directory call centre at Donegall Square in Belfast.
08-Jul-2010
Office Response is creating 30 new jobs at its Bristol-based telephone answering business.
05-Jul-2010
SDL has acquired Xopus, the Dutch provider of online XML editing services, for an initial £1.3m.
30-Jun-2010
Motive Television has sold its Brown Eyed Boy TV production subsidiary to Shine Group in a £0.2m deal.
30-Jun-2010
Creston is to sell its London-based DLKW advertising business to the Lowe subsidiary of The IPG Group of Companies for £28m.
28-Jun-2010
Fuse8 Group, the digital marketing company with offices in Leeds and Russia, is to be acquired by investment firm Award International for £5m.
24-Jun-2010
Archant has acquired KOS Media Publishing, the Kent-based newspaper and magazine publisher with 70 staff, for undisclosed terms.
22-Jun-2010
Trinity Mirror has confirmed plans to relocate its Manchester-based MEN Media newspaper publishing business to Oldham in September.
21-Jun-2010
Cryptic Peach has sold its Manchester-based media training business out of administration to Soho Editors Training and Amsys.
14-Jun-2010
BSkyB is to acquire a number of TV channels from Virgin Media for £160m, including Living, Challenge and Bravo.
07-Jun-2010
RDF Media, the TV production company, has been acquired by Zodiak Entertainment of France for an estimated £150m.
03-Jun-2010
Centaur Media has acquired Taxbriefs Holdings, the provider of tax information services, for £1.9m.
02-Jun-2010
Headland Media has acquired NewsLink Services, the provider of news and information services to seafarers.
01-Jun-2010
The BBC is expected to unveil plans for the multi-million pound transformation of the Television Centre in west London into a 23-acre "creative quarter", providing space to other media companies.
27-May-2010
Garnett Dickinson has acquired Native Publisher Services, the magazine distributor, for undisclosed terms.
27-May-2010
Fresh Group is planning to expand the Cheadle-based headquarters of its events and communications business, providing space to increase the workforce from 67 to 90.
26-May-2010
Yell has acquired Trusted Places, the operator of a local reviews website.
24-May-2010
MF Management is to acquire PFD, the literary agency, to create a new company called The Rights House.
20-May-2010
UKFast is planning to recruit up to 60 sales and account management staff at its Manchester-based web hosting business, and will also launch a new recruitment division.
19-May-2010
Liverpool Football Club is to relocate its TV and digital media operations from Garston to 20 Chapel Street in Liverpool city centre.
19-May-2010
Pearson is to acquire Melorio, the London-based vocational training firm, for £99m.
19-May-2010
DotDigital Group has acquired Netcallidus, the Northamptonshire-based digital marketing agency, for up to £1m.
18-May-2010
WebAnywhere is creating up to 50 jobs at a new 10,000 sq ft office for its educational websites business at the Aire Valley Business Centre in Keighley.
12-May-2010
Amaze is to expand the 25-strong workforce at its new digital marketing agency office at the Royal Liver Building in Liverpool with 12 additional staff.
12-May-2010
Ten Alps has acquired Grove House Publishing, the publisher of trade media in the farming sector, for an initial £0.7m.
11-May-2010
IQPC is to relocate its conference planning business to a 24,000 sq ft office at 129 Wilton Road, London SW1.
10-May-2010
Engine Group has bought the Jam social media unit of I-level out of administration, securing the future of 20 jobs.
10-May-2010
HandMade, the owner of HandMade Films, is to be acquired by a new company called Almorah Services for £2.3m.
04-May-2010
Twenty is to sell DFPP, the holding company of Dataforce Interact, to HOV Global Services for an initial £7.2m.
04-May-2010
The British Film Institute is to draw up a shortlist of architects this summer for the development of a new headquarters and film centre on the South Bank in London.
29-Apr-2010
G-Forces is seeking permission to extend its internet services office near Maidstone, with the creation of 50 jobs.
29-Apr-2010
Ant Marketing is to recruit an additional 30 staff at its Sheffield-based telemarketing business, having won a new contract for the JD Williams fashion catalogue.
22-Apr-2010
CNBC and NBC Universal are said to be looking into the possibility of relocating their central London TV operations to a new 100,000 sq ft location.
21-Apr-2010
STV Group is to sell Pearl & Dean, the cinema advertising firm, to a new company called Image for a nominal sum.
21-Apr-2010
Rapier, the advertising agency, is setting up a 25,000 sq ft office at the Battleship Building in London W2.
19-Apr-2010
Admiral PR is looking to open new public relations offices in Manchester, Leeds, Edinburgh and Northern Ireland, and expects to increase its 14-strong workforce to 30 over the next five years.
14-Apr-2010
Durrants has acquired the Gorkana news service for journalists for about £25m.
12-Apr-2010
Reader's Digest has sold its UK-based magazine publishing business out of administration to private equity firm Better Capital for £13m, securing the future of 100 jobs.
12-Apr-2010
Euro Media Group has acquired Aerial Camera Systems, the Surrey-based supplier of film and TV cameras with 40 staff, for undisclosed terms.
