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Progressive Digital Media Group is to acquire GlobalData Holding for £67m and sell its subsidiary business PTML to Research Views for £1m.
24-Dec-2015


Pursuit Marketing has merged with ABC Creative to create a combined Glasgow-based digital agency.
24-Dec-2015


Polestar is to sell a majority stake in its Bedfordshire-based magazine printing business to Proventus Capital Partners of Sweden, securing the future of up to 2,000 jobs.
24-Dec-2015


BMG has acquired Beds & Beats, the London-based production music firm.
22-Dec-2015


GroupM has acquired The Exchange Lab, the London-based marketing solutions firm with 130 staff.
21-Dec-2015


Clarion Events is to acquire a 70% stake in iGaming Business, the London-based gaming news firm, from Electric Word for £20m.
21-Dec-2015


Archant is to relocate its Ipswich-based media business and 100 staff to a new office at Portman House on Princes Street next summer.
21-Dec-2015


RealityMine has secured an £11m investment in the expansion of its Manchester-based analytics and mobile data business from private equity firm Kennet Partners.
16-Dec-2015


Stashmetrics is looking to create an unspecified number of jobs at its York-based social media analytics business, having secured an investment from Finance Yorkshire.
10-Dec-2015


Open Messenger is planning to create ten new jobs at its Liverpool-based digital advertising business over the next three years.
10-Dec-2015


Time Inc UK is to set up a 30,000 sq ft office for its magazine publishing business at Pinehurst II in Farnborough, with the relocation of an unspecified number of London-based jobs.
10-Dec-2015


Way to Blue has acquired The Project Factory, the London-based digital creative agency.
07-Dec-2015


Tinopolis is to set up a 30,000 sq ft media office at Assembly London due to open in Hammersmith in 2016.
02-Dec-2015


Mission Marketing has acquired Chapter Agency, the West Midlands-based advertising agency with 29 staff, for an initial £1.3m.
30-Nov-2015


Adconnection, the London-based media agency, has been acquired by VCCP Media.
23-Nov-2015


Haymarket has relocated its media business and 1,000 staff from Teddington Studios to Twickenham, and plans to base 20 jobs at the Richmond College campus.
19-Nov-2015


SWNS has acquired National News, the London-based regional news agency.
09-Nov-2015


VTR North, the Leeds-based special effects firm, has been acquired out of administration by CNBB.
05-Nov-2015


Landor has acquired a majority stake in ManvsMachine, the London-based motion design studio.
04-Nov-2015


Brandwatch has secured an investment of about £22m for the expansion of its Brighton-based social media monitoring business.
02-Nov-2015


W Chump & Sons has acquired a 5,500 sq ft TV production office at Power Road Studios in London's Chiswick.
02-Nov-2015


Trinity Mirror has acquired Local World Holdings, the London-based publisher of 83 regional newspapers, for £154m.
29-Oct-2015


Beattie is to relocate its Manchester-based creative communications operation to Woolwich House in the city centre by November.
27-Oct-2015


ITV is to acquire the television studios and branding of UTV Media, the Belfast-based media firm, for £100m.
20-Oct-2015


Channel 4 has acquired a new office at King Street in Manchester for 18 regional sales staff.
19-Oct-2015


St Helens Star is to relocate its St Helens-based newspaper business to a new office at the Catapult Too building by the end of the year.
14-Oct-2015


Four Communications Group has acquired Francis Balsom Associates, the Aberystwyth-based PR and design agency with 16 staff.
14-Oct-2015


Agenda 21, the London-based digital media agency, is to be acquired by Mithril Capital for an initial £3.3m.
13-Oct-2015


Cheshire & Warrington Enterprise Partnership is to merge with Marketing Cheshire, the Chester-based marketing organisation.
12-Oct-2015


Universal Music is to set up a 177,000 sq ft UK head office for 1,000 staff at 4 Pancras Square in London's King's Cross by summer 2017.
07-Oct-2015


Oliver Group has acquired Dare, the London-based digital agency, for undisclosed terms.
05-Oct-2015


Engage is to create 13 new jobs at its Belfast-based digital agency.
05-Oct-2015


Entertainment One is to acquire a 70% stake in Astley Baker Davies, the London-based animation firm.
01-Oct-2015


