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Bloomsbury Publishing has acquired Osprey Publishing, the Oxford-based military and natural history publisher, for £4.6m.
23-Dec-2014
New York Times Company, the US publishing firm, is planning to set up a 9,000 sq ft office at 18 Museum Street in London.
22-Dec-2014
Sponge UK is planning to create 30 new jobs at its Plymouth-based online learning business in 2015.
22-Dec-2014
Intelligent Optimisations has raised £4m to fund the expansion of its Plymouth-based digital advertising business with 20 new jobs in 2015.
22-Dec-2014
Clear B2B has expanded its Cirencester-based marketing consultancy with the acquisition of PR firm Shipham Communications.
18-Dec-2014
The Foundry, the London-based special effects company with about 100 staff, is expected to be sold by Carlyle Group next year for up to £200m.
16-Dec-2014
Gratterpalm has acquired London-based Underwired to create a combined marketing agency with 170 staff.
15-Dec-2014
John Brown Media is to relocate its London-based marketing firm to an 18,000 sq ft office at The Bower development on London's Old Street in 2015.
15-Dec-2014
Porta Communications has acquired Publicasity, the London-based PR firm with 28 staff, for £2.8m.
11-Dec-2014
Talk & Vision is relocating its London-based videoconferencing business to 1 Queen Street this month, and new jobs will be created.
10-Dec-2014
Cupid has agreed to sell its Edinburgh-based online dating service to Tradax IP Licensing and Together Networks for £3m.
09-Dec-2014
Next Fifteen Communications has acquired a 75% stake in Morar, the London-based market research consultancy, for an initial £1.3m.
04-Dec-2014
Vision Unique Equipment is to relocate its Manchester-based CCTV business to an 11,500 sq ft unit at Metroplex Business Park.
02-Dec-2014
Jacob Bailey Group to acquire Sudbury-based 032 Design, creating a combined creative agency with 50 staff.
02-Dec-2014
Cheil Worldwide of South Korea is to acquire an undisclosed initial stake in Iris, the London-based advertising agency network.
26-Nov-2014
Search Laboratory is to relocate its Leeds-based digital marketing business to a 24,000 sq ft office at West Park over the next few weeks.
26-Nov-2014
Brown Bags is to set up an animation studio at the Sharp Project in Manchester in January, with the creation of up to 40 jobs.
24-Nov-2014
Fluent Communication is creating 50 jobs at its Sheffield-based marketing call centre business.
24-Nov-2014
Ve Interactive has acquired GDM Digital, the London-based media buying agency with 42 staff, for £7m.
19-Nov-2014
Big Group has acquired Twist Media, the London-based marketing firm, for undisclosed terms.
17-Nov-2014
Remarkable Group has acquired Pendragon for undisclosed terms, creating a new public relations group with offices in Winchester, London, Manchester and Bristol.
17-Nov-2014
Thompson Brand Partners has acquired What Creative, the Leeds-based digital agency, for undisclosed terms.
12-Nov-2014
Porta Communications has acquired PPS Group, the PR agency with 45 staff in Aberdeen, Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh, London and Manchester, for £6.1m.
12-Nov-2014
Mission Marketing Group has announced the merger of London-based Speed Communications with Bray Leino, the PR agency with offices in London and Bristol.
11-Nov-2014
Mendeley is to relocate its London-based academic social media network to a 19,000 sq ft office at the Alphabeta development in Shoredtich.
05-Nov-2014
Jam Media is planning to expand the workforce at its TV production facilities in Belfast and Dublin from 40 to 80 in 2015.
30-Oct-2014
Planet Hippo has acquired the Essex-based website hosting business of i4 Visual Media for undisclosed terms.
29-Oct-2014
NRS Media is to expand the ten-strong workforce at its new media sales office in Sunderland to 25 over the next year.
27-Oct-2014
Gorkana Group, the London-based media intelligence firm, has been acquired by US-based Cision for £200m.
23-Oct-2014
S4C has reached agreement with University of Wales Trinity Saint David to relocate its TV headquarters and 50 staff from Cardiff to Carmarthen by 2018.
21-Oct-2014
Vice News is planning to expand the 150 staff at the London office of its online video news business.
20-Oct-2014
James Grant Group, the talent management agency, has been sold by private equity firm Gresham to Metric Capital for about £45m.
14-Oct-2014
Saatchi & Saatchi is expected to transfer the global headquarters of its advertising business from the US to Chancery Lane in London in January.
13-Oct-2014
The Gate Films is to expand the 35-strong workforce at its new 6,000 sq ft video advertising office in Manchester with up to 15 new jobs over the next year.