12-Apr-2010
Chrysalis has acquired First State Media Group, the Irish owner of publishing rights to 45,000 songs, for £11m.
06-Apr-2010
Cimex is expanding its digital agency business by opening a regional office at Portland Tower in Manchester city centre, and additional offices will be opened in other cities over the next three years.
06-Apr-2010
Infoserve is to expand the Darlington office of its online marketing business, with the creation of up to 120 jobs.
06-Apr-2010
AP Global Media Services is to open a new TV broadcasting studio in central London in May.
01-Apr-2010
Freshwater UK has acquired Profile Plus, the Edinburgh-based PR agency, for up to £0.4m.
01-Apr-2010
Independent News & Media is to sell The Independent national newspaper to the Russian owner of the Evening Standard for a nominal sum.
29-Mar-2010
Ebiquity is to acquire Xtreme Information Services, the international advertising monitoring firm with 300 staff, from VS&A for £18m.
29-Mar-2010
The BBC is to relocate its Learning department and up to 32 jobs from London to MediaCityUK in Manchester.
18-Mar-2010
McCann Manchester is to acquire Blue Banana, the Manchester-based market research agency with five staff.
17-Mar-2010
Robson Brown, the Newcastle-based advertising and marketing agency with 95 staff, has been acquired by Round2 of the US.
10-Mar-2010
Milk is to employ 15 staff at its new digital media office at 111 Piccadilly in Manchester.
08-Mar-2010
BSkyB is to open a 23,500 sq ft Sky TV call centre at St Peter's Square in Stockport in June, with the creation of 550 jobs.
08-Mar-2010
The BBC is to revive plans for the development of a 130,000 sq ft music centre for the BBC Symphony Orchestra at Wood Lane in London.
01-Mar-2010
Bigmouthmedia of Edinburgh is to merge with Lost Boys International of the Netherlands to create a combined website marketing business with 1,800 staff, and £35m of private equity will be invested.
01-Mar-2010
United Business Media has acquired Game Advertising Online, the New Zealand-based online advertising agency, for up to £4.5m, in order to expand its TechWeb subsidiary.
24-Feb-2010
UBC Media has acquired Above the Title, the radio production company, for up to £1m.
16-Feb-2010
Fitness TV of Huddersfield has merged with Body in Balance TV to create a combined fitness broadcasting group called Media Health & Fitness.
11-Feb-2010
Brighton Housing Trust has acquired Blue Rocket, the East Sussex-based public relations firm, for undisclosed terms.
11-Feb-2010
Trinity Mirror is to acquire 32 regional newspaper titles from Guardian Media Group for £45m, with the transfer of about 790 staff and the relocation of MEN Media from Manchester's Spinningfields to Oldham.
10-Feb-2010
Access Point UK is to create ten new jobs at its Southport-based marketing promotions business.
08-Feb-2010
Adventis Group has acquired bChannels, the Oxford-based technology marketing firm with 24 staff, for up to £4.5m.
03-Feb-2010
Twenty has acquired The Moving Service, the London-based consumer data firm trading as Moveme, for an initial £1m.
02-Feb-2010
Education Development International has acquired Peter Honey Publications, the Maidenhead-based supplier of self-assessment learning services, for £1.1m.
02-Feb-2010
Warner Brothers is planning to set up a permanent studio in Leavesden, Hertfordshire, as part of an estimated £100m investment programme.
27-Jan-2010
Redcar & Cleveland Council has unveiled plans to set up a £7m centre for creative industries at an undisclosed location in Redcar.
25-Jan-2010
Niocom has acquired Central Radio, the Preston-based radio station, after UTV Media decided to return its licence to broadcast across Central Lancashire.
20-Jan-2010
The BBC is planning to set up a new TV drama production centre in Cardiff Bay, and work could start on the site within six months.
19-Jan-2010
Contagious Communications, the marketing intelligence firm with 20 staff, has undergone a buy-out from Xtreme Information backed by venture capital firm IBIS Media.
19-Jan-2010
SDL has acquired Fredhopper, the Dutch marketing software firm with offices in London, France, Germany and Bulgaria, for undisclosed terms.
19-Jan-2010
Media Square has acquired Chick Smith Trott, the London-based advertising agency, from Cagney for £0.4m.
18-Jan-2010
Reliance MediaWorks of India has acquired the assets of the iLab film processing business in London's Soho.
14-Jan-2010
Latitude Group, the Warrington-based digital marketing agency with 90 staff, has been sold to its management and private equity backers in a pre-pack administration through BDO.
13-Jan-2010
SIS Live is to acquire the assets of O21 Television from Gravity Media Group, with the transfer of 23 staff and six trucks.
13-Jan-2010
Darkside Animation is to relocate its London office from Bloomsbury Square to a 2,500 sq ft facility in Eagle Street by February.
13-Jan-2010
Little Airplane, the US children's TV company, is said to be considering plans to set up an operation at MediaCity in Salford Quays.
12-Jan-2010