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Twitter is to set up a 27,500 sq ft office at Air W1 near London's Piccadilly Circus.
30-Dec-2013
Hachette UK is to relocate the London headquarters of its publishing business to a 135,000 sq ft office at 50 Victoria Embankment in May 2014.
30-Dec-2013
We Are Social, the London-based digital marketing agency with 400 staff around the world, is to be acquired by BlueFocus Communication of China for an initial £19m.
19-Dec-2013
PA Group is to sell MeteoGroup, its London-based weather services business with 400 staff in 14 countries, to private equity firm General Atlantic for £160m.
17-Dec-2013
Sonaa, the London-based branding consultancy, has been acquired by 1HQ.
17-Dec-2013
William Reed Business Media has acquired Allegra Foodservice, the London-based market research firm.
16-Dec-2013
Gaming Realms has acquired Quick Think Media, the London-based online gaming marketing agency, for £2.2m.
11-Dec-2013
Crystal Semantics, the London-based online advertising services firm, has been acquired by WPP.
10-Dec-2013
Aesop Agency has acquired the London-based operations of creative agency Story Worldwide, with the transfer of 15 staff.
10-Dec-2013
Progressive Digital Media Group is to acquire the business and assets of Pyramid Research, the London-based provider of IT market analysis, from UBM for £2m.
10-Dec-2013
SurveyMonkey of the US is planning to open a sales and marketing office in London, with the creation of 50 jobs.
09-Dec-2013
National Film & Television School has secured government funding of £5m to expand its Digital Village in Buckinghamshire.
09-Dec-2013
Studiocanal of France has acquired Red, the Manchester-based TV production firm, for an estimated £30m.
05-Dec-2013
Granby Marketing Services, the Blackburn-based direct marketing and e-commerce firm with more than 100 staff, has undergone a £3.8m management buy-out.
04-Dec-2013
Macmillan Science & Education is to relocate its publishing business and up to 200 jobs from Basingstoke to King's Cross in London next year.
02-Dec-2013
Walker Media, the London-based media agency with 130 staff, is to be acquired by Publicis, following the sale of a 75% stake by M&C Saatchi for £36m.
02-Dec-2013
Pearson has sold Mergermarket, the provider of financial analysis services to advisory firms and investments banks, to funds advised by BC Partners for £382m.
02-Dec-2013
Purple Cow is to expand its Staffordshire-based training business with new sites in Birmingham, Nottingham, Telford and Warrington next year.
28-Nov-2013
Digital Cinema Media has acquired a 7,700 sq ft office for its cinema advertising business at 350 Euston Road in London.
26-Nov-2013
The BBC is planning to invest £23m in Birmingham over the next three years, including 80 jobs at a new digital centre of excellence at the Mailbox.
25-Nov-2013
Learning Curve has acquired Learning at Work, the Leeds-based educational publisher.
25-Nov-2013
Progility has acquired Sue Hill Recruitment, the provider of employment services to the market research sector with offices in London, Solihull and Dorset.
20-Nov-2013
Infinity SDC and Delancey have submitted plans to develop a 1m sq ft creative and digital cluster at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London.
18-Nov-2013
Hangar Seven has acquired London-based branding agency Brandhouse, and the 40 staff will relocate to Shoreditch.
14-Nov-2013
Weber Shandwick is to relocate its Glasgow-based public relations office to a 2,800 sq ft unit at The Hub at Pacific Quay this month.
13-Nov-2013
Out There Events has acquired Mix Media, the London-based publishing and events firm, for undisclosed terms.
12-Nov-2013
Wimbledon Film & Television Studios is looking to raise £3m from investors to fund the expansion of its studios in London.
11-Nov-2013
LiteBulb is to acquire Meld Group, the brand and product development company, for an initial £2m.
06-Nov-2013
Meridian Delta is to expand the 45-strong workforce at its Newcastle-based marketing business with 25 new jobs.
06-Nov-2013
DS Emotion has acquired iWorx, the Manchester-based public relations firm.
06-Nov-2013
Edinburgh University Press has bought Dundee University Press, the academic publisher, for undisclosed terms.
05-Nov-2013
CableCom Networking, the Somerset-based provider of broadband, TV and telephony services, has undergone a secondary management buy-out backed by Inflexion Private Equity.