Atomhawk is to set up a studio in London for the expansion of its Gateshead-based design business.
01-Oct-2015


Space Project has unveiled proposals to double the size of its Manchester-based TV production complex by 2017.
01-Oct-2015


CBS Interactive is to set up a 17,400 sq ft online content networks office at The Bower on London's Old Street.
01-Oct-2015


Progressive Digital Media has acquired a 6,600 sq ft office at Churchgate House in Manchester for the expansion of its global media business.
24-Sep-2015


Ideal Shopping Direct, the Peterborough-based multi-channel retailer with 800 staff, is to be acquired by US-based private equity firm Blackstone for undisclosed terms.
23-Sep-2015


News UK has acquired Unruly Media, the London-based digital marketing firm with 200 staff, for £58m.
21-Sep-2015


BBC Monitoring is considering plans to relocate the 200-strong workforce at its media interpretation centre at Caversham Park in Reading.
21-Sep-2015


Brilliant Noise has acquired Evolver, the London-based digital strategy firm.
17-Sep-2015


Pemberstone Ventures has acquired Harman Technology, the Cheshire-based analogue photography firm, for undisclosed terms.
17-Sep-2015


Mofilm, the London-based crowdsourcing content development firm, has been acquired by US-based You & Mr Jones.
16-Sep-2015


Equator is planning to expand the 130-strong workforce at its Glasgow-based digital marketing agency with 20 new jobs.
16-Sep-2015


Muckle Media has acquired Platform PR, the Beauly-based communications consultancy, creating a new team of 12 staff.
15-Sep-2015


Trinity Mirror is in talks to acquire Local World, the London-based publisher of more than 100 newspapers, for about £200m.
15-Sep-2015


Belfast Harbour has unveiled proposals for a new £10m film studio of up to 60,000 sq ft at its 2,000-acre harbour estate.
14-Sep-2015


Liverpool City Council is considering plans for a £25m film studio at the Littlewoods building, with the creation of up to 900 jobs.
14-Sep-2015


Bigdog has acquired Jellyfish Creative, the Northampton-based sport and fashion brand communications firm.
09-Sep-2015


Fox 21 of the US is to set up a film studio at Dragon International Studios near Llanharan.
07-Sep-2015


Contentive has acquired the Accountancy Age and Financial Director brands from Incisive Media, the London-based information and events firm.
03-Sep-2015


Global is to relocate its Manchester-based media business to a 17,000 sq ft office at the XYZ building in 2016.
03-Sep-2015


Facebook is reported to be planning to open a 217,000 sq ft office at 1 Rathbone Place in London's Fitzrovia.
02-Sep-2015


W Chump & Sons is looking to set up a 5,000 sq ft London-based TV production office in Hammersmith, Chiswick or Notting Hill.
01-Sep-2015


VHO is looking to relocate its Swindon-based telemarketing business and 15 staff to a larger office by the end of this year.
01-Sep-2015


XL Video, the special effects firm with offices in Bromsgrove and Hemel Hempstead, has been acquired by US-based Production Resource Group for undisclosed terms.
01-Sep-2015


Shackleton Studios has unveiled plans to set up a film production site at Ballykelly in County Londonderry.
27-Aug-2015


Brown Bag Films, the Irish animation studio with an office in Manchester, has been acquired by 9 Story Media Group of Canada.
20-Aug-2015


Endemol Shine has acquired a majority stake in Simon's Cat, the London-based online animation business.
18-Aug-2015


Whisper Films is planning to expand its London-based TV sports production business with a new studio in Chiswick, following a £4m investment from Channel 4.
17-Aug-2015


MP & Silva to relocate the London headquarters of its sports media business to a 15,000 sq ft office at Park House in the West End.
17-Aug-2015


The BBC is to create 100 new HR jobs at The Mailbox in Birmingham over the next six months.
17-Aug-2015


Pearson is to sell its 50% stake in The Economist news publication in a £469m deal with Exor and The Economist Group.
13-Aug-2015


Vision247 is to relocate its London-based media technology business to Chiswick Media Park in September.
13-Aug-2015