13-Oct-2014
Quantcast of the US has acquired Struq, the London-based advertising technology firm, for undisclosed terms.
06-Oct-2014
Converso is to create 100 fixed-term jobs at its market research call centre in Southend.
02-Oct-2014
Worthington Group has acquired a portfolio of digital media, events and branding assets, including The Digital Marketing Show and The Great British Entrepreneurs Awards.
30-Sep-2014
Ipsos MORI is setting up a 65,000 sq ft research office at Thomas More Square in London.
29-Sep-2014
York Mailing Group has acquired Go Direct Marketing, the Otley-based mail order and retail marketing firm with ten staff.
25-Sep-2014
Chime Communications has acquired ABC Sports Management, the London-based athlete management firm, for an initial £0.8m.
25-Sep-2014
Park Circus, the Glasgow-based film distributor, has been acquired by Arts Alliance for undisclosed terms.
25-Sep-2014
Expo Management, the events and publishing firm with 32 staff in Leamington Spa and Peterborough, has been acquired by Diversified Business Communications for undisclosed terms.
22-Sep-2014
Cineflix UK has undergone a management buy-out from Cineflix Productions, creating a new TV production group called Curve Media.
11-Sep-2014
Havas, the French advertising group, is to set up a 165,000 sq ft headquarters at Three Pancras Square in London in 2017.
03-Sep-2014
Way to Blue has acquired Abundant, the London-based digital creative and PR agency.
03-Sep-2014
Perform, the Feltham-based sports media group with 200 staff in Leeds, is to be acquired by US-based Access Industries in a deal worth £702m.
03-Sep-2014
DCD Media is in negotiations to sell Matchlight, the Glasgow-based TV production firm, to a management team.
02-Sep-2014
Vistaar Productions of India is to invest £13m in film production in the UK, including a post-production office in Manchester.
28-Aug-2014
AlldayPA is looking to recruit more than 100 telesales and customer service staff being made redundant in Manchester by Yellow Pages firm Hibu.
28-Aug-2014
Independent News & Media has acquired RecruitNI, the Belfast-based online recruitment firm.
28-Aug-2014
Tecmark has acquired Sportbox Media, the Warrington-based digital sports content provider, for undisclosed terms.
28-Aug-2014
Creative Scotland is to help fund the development of the £40m Pentland film studio in the Straiton area of Edinburgh.
18-Aug-2014
Principle is to set up a new £3m 36,000 sq ft headquarters for its branding business at a former Remploy site in Huddersfield, with the creation of 30 jobs.
14-Aug-2014
GfK, the German market research firm, is to relocate its London office to a 40,000 sq ft unit at 25 Canada Square.
14-Aug-2014
Titanic Studios has won planning approval for the £14m expansion of its Belfast-based film studio by 100,000 sq ft.
13-Aug-2014
Zomato of India is to expand its restaurant guide operations into Glasgow and Edinburgh, with the creation of up to 30 jobs over the next year.
11-Aug-2014
Lionsgate, the US-based movie and TV production firm, has announced the relocation of its international sales division to London.
11-Aug-2014
MVF Global is to create up to 100 new jobs at its London-based online publishing business over the next few months.
07-Aug-2014
Ocean Outdoor has acquired Signature Outdoor, the Birmingham-based outdoor advertising firm, for undisclosed terms.
07-Aug-2014
McGrath Rainey Laird, the Leeds-based marketing agency with 13 staff, has been acquired by Home for undisclosed terms.
07-Aug-2014
Wimbledon Studios, the London-based TV production facility, is expected to be acquired by Marjan Television Network, casting doubt on the future of up to 50 companies based in the Media Village.
04-Aug-2014
Intent Media of the US is to open a travel advertising solutions office in London.
24-Jul-2014
Cube3 is opening a branding and digital marketing office in London's Victoria.
24-Jul-2014
Sky has acquired a majority stake in Love Productions, the independent TV production company with offices in Bristol, London and the US.
22-Jul-2014
CTV Outside Broadcasts has acquired a 40,000 sq ft facility at the Cressex Business Park in High Wycombe.
22-Jul-2014
Freud Communications is to relocate its London-based PR office to a 28,000 sq ft unit at 1 Stephen Street.
14-Jul-2014
The BBC is to relocate 220 Future Media and Technology jobs from London to MediaCityUK in Salford next year, while 25 safety staff will transfer to Birmingham.
10-Jul-2014
Rightster is to acquire Base79, the London-based media rights management firm with 60 staff, for up to £50m, as well as Viral Spiral, the London-based firm with 13 staff, for £4m.
