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Derrick the Hare ‘Stare Down’

Episode 3 ‘Stare Down’ continues to follow Derrick the Hare’s preparation for the biggest races of his life, the WilliamHill.com Greyhound Derby 2012. As Derrick trains ahead of the prestigious Semi Final at London, Wimbledon Stadium on Saturday 19th May, he visits the kennels to square up to his rivals...
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The Digest: Facebook social climbing, Swedish House Mafia and how Lynx is getting anarchic

With the rain seemingly here to stay, here’s our midweek dose of all things social to cheer you up! SOCIAL MEDIA DOWNLOAD Is Facebook setting its sights on becoming a paid for service? The social media giant has started testing a system that allows users pay...
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The Digest: Facebook Clothes Hangers and Homeless Tweeters

So which shiny social media stories have caught our eye this week? SOCIAL MEDIA DOWNLOAD The days of fashion fanatics relying on their best friend’s opinion whilst out shopping may be numbered – you can now harness recommendations from Facebook.  C&A in Brazil  has embedded real-time Facebook ‘likes’ on the...
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Klout Brand Squads, Microsoft target bloggers and Facebook promotes organ donation

It’s that time of the week again – check out the latest social media news below! SOCIAL MEDIA DOWNLOAD Klout, the tool we all use to measure influence on Twitter, Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn and Foursquare, has launched ‘Brand Squads’, its version of brand pages, into beta with 
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Lexis Announces Acquisition of Paratus Communications

Lexis today announced the acquisition of PR and social media marketing agency, Paratus Communications. Paratus, set up by John Rivett and Dominic Shales in 2003, has an impressive client list including Costa Coffee, AXA, Decathlon, Shell, Sainsbury’s and current Lexis client, Coca-Cola. The acquisition strengthens the agency’s...
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Derrick the Hare Launches in London

We today launch the Derrick the Hare four part video series for client William Hill. Released throughout the month of May, we follow Derrick as he prepares for the biggest races of his life, the WilliamHill.com Greyhound Derby at London, Wimbledon Stadium throughout May 2012. Episode 1 sees Derrick visit...
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Consumer data: concern over rising food prices and levels of trust in various institutions

Some recent GlobalScan research shows that rising food prices are the biggest concern for consumers sampled from four continents as well as whom they trust for getting information and addressing these concerns. Ranges of consumer activism (ethical consumerism) and overall net trust in institutions. Highlighted in a blog post this week...
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The Digest: Google Drive, Pinterest Pics, Nike’s Alternative Product Launch And Universal’s 100th Birthday

It’s Wednesday, which means that it is time for an update on all the latest digital news, campaigns and videos from the last week. SOCIAL MEDIA DOWNLOAD Google launched Google Drive yesterday, after weeks of speculation. The new service will allow you to store documents in ‘the cloud’ and log in...

Interim results for the six months ended 31 January 2012

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View the full version of the half-year report here.

Next Fifteen