DP Online Marketing is to expand its Skegness-based online marketing business with a larger office and an unspecified number of jobs.
11-Aug-2015


ZS Associates International is to set up a 13,000 sq ft sales and marketing office at One New Ludgate in London.
10-Aug-2015


SaleCycle is looking to expand the 100-strong workforce at its Sunderland-based marketing technology business with 60 new jobs by early next year.
03-Aug-2015


Chime Communications is relocating to a 25,000 sq ft office at 62 Buckingham Gate in London.
03-Aug-2015


WPP and US-based Providence are to acquire Chime Communications, the London-based sports marketing firm, for £374m.
03-Aug-2015


Manchester City Council has approved plans for the development of a new £110m theatre and arts venue at the former Granada TV site by 2019.
30-Jul-2015


Sky is to set up a software centre at Leeds Dock later this year, with the creation of up to 400 jobs.
28-Jul-2015


Progressive Digital Media Group is to acquire the Datamonitor Financial, Datamonitor Consumer, MarketLine and Verdict businesses from Informa for £25m.
28-Jul-2015


Sports Publications of Leeds has acquired the Golf International magazine for undisclosed terms.
28-Jul-2015


Welsh Government is supporting a project by Bad Wolf to set up a new film and TV production studio in South Wales.
28-Jul-2015


FanDuel has agreed to set up a 59,000 sq ft sports entertainment office for up to 500 staff at the Quartermile 4 development in Edinburgh.
28-Jul-2015


Pearson is to sell the Financial Times newspaper to Nikkei of Japan for £844m, and the FT will seek a new headquarters in London next year.
27-Jul-2015


Attercopia has acquired MediaCo, the Dundee-based digital marketing firm.
27-Jul-2015


VoiceBox is looking to create up to 30 new jobs at its Swansea-based multilingual voice overs business over the next two years.
22-Jul-2015


Briefing Media Group, the Preston-based publisher of Farmers Guardian with 80 staff, has undergone a management buy-out.
15-Jul-2015


Hochanda is to launch a new crafts shopping channel in Peterborough, with the creation of up to 150 jobs.
13-Jul-2015


Optimise is looking to double the 160-strong global workforce at its Norfolk-based online marketing business over the next five years.
09-Jul-2015


Fat Media of Lancaster has acquired Bristol-based Strategy Digital, taking its marketing agency workforce to more than 130.
07-Jul-2015


Metaverse Mod Squad of the US is to open a social media management office in Londonderry, with the creation of 100 jobs.
06-Jul-2015


Sky is to create 400 new jobs at call centres in Uddingston, Dunfermline, Livingston, Newcastle and Stockport.
06-Jul-2015


Next Fifteen Communications has acquired IncrediBull World, the London-based marketing consultancy with 21 staff, for an initial £1.6m.
06-Jul-2015


Channel 4 is reported to be considering plans to relocate its state-owned TV broadcasting business and up to 800 staff from London to Birmingham.
06-Jul-2015


ITV is to acquire Boom Supervisory, the holding company of the Twofour TV production business, for an initial £55m.
06-Jul-2015


Electric Word of London has sold the trade and assets of Radcliffe Publishing to Informa UK for £1m.
22-Jun-2015


Ten Alps has acquired Reef Television, the London-based TV production firm, for £5m.
18-Jun-2015


DLKW Lowe is to relocate its London-based advertising agency to a 45,000 sq ft office on City Road in Shoreditch.
16-Jun-2015


DC Thomson has acquired No.1 Magazine from PSP Publishing, and the staff will transfer to its Glasgow office.
16-Jun-2015


Willoughby PR, the Birmingham-based public relations firm with 43 staff, has undergone a management buy-out.
10-Jun-2015


Screen Yorkshire and Makin Enterprises are planning to develop a 100,000 sq ft film and TV production studio at the RAF Church Fenton site in North Yorkshire.
08-Jun-2015


Global Radio is to acquire the Juice FM radio station in Liverpool from UTV for £10m.
08-Jun-2015


Survey Monkey is planning to set up a 5,100 sq ft online surveys office at Salesforce Tower in the City of London.
08-Jun-2015


Blue Logic Digital has acquired Crazy Horse Creative, the Barnsley-based digital marketing firm, for undisclosed terms.
08-Jun-2015