09-Jul-2014
Saatchi & Saatchi is to relocate its London-based advertising agency to Chancery Lane next year, while sister firm Starcom MediaVest will move to 63 Clerkenwell Road.
08-Jul-2014
Aquira has launched a recruitment campaign for 220 additional staff at its Glasgow-based direct marketing business.
07-Jul-2014
Salterbaxter, the London-based sustainability consultancy with 70 staff, has been acquired by Publicis of France for undisclosed terms.
07-Jul-2014
IMG of the US is planning to set up a 70,000 sq ft sports and media office at a new development due for completion at Chiswick Park in London by December 2014.
30-Jun-2014
Criteo is planning to relocate its London-based digital marketing office to a 40,000 sq ft unit at 10 Bloomsbury Way.
30-Jun-2014
Sky is to relocate some of the 49 jobs at its digital sports media department in Leeds to its main site in London.
30-Jun-2014
Pinewood Studios has won government approval for the £200m expansion of its site in Buckinghamshire, including 1.1m sq ft for stages and production offices.
23-Jun-2014
Omnicom, the advertising agency, is planning to set up a 370,000 sq ft office at Bankside in London.
23-Jun-2014
Home has expanded its Leeds-based communications agency with the acquisition of Rectangle Group and PLM Healthcare.
23-Jun-2014
Urquhart Partnership has expanded its Aberdeen-based recruitment business with the acquisition of design agency Hampton Associates.
23-Jun-2014
Telegraph Media Group is looking to recruit up to 40 editorial staff at its London-based newspaper.
19-Jun-2014
Millward Brown has acquired EffectiveBrands, the Dutch marketing agency with 65 staff and an office in London.
18-Jun-2014
Flix Facilities is investing £1m in the expansion of its Manchester-based TV production operations, including a 5,500 sq ft facility at MediaCityUK's White Tower.
12-Jun-2014
BBC Wales is to relocate its headquarters and 1,000 staff to a new £100m 150,000 sq ft broadcasting centre at Capital Square in Cardiff in 2018.
11-Jun-2014
Communisis has acquired The Communications Agency, the London-based brand response agency with 42 staff, for £8m.
11-Jun-2014
Kantar Media has acquired a majority stake in Precise Media Group Holdings, the London-based provider of monitoring and evaluation services with 430 staff.
11-Jun-2014
Incisive Media is to sell its mortgage titles and events division to a management team.
10-Jun-2014
Northampton Borough Council is planning to develop a £6.5m creative industries hub at the Vulcan Iron Works, with the creation of 250 jobs.
09-Jun-2014
Evertz UK is setting up an additional 8,000 sq ft office for its broadcast products distribution business at Winnersh Triangle near Reading.
05-Jun-2014
Fresh Group, the Cheadle-based events agency with 85 staff, has undergone a management buy-out backed by NVM Private Equity.
05-Jun-2014
DC Storm, the Brighton-based marketing analytics firm, has been acquired by Rakuten Marketing for undisclosed terms.
02-Jun-2014
South Tyneside Council and Muse Developments have unveiled proposals for the £100m regeneration of South Shields town centre, including a new library and digital media centre.
29-May-2014
Parity Group has bought the assets of London-based Golden Square Post Production out of administration for £0.5m.
27-May-2014
Daily Mail & General Trust is to sell its Jobsite online recruitment business to StepStone.
27-May-2014
Scottish Enterprise is considering five bids to build Scotland's first major film and TV studio, at a cost of up to £74m.
27-May-2014
Chosen Communications has merged with Sutton Coldfield-based advertising agency WAA Group.
22-May-2014
Havas has acquired Work Club, the London-based advertising agency with annual revenue of £6m.
21-May-2014
Centaur Media is to sell Perfect Information, the London-based provider of corporate finance and capital markets documents with 30 staff, to Mergermarket for £26m.
20-May-2014
UBC Media is to acquire 7digital Group, the London-based online music firm, in a £16m reverse takeover.
20-May-2014
Scottish Provincial Press has acquired J&M Publishing, the Banffshire-based publisher of three local newspapers with 23 staff.
19-May-2014
The BBC is to relocate 190 staff in its centre for recruitment and talent development to the Mailbox in Birmingham in 2015.
19-May-2014
Shout Digital is looking to expand the 26-strong workforce at its Newcastle-based digital media agency with up to 15 new jobs by the end of the year.
15-May-2014
All3Media, the London-based TV production firm, is to be acquired by US-based Discovery Communications and Liberty Global for about £550m.
12-May-2014
ITV is to acquire an 80% stake in Leftfield Entertainment, the US-based TV production company, for £212m.