30-Oct-2013
TeamRock is setting up a new digital development hub in Glasgow, with the creation of 47 jobs.
30-Oct-2013
AxisVFX is setting up new visual effects studios in Bristol and Glasgow.
30-Oct-2013
Daily Mail & General Trust is to acquire DIIG Europe, the Kent-based property search business, from Decision Insight Information Group for £75m.
29-Oct-2013
UKTV is reported to be considering plans to set up a 28,000 sq ft TV production office at a new development at 10 Hammersmith Grove in London.
29-Oct-2013
IFE Services, the Knutsford-based provider of entertainment services to airlines, has been acquired by US-based Global Eagle Entertainment for £22m.
24-Oct-2013
Degree 53 is planning to double the 53-strong workforce at its Manchester-based web design and apps business over the next two years.
22-Oct-2013
RetroFuzz is to acquire Eskimo Creative, the Manchester-based marketing and branding agency.
21-Oct-2013
Twofour has merged with Boom Pictures to create a combined TV production group valued at about £30m.
17-Oct-2013
Euromoney Institutional Investor has acquired Infrastructure Journal from Top Right Group for £12m.
15-Oct-2013
Aquira is to create a further 220 jobs at its direct marketing call centre in Glasgow.
14-Oct-2013
London Live is looking to recruit 50 staff for its new local TV service due to launch in spring 2014.
14-Oct-2013
Digital Next has acquired Xyline, the Manchester-based web development firm, for undisclosed terms.
14-Oct-2013
Trader Media Group is seeking a suitable location for a new 60,000 sq ft office in Manchester.
14-Oct-2013
PRS for Music is to relocate to a 52,000 sq ft unit being developed at King's Cross Central in London in 2014.
07-Oct-2013
New Mind has merged its Liverpool-based web design business with Norwegian firm TellUs IT.
07-Oct-2013
Online Ventures is to relocate its Manchester-based digital marketing agency to a 4,235 sq ft office at The Hive, and plans to expand the 26 staff with ten new jobs next year.
03-Oct-2013
UBM has sold Property Week magazine and related products to Metropolis International, with the transfer of 35 staff.
30-Sep-2013
Facebook is to relocate its London-based social networking office to a 90,000 sq ft unit at 10 Brock Street.
26-Sep-2013
Active Win Media is planning to expand the workforce at its Manchester-based online marketing business from 26 to 100 over the next two years.
26-Sep-2013
Icon Film Distribution has undergone a management buy-out backed by New Sparta for undisclosed terms.
24-Sep-2013
Ogilvy & Mather is to relocate its London-based advertising agency to a 226,000 sq ft office at Sea Containers House on the South Bank in 2014.
23-Sep-2013
S4C is considering plans to relocate the headquarters of its TV channel from Cardiff to either Carmarthen or Gwynedd.
23-Sep-2013
Venture Photography has acquired Peppermint Soda, the Hale-based marketing communications consultancy.
23-Sep-2013
GDA Creative Marketing, the Barnsley-based marketing firm with ten staff, has undergone a management buy-out.
19-Sep-2013
Poke, the London-based digital agency, has been acquired by Publicis Groupe for undisclosed terms.
19-Sep-2013
IO Technologies Group is looking to create up to 100 jobs in Plymouth over the next five years, having secured a £1m investment in its advertising technology business.
18-Sep-2013
Procam has acquired Hammerhead TV, the broadcast hire firm with offices in Glasgow, Edinburgh, London and Manchester.
18-Sep-2013
Cosgrove Hall Fitzpatrick Entertainment is to relocate its animation studio to The Towers business park in Manchester over the next few months, with the creation of up to 70 jobs.
17-Sep-2013
Ragdoll Worldwide, the children's TV production company, has been sold by BBC Worldwide to DHX Media of Canada for £17m.
17-Sep-2013
Titanic Quarter is planning to build a third film studio at its site in Belfast by next May.
16-Sep-2013
International Baccalaureate Organisation is reported to be planning to relocate its Cardiff-based exam assessment centre to a 50,000 sq ft office at Stirling House.
16-Sep-2013
The BBC is to relocate production of the Bargain Hunt programme from Bristol to Cardiff from August 2014.
12-Sep-2013
Join The Dots is to relocate its market research business to a 7,200 sq ft unit at The Hive in Lever Street, Manchester.