The BBC is to set up an HR services centre in Birmingham later this year, with the creation of 100 additional jobs.
04-Jun-2015


ITV has acquired Mammoth Screen, the London-based TV production company.
02-Jun-2015


Newsquest Media has acquired Romanes Media, the owner of 32 local newspapers with 270 staff in Scotland, Berkshire and Northern Ireland, for undisclosed terms.
27-May-2015


The Foundry, the London-based visual-effects company with 300 staff, has been acquired by private equity firm HgCapital for £200m.
26-May-2015


Dentsu Aegis Network has acquired John Brown Media, the London-based publishing firm with 225 staff, for undisclosed terms.
18-May-2015


MoPowered Group is to acquire Fast Web Media, the Manchester-based digital marketing agency with 31 staff, for £1.6m.
18-May-2015


DC Thomson has acquired the remaining 50% of Shortlist Media, the London-based free magazine publisher with 150 staff, for undisclosed terms.
18-May-2015


Hangar Seven is expanding its content creation business in Leeds with a new 20,000 sq ft unit at the Emanual Trading Estate in Holbeck.
18-May-2015


ResearchBods has acquired ClearStream Research, the Harrogate-based digital research firm, for undisclosed terms.
11-May-2015


Stickeyes of Leeds has acquired Peterborough-based Zazzle Media to create a combined digital marketing group with 140 staff.
11-May-2015


Dundee City Council is in discussions with Studio City Scotland about plans for a £120m film and TV studio in Dundee, including a media theme park and games centre.
06-May-2015


PSL Land has submitted plans to open a £135m film and TV studio at Straiton near Edinburgh by 2017, with the creation of 600 jobs.
06-May-2015


Next Fifteen Communications has acquired a 75% stake in Encore Digital Media, the London-based advertising technology firm, for an initial £0.7m.
28-Apr-2015


Ocean Group has acquired MediaCo Outdoor, the Manchester-based outdoor advertising firm, for undisclosed terms.
23-Apr-2015


Channel 4 is to set up a video games publishing operation in Glasgow called All 4 Games.
20-Apr-2015


Fluid Creativity, the Manchester-based digital marketing agency, has been acquired by AD.
16-Apr-2015


Cicada Communications, the Harrogate-based PR agency, has undergone a management buy-out.
15-Apr-2015


Pursuit Marketing is looking to create 35 new jobs at its Glasgow-based telemarketing business.
15-Apr-2015


BPA Quality of the US is relocating the headquarters of its customer contact monitoring business to Pynes Hill in Exeter, to support its 150 UK-based staff.
13-Apr-2015


Client Analysis & Relationship Development (CARD Group) is to create 14 new jobs at its County Down-based market research service.
09-Apr-2015


Translation People is expanding the global workforce at its Manchester-based translating service with 15 new jobs a month.
07-Apr-2015


MadeBrave is to relocate its Glasgow-based design agency and 20 staff to The Albus building in Bridgeton this year.
07-Apr-2015


All3Media has acquired Neal Street Productions, the London-based TV production firm, for undisclosed terms.
01-Apr-2015


Facebook is planning to expand its office at Regent's Place in London by moving into an additional 65,000 sq ft.
01-Apr-2015


October Films is seeking permission to set up a film and TV production facility at the former RAF Coltihall site in Norfolk.
23-Mar-2015


Resolution Property is planning to develop a 100,000 sq ft hub for creative and media businesses at The Old Gramophone Works in Notting Hill.
23-Mar-2015


ITV is to acquire Talpa Media, the TV production firm, for £355m.
16-Mar-2015


Magazine Printing Company has been sold out of administration to a former owner, securing the future of 54 jobs at its Enfield-based magazines business.
12-Mar-2015


Endemol is setting up a 5,000 sq ft TV production office at Embassy House in Bristol.
05-Mar-2015


Mission Marketing is to merge Big Communications with Balloon Dog, creating a new marketing group with 160 staff in Birmingham, Leicester, London and Norwich.
04-Mar-2015


GOD TV is to set up a TV production studio at Drakes Hill Court in Plymouth, with the creation of up to 35 jobs.
02-Mar-2015