08-May-2014
Hogarth Worldwide is opening an 8,600 sq ft marketing implementation office at Waverleygate in Edinburgh.
08-May-2014
WPP has acquired a majority stake in Quirk, the London-based marketing consultancy, for undisclosed terms.
07-May-2014
Fat Media of Lancaster has been acquired by Kendal-based Motive Technology for undisclosed terms, creating a combined digital agency with 90 staff.
07-May-2014
Viacom is to acquire Channel 5, the London-based TV broadcaster, from Northern & Shell for £450m.
06-May-2014
M&C Saatchi has acquired Lean Mean Fighting Machine, the London-based advertising agency with about 40 staff, for undisclosed terms.
06-May-2014
Milestone Group has acquired Disorder UK, the youth magazine and training operation, for a nominal sum.
01-May-2014
Communisis has acquired Jacaranda Productions, the London-based video production firm, for £1.5m, as well as London-based Public Creative for £0.3m.
29-Apr-2014
Cello Group has acquired Line Digital, the Edinburgh-based digital marketing firm with 13 staff, for undisclosed terms.
28-Apr-2014
Johnston Press is to relocate the Scotsman newspaper to a 25,000 sq ft office at Orchard Brae House in Edinburgh.
28-Apr-2014
Porta Communications has acquired an initial 51% stake in Redleaf Polhill, the London-based communications agency, for £1.8m.
24-Apr-2014
IrishTV is to launch a new £12m satellite TV channel, with the creation of 30 jobs in Northern Ireland and ten jobs in Manchester, Liverpool and London.
15-Apr-2014
AmberFin, the Basingstoke-based supplier of TV broadcast software, has been acquired by Dalet Digital Media Systems of France for undisclosed terms.
15-Apr-2014
Google is to set up a 165,000 sq ft office at a new development due for completion later this year at 6 St Pancras Square in London.
09-Apr-2014
Daily Mail & General Trust has sold its London-based Broadbean job distribution software business to CareerBuilder and its Jobrapido job search engine to Symphony Technology.
07-Apr-2014
Ve Interactive has acquired adGENIE, the London-based dynamic advertising technology company, in a multi-million pound deal.
07-Apr-2014
Inspired Thinking Group, the Birmingham-based marketing firm, has been acquired by Bridgepoint Development Capital for £28m.
02-Apr-2014
Twitter is to acquire SecondSync, the London-based TV analytics firm, for undisclosed terms.
02-Apr-2014
Johnston Press is to sell Formpress Publishing to Iconic Newspapers for £7.2m, but will retain The Newsletter and Derry Journal in Northern Ireland.
02-Apr-2014
LiteBulb is to acquire Go Entertainment Group, the London-based supplier of consumer products for media companies, for an initial £0.5m.
02-Apr-2014
Endemol has acquired Artists Studio, the TV production firm with offices in South Wales and London.
01-Apr-2014
Media Agency Group is looking to double the 52-strong workforce at its Manchester-based advertising agency by the end of the year.
31-Mar-2014
The Hut Group of Cheshire has acquired Moo, the owner of the Preloved online advertising portal.
31-Mar-2014
Hachette UK is to acquire Quercus, the London-based publishing firm with 81 staff, for £13m, in order to expand its Hodder & Stoughton business.
26-Mar-2014
The BBC is to set up a digital innovation and training centre at Fazeley Studios in Birmingham.
26-Mar-2014
Cognifide, the London-based digital marketing agency with 200 staff, has sold a majority stake to WPP for undisclosed terms.
25-Mar-2014
Equator is looking to expand the 100-strong workforce at its Glasgow-based digital marketing agency with 25 new jobs.
24-Mar-2014
TagMan, the London-based tag management and marketing data firm, has been acquired by US-based Ensighten.
20-Mar-2014
Jaywing has acquired Epiphany Solutions, the search marketing agency with offices in Leeds and London, for an initial £11m.
18-Mar-2014
S4C is planning to relocate its TV broadcasting business from Cardiff to Carmarthen by 2018, with the creation of up to 150 jobs.
17-Mar-2014
Intelling is planning to expand the 100-strong workforce at its Manchester-based telemarketing business to more than 200.
17-Mar-2014
Press Ahead, the Sunderland-based marketing communications firm with 12 staff, has undergone a management buy-out.
06-Mar-2014
Oneagency.co has acquired CBA-Design, the Cambridge-based marketing agency.
05-Mar-2014
Travel Weekly Group has acquired Kingley Event Management, the London-based hospitality events and publishing firm.
04-Mar-2014
St Ives has acquired Realise Holdings, the digital marketing agency with 96 staff in Edinburgh and London.