10-Sep-2013
Eventbrite of the US has acquired Lanyrd, the London-based social conference directory, for undisclosed terms.
09-Sep-2013
Trinity Mirror has sold Trinity Mirror Digital Property, the owner of SmartNewHomes.co.uk, Email4Property.co.uk, HomesOverseas.co.uk and Zoomf.com, to Zoopla Property for £3.3m.
05-Sep-2013
Communisis has acquired Editions Publishing, the Edinburgh-based content marketing agency with 31 staff, for £5.9m.
05-Sep-2013
Bloomsbury has bought Hart Publishing, the Oxford-based legal publisher, for £6.5m.
04-Sep-2013
ProVision has announced the creation of a 16,000 sq ft office and storage facility for its broadcast equipment rental business at Trafford Park in Manchester.
03-Sep-2013
Search Laboratory is to expand the 150-strong workforce at its Leeds-based search marketing business with six new jobs and a new office over the next year.
03-Sep-2013
Reelworld is to relocate the European headquarters of its radio jingles business from London to MediaCityUK in Manchester.
02-Sep-2013
Harrier is looking to expand the 170-strong workforce at its Newton Abbot-based photographic business with 300 new jobs, due to rising demand for digital prints and photographic gifts.
27-Aug-2013
Oxford University Press is considering plans to expand its Walton Street headquarters in Oxford, which currently has more than 1,800 staff.
27-Aug-2013
ITV Cymru Wales is to relocate its Cardiff headquarters and about 100 staff to a unit of 11,000 sq ft at 3 Assembly Square by June 2014.
22-Aug-2013
Chronicle & Echo is to relocate its Northampton-based newspaper to a new office in Victoria Street by September.
21-Aug-2013
The Argus is looking to relocate the headquarters of its Brighton-based newspaper to a new site of up to 30,000 sq ft.
20-Aug-2013
Corporate Media Partners has bought the Farnborough-based Thomson Local telephone directory business out of administration, saving 320 jobs.
19-Aug-2013
Store Media has been bought out of administration by a new company called Store Media Contracts, saving 19 jobs at its Blackpool-based advertising business.
15-Aug-2013
CHI & Partners, the London-based advertising agency, is to set up a new 12,500 sq ft office in Gresse Street.
07-Aug-2013
ReachLocal is setting up a 12,000 sq ft online marketing office at Griffin House in Hammersmith, London.
07-Aug-2013
KnowledgePoint360 of the US is to create an unspecified number of jobs for medical writers and project managers at its new healthcare communications office in Glasgow.
07-Aug-2013
Waitrose has acquired The Good Food Guide from Which for undisclosed terms, in order to expand its range of food publications.
06-Aug-2013
Clearanswer is planning to create 300 new jobs at its sales and marketing call centre in Hull.
05-Aug-2013
Twitter is to relocate its London-based social networking office to an 18,000 sq ft unit at 10 Brock Street.
05-Aug-2013
ITV has acquired Big Talk Productions, the TV and film production company, for an initial £12m.
05-Aug-2013
Absolute Radio, the network of radio stations, has been acquired by Bauer Media for £22m.
05-Aug-2013
The BBC is looking to relocate its Cardiff headquarters by 2018, and a number of potential sites are being considered.
05-Aug-2013
Sony Pictures Television is considering plans to set up a production studio at a 100,000 sq ft warehouse in Cumbernauld later this year, in order to film a new fantasy TV series and create 200 jobs.
22-Jul-2013
The Mill is to relocate its London-based digital effects business to a new 29,000 sq ft production studio with 285 staff in Fitzrovia.
22-Jul-2013
Conde Nast is considering plans to consolidate its London-based publishing operations at a new 11,500 sq ft office at 13 Hanover Square.
22-Jul-2013
BJL has acquired Mere PR, the Altrincham-based public relations firm, and the staff will work from BJL's Spinningfields office.
22-Jul-2013
Al Jazeera is to set up a 28,000 sq ft TV studio at The Shard in London.
18-Jul-2013
Daily Mail is planning to significantly expand the 100-strong editorial workforce at its Mail Online newspaper, and will open new offices abroad.
18-Jul-2013
Cupid has sold its casual dating businesses to Grendall Investment for £45m.