Tag Worldwide is to relocate its London-based brand services business to a 40,000 sq ft office at Aldgate Tower.
25-Feb-2015


Quarto Publishing is to acquire Lewes Holdings, the owner of the East Sussex-based Ivy Press trade publishing business, for up to £1.3m.
25-Feb-2015


NAHL has acquired Fitzalan Partners, the London-based online marketing firm, for up to £4.3m.
19-Feb-2015


Mission Marketing Group has acquired The Weather Digital, the Edinburgh-based marketing agency with 11 staff.
17-Feb-2015


Haynes Publishing has acquired Teon Media, the developer of a car database for younger motorists, for £0.5m.
17-Feb-2015


Virgin Media is to invest £3bn in the expansion of its fibre optic broadband network by 2020, with the creation of 6,000 jobs.
16-Feb-2015


Shine Group is to set up a 13,000 sq ft media office at the Shepherds Building in West London.
16-Feb-2015


PA Group has sold its London-based finance publications division to Finance Information Group.
09-Feb-2015


Media Business Insight, the London-based trade magazine publisher with 70 staff, has undergone a £10m management buy-out backed by Mobeus Equity Partners.
04-Feb-2015


Champions UK is planning to double the 60-strong workforce at its Loughborough-based marketing and events business over the next four years.
03-Feb-2015


Sky is to set up a new technical services centre in Leeds, with the creation of 300 jobs.
03-Feb-2015


Fusionworkshop is to open a marketing agency office at the Northern Quarter in Manchester, with the creation of up to 40 jobs over the next two years.
02-Feb-2015


POS Direct, the Leicester-based marketing services firm with 70 staff, has been acquired by MDA for undisclosed terms.
02-Feb-2015


CityBeat, the Belfast-based radio station, has been acquired by the Q Radio network.
02-Feb-2015


MixRadio, the Bristol-based music app maker with 180 staff, has been acquired by LINE of South Korea.
02-Feb-2015


Tesco has sold Blinkbox Music to Guvera for undisclosed terms.
27-Jan-2015


BMG Chrysalis UK is to relocate to a 23,000 sq ft office at 5 Merchant Square in London's Paddington.
26-Jan-2015


Sky is to create 80 sales jobs at its call centre in Newcastle over the next few months.
20-Jan-2015


The Argus is looking to relocate its Brighton-based newspaper and up to 100 staff to the city centre later this year.
20-Jan-2015


Shutterstock has acquired Rex Features, the London-based photographic press agency, for £22m.
19-Jan-2015


Paperhat Group has acquired CTI Digital, the creative agency with 60 staff in Manchester and London.
19-Jan-2015


Charterhouse PM has acquired Indicia, the customer engagement agency with 100 staff in Bristol, Edinburgh and London, for undisclosed terms.
19-Jan-2015


Foolproof has acquired Knit, the creative technology agency with offices in Norwich and London, creating a combined group with more than 100 staff.
15-Jan-2015


Imagine Publishing is to set up a new advertising sales team in London.
15-Jan-2015


Instinctif Partners is to acquire London-based public relations firm Wriglesworth, with the relocation of 25 staff to its Gresham Street office.
14-Jan-2015


Millivres Prowler, the London-based digital media group, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
14-Jan-2015


Connect PR has acquired Seal Communications, the Shrewsbury-based PR firm with ten staff, for undisclosed terms.
14-Jan-2015


TalkTalk has acquired the Blinkbox movies and broadband operations of Tesco for an estimated £5m.
12-Jan-2015


Creative Marketing Services has acquired the assets of Leeds-based Paritus Marketing out of liquidation.
12-Jan-2015


Intermarketing Agency has acquired Teabag, the Leeds-based creative agency with 13 staff, taking its total headcount to almost 100.
08-Jan-2015


Communisis has acquired Life Marketing Consultancy, the marketing agency with 70 staff in London and Birmingham, for £23m.
05-Jan-2015


Ocean Outdoor, the London-based outdoor advertising firm, is to be acquired by Searchlight Capital Partners for £80m.
05-Jan-2015


Bigfoot Digital is planning to double the 15-strong workforce at its Barnsley-based online marketing agency in 2015.
05-Jan-2015