04-Mar-2014
Discovery Communications has acquired Raw, the London-based TV production company, for undisclosed terms.
04-Mar-2014
Infinity SDC and Delancey have won permission to develop a 1m sq ft broadcasting studio, data centre and offices at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London.
27-Feb-2014
Guardian News & Media is considering plans to set up a cultural and educational centre at King's Cross Central in London, in order to engage with readers.
27-Feb-2014
Research Media is relocating its Bristol-based scientific publications business to a larger site in Lewins Mead.
27-Feb-2014
Google has acquired Spider.io, the London-based advertising technology firm with seven staff.
25-Feb-2014
Blue Logic Digital has bought the assets of Coolpink, the Leeds-based digital marketing agency with 12 staff, out of administration.
25-Feb-2014
Auto Trader is to relocate its Manchester-based car sales directory business and 600 staff to a 60,000 sq ft office at First Street in May.
24-Feb-2014
Keywords Studios has acquired Babel Media, the provider of outsourced video games services with offices in London, Canada and India, from Quatrro Global Services for £5.4m.
19-Feb-2014
UKTV is to relocate its London-based media business to a 32,500 sq ft office at 10 Hammersmith Grove.
18-Feb-2014
Pinewood Studios is to set up a new 180,000 sq ft film studio at the former Energy Centre in Cardiff, as part of a £30m investment by the Welsh Government.
18-Feb-2014
Vivat Direct, the London-based Reader's Digest publisher, has been sold by Better Capital to the venture capitalist owner of Simply Media TV and Screen One for undisclosed terms.
18-Feb-2014
Next Fifteen Communications has acquired Continuous Insight and a majority stake in London-based digital marketing consultancy Agent3.
18-Feb-2014
Notts TV is to create at least 25 jobs at a new TV broadcasting facility due to launch in Nottingham in April.
18-Feb-2014
The BBC is to invest up to £15m rebuilding the EastEnders TV studio at Elstree in Hertfordshire over the next few years.
17-Feb-2014
Industrial Light & Magic is to set up a film visual effects studio with up to 200 staff in London's Soho.
17-Feb-2014
Digital Next has acquired Adlington-based Just Search, increasing the workforce at its Manchester-based e-commerce business from 20 to 40.
17-Feb-2014
Blue Rubicon has acquired Open Road, the London-based PR agency, in order to expand into public affairs and healthcare communications.
11-Feb-2014
SPS, the Blackpool-based promotional goods supplier, has undergone a £7.2m management buy-out from 4imprint Group.
11-Feb-2014
Communicorp is to acquire eight local radio stations from Global Radio for an estimated £35m, including some Smooth and Capital stations.
10-Feb-2014
Evolutions has announced the creation of 20 jobs at a new 7,000 sq ft TV post-production studio in Bristol.
06-Feb-2014
Adtrak is to expand its Nottingham-based internet marketing business into a 16,000 sq ft office in Maid Marian Way, with the creation of 50 new jobs over the next few years.
05-Feb-2014
Stanley Gibbons has acquired Murray Payne, the Somerset-based stamp dealer, for £1m.
03-Feb-2014
Titanic Studios in Belfast has submitted plans to expand its film and TV production studio by 100,000 sq ft.
30-Jan-2014
Drpgroup has acquired Grosvenor Television, the London-based video production firm, for undisclosed terms.
29-Jan-2014
NewsCred has raised £15m to fund the expansion of its US-based marketing technology business, including a new office in London and 12 jobs.
27-Jan-2014
Thomson Reuters is reported to be seeking a suitable location in London for a new 700,000 sq ft headquarters for its news and information business.
27-Jan-2014
Communisis UK is to set up a new 26,000 sq ft office for its marketing business at International House in Liverpool.
23-Jan-2014
Guardian Media Group is to sell its 50.1% stake in Trader Media Group, the Reading-based publisher of Auto Trader magazine, to Apax Partners.
22-Jan-2014
Lowe & Partners has acquired Profero, the digital marketing firm with an office in London, for undisclosed terms.
22-Jan-2014
Keywords Studios has acquired Liquid Violet, the London-based video games production firm, for up to £1.6m.
20-Jan-2014
Saatchi & Saatchi is expected to relocate its London-based advertising agency and up to 400 staff to the Turnmills site in Farringdon.
20-Jan-2014
Intonation has expanded its Hampshire-based translation services business with the acquisition of UPS Translations for undisclosed terms.
16-Jan-2014
Actual Experience is planning to double the 16-strong workforce at its Bath-based digital marketing business over the next year.
16-Jan-2014