16-Jul-2013
News Corporation is to relocate its London-based News UK, HarperCollins and Dow Jones operations to a new office at The Place near London Bridge by 2015.
15-Jul-2013
MediaCom is to relocate its Manchester-based media planning agency to a new £10m office development at 1 Hardman Street.
15-Jul-2013
MADE Television is to set up a headquarters for its new local TV business in Leeds, with the creation of 50 jobs.
10-Jul-2013
Harman Technology is to submit plans for the £100m redevelopment of its site at Mobberley in Cheshire, including a new headquarters for the 220 staff in its camera films business and 375 new homes for LPC Living.
09-Jul-2013
TPG Capital is to acquire TSL Education, the London-based owner of the Times Educational Supplement, from Charterhouse for undisclosed terms.
09-Jul-2013
Pure360 has secured a £6.5m investment from Scottish Equity Partners to fund the expansion of its Brighton-based digital marketing business and create 65 new jobs.
09-Jul-2013
Trinity Mirror is to create up to 25 editorial jobs in its digital newspaper division.
04-Jul-2013
Perform Group is to acquire Opta, the sports data company, for an initial £40m.
04-Jul-2013
Ericsson is to acquire Red Bee Media, the broadcast services firm with 1,500 staff in the UK, France, Germany, Spain and Australia.
03-Jul-2013
GB Group has acquired CRD UK, the Crewe-based criminal records disclosure organisation, for £1.3m.
03-Jul-2013
Antyx is looking to create 20 jobs at its new children's animation business in Leeds and North Lincolnshire.
02-Jul-2013
TEFL Scotland is to create ten new jobs in Dingwall, having won a £1m contract to deliver online language training services to China.
27-Jun-2013
Avian Communications has merged with Blue Square to create a combined Dundee-based marketing agency called Avian Communications Network.
25-Jun-2013
BlueGlass has acquired Spades Media, the Surrey-based marketing agency.
19-Jun-2013
Leith Agency has merged with Newhaven Communications, the Edinburgh-based advertising agency.
19-Jun-2013
Aquira is to create up to 200 jobs at a new direct marketing call centre at Pacific Quay in Glasgow.
17-Jun-2013
Publicis is to take 155,000 sq ft of office space being developed at 63 Clerkenwell Road and 40 Chancery Lane in London in 2014.
17-Jun-2013
City of York Council is planning to develop a £1.4m 20,000 sq ft digital, media and creative centre at the Guildhall in York.
13-Jun-2013
Digital Rights Group, the independent TV rights distributor, has been acquired by Modern Times Group of Sweden for £13m.
13-Jun-2013
Express Newspapers is to create up to 40 editorial jobs in its online newspaper operations.
12-Jun-2013
Ufindalocal is creating 50 new sales jobs at its internet directory operations in Brentwood and Colchester.
10-Jun-2013
Southampton City Council and Oxford Innovation are considering plans to set up a 26,000 sq ft creative arts hub in the city centre, in order to attract media companies and create 300 jobs.
10-Jun-2013
Planet Cruise, the Portsmouth-based online and TV cruise supplier with 75 staff, is to be acquired by Iglu.com.
06-Jun-2013
Photolink Creative Group has acquired Hungry Tiger, the London-based photography firm with 55 staff, for undisclosed terms.
04-Jun-2013
About Corporate Finance has acquired Mediatique, the London-based TV industry consultancy.
04-Jun-2013
GOD TV is considering plans to set up a new headquarters for its TV channel on Union Street in Plymouth, with the creation of up to 100 jobs.
21-May-2013
St Ives has acquired Branded3 Search, the digital marketing firm with 50 staff in London and Leeds, for an initial £11m.
20-May-2013
Inovare, the Devon-based online media and e-learning provider, has been acquired by Volume for undisclosed terms.
20-May-2013
Chime Communications has acquired WARL Group, the London-based retail marketing agency, for an initial £4.5m.
16-May-2013
Wimbledon Film & TV Studios is to expand its media village with an additional 8,000 sq ft of office space by June.
15-May-2013
Headland Media, the Liverpool-based provider of news and entertainment services, has been sold by Oakley Capital Investments to KVH Industries for £15m.
14-May-2013
Procam, the broadcast equipment hire company with 70 staff in London and Manchester, has undergone a management buy-out backed by private equity firm Foresight.
09-May-2013
News International is in negotiations to relocate its London headquarters to The Place, the 430,000 sq ft office development at London Bridge.
09-May-2013
BSkyB is to create 350 jobs at its customer services call centre in Newcastle, and a further 200 sales jobs at other sites.
07-May-2013
Industrial Light & Magic of the US is reported to be looking into the possibility of setting up a movie visual effects facility in London's Docklands.
02-May-2013
Smiths News has sold Dawson Marketing Services and Marketlink Marketing Communications to SKU Logistics of Swindon for £0.2m.
02-May-2013
GroupM is reported to be planning to set up a 29,000 sq ft media investment management office at 26 Red Lion Square in London.
01-May-2013
Webhelp TSC is to create 50 new jobs at its call centre in Derby, in order to communicate with customers by email and social media.
01-May-2013
RWS Holdings has acquired PharmaQuest, the Oxfordshire-based provider of medical translation services, for £2.3m.
01-May-2013
Havas Media has acquired SCB Partners, the London-based marketing insight consultancy, and the staff will relocate to St Martin's Lane.
30-Apr-2013
Switch is planning to create up to 50 jobs at its Hampshire-based online advertising business this year.
30-Apr-2013
Mango Direct Marketing is to create 55 new jobs at its Bangor-based telemarketing and customer services call centre.
29-Apr-2013
ITV is to acquire The Garden, the London-based TV production company, for an initial £18m.
23-Apr-2013
Zonal has acquired TXD, the Stafford-based digital marketing company with ten staff, for undisclosed terms.
23-Apr-2013
Letts Filofax, the Edinburgh-based diary publisher, has been sold by Phoenix Equity Partners to HSGP Investments for undisclosed terms.
22-Apr-2013
Yahoo, the US internet services provider, is reported to be seeking a suitable location for a new 80,000 sq ft headquarters in the West End of London.
18-Apr-2013
Smiths News is to acquire European and African academic library services contracts from Blackwell UK for up to £2.1m, in order to expand its Bertram Books business.
18-Apr-2013
Reed Elsevier has acquired Mendeley, the London-based social network for academics, for £45m.
10-Apr-2013
Mark Allen Group is to acquire the PrintWeek trade journal from Haymarket Business Media, and will relocate the staff to its Herne Hill office in London.
10-Apr-2013
Ogilvy & Mather is reported to be considering plans to relocate its London-based advertising agency to a 200,000 sq ft office at Sea Containers House on the South Bank.
09-Apr-2013
Future is to sell the Classic Rock and Metal Hammer music magazines to a new company called Team Rock for £10m.
03-Apr-2013
Nvidia is to relocate its Bristol-based digital media business to a new 30,000 sq ft office for up to 200 staff at Aztec West in August.
25-Mar-2013
BT Group is to create 400 jobs at call centres in Accrington, Canterbury, Doncaster, Dundee, Glasgow, Newcastle, Truro and Warrington, in order to launch its new sports TV service.
20-Mar-2013
Euromoney Institutional Investor has acquired Insider Publishing, the insurance information and events firm, for an initial £17m.
20-Mar-2013
The BBC has sold the Lonely Planet travel publishing business to NC2 Media for £51m.
20-Mar-2013
Jam Media is to set up a £1.4m animation production centre in Belfast, with the creation of 40 jobs.
14-Mar-2013
AA Global is looking to create up to 100 freelance jobs at its translation and interpreting business in Hull.
12-Mar-2013
St Ives is to acquire Amaze, the London-based marketing and technology consultancy with 200 staff, from Hasgrove for up to £24m.
12-Mar-2013
Scala Publishers, the London-based book publisher, has been sold out of administration by Harrisons Business Recovery to Channon Education.
11-Mar-2013
Porta has acquired Cauldron Consulting, the London-based provider of media relations and market intelligence services in the financial sector.
11-Mar-2013
The Red Brick Road, the London-based advertising agency, has undergone a management buy-out.
05-Mar-2013
YourTV has secured the local TV licence in the Preston area from Ofcom.
04-Mar-2013
Uber is to relocate its Sheffield-based creative agency and up to 26 staff to the Park Hill development in March.
28-Feb-2013
BT is to acquire ESPN'S UK and Ireland TV channels from Disney for undisclosed terms, and up to 97 staff will relocate from Hammersmith to Stratford.
26-Feb-2013
Bay TV has won the licence to launch a new local television station in Liverpool by the end of the year.
25-Feb-2013
Ten Alps has sold its Below the Radar TV production business in Northern Ireland to a management buy-out.
25-Feb-2013
Cirrus has expanded its Cheshire-based branding agency by merging with Xancam, the Thame-based talent consultancy with 12 staff.
20-Feb-2013
Callcredit Information Group has acquired Lifestyles Online, the Bath-based consumer data firm with 16 staff, for undisclosed terms.
19-Feb-2013
Virgin Media is to create 230 new jobs in Swansea, 130 in Manchester and 40 in Birmingham, with vacancies for customer service staff and engineers.
18-Feb-2013
Sanctuary Records, the record label, is to be sold by Universal Music to BMG of Germany for an estimated £40m.
18-Feb-2013
Screen Yorkshire is looking to invest an additional £3.5m in new TV and film projects this year.
13-Feb-2013
Wilmington Group has acquired NHiS, the Nottingham-based data analysis and business intelligence firm, for an initial £5.6m.
11-Feb-2013
Bauer Media has acquired Planet Rock, the digital radio station, for undisclosed terms.
07-Feb-2013
Virgin Media is to be acquired by US-based Liberty Global for £15bn, creating a combined broadband communications group with 25m customers in 14 countries.
06-Feb-2013
The BBC and Stanhope have unveiled proposals for the redevelopment of Television Centre in London, including new studios, homes and leisure facilities.
05-Feb-2013
Evening Standard has been awarded the London local TV licence by Ofcom, and hopes to launch the new London Live channel later this year.
05-Feb-2013
Tindle Radio has sold three local radio stations in Norfolk and Suffolk to a management team operating under the name of Media Aspect Local.
05-Feb-2013
Telegraph Media Group has acquired a majority stake in VOS Media, the producer of ski, bike and travel events.
05-Feb-2013
Pinewood Studios has submitted plans to South Buckinghamshire District Council for the £200m expansion of its film production site, with the creation of 3,000 jobs.
04-Feb-2013
Thebigword is creating up to 92 jobs at its Leeds-based translation services business, with vacancies in IT, customer services and logistics.
30-Jan-2013
Ward Lovett has been bought out of administration by a new company called Kerst, saving 12 jobs at its Cannock-based advertising and PR business.
28-Jan-2013
Forrest Media is to invest £3m in the expansion of its outdoor advertising operations in Scotland, including the replacement of traditional billboards with digital signs.
28-Jan-2013
Loveurope has acquired Locomotion, the London-based advertising, digital, film and broadcast production company.
23-Jan-2013
RedEye is planning to expand the workforce at its Crewe-based online marketing consultancy this year, having just doubled the size of its 4,000 sq ft office.
22-Jan-2013
Virgin Media is to expand the 750-strong workforce at its call centre in Bellshill with 60 new jobs.
21-Jan-2013
Equator is to expand the 92-strong workforce at its Glasgow-based digital marketing agency with 15 new jobs.
21-Jan-2013
Pinewood Studios and Amersham & Wycombe College are to set up a training centre for screen-based industries at Pinewood.
15-Jan-2013
DC Thomson has acquired Scottish Wedding Directory, the magazine publisher with 15 staff, for undisclosed terms.
14-Jan-2013
STV has been awarded local TV licences for Glasgow and Edinburgh by Ofcom, and broadcasting will start in October.
14-Jan-2013
Mediaworks is planning to double the 45-strong workforce at its new 7,500 sq ft digital marketing office on the Team Valley industrial estate in Tyne & Wear over the next two years.
10-Jan-2013
UTV is to merge Simply Zesty and Tibus Digital to create a combined digital marketing agency with 50 staff in Belfast and Dublin.
09-Jan-2013
Aegis Media has acquired Lucidity Digital, the Irish web design agency, in order to expand its Isobar division.
08-Jan-2013
Citypress is to relocate its Manchester-based public relations office to a 7,000 sq ft unit at 196 Deansgate in March.
08-Jan-2013
Digital Barriers has acquired Visimetrics, the Prestwick-based digital video technology firm, for up to £8m.
07-Jan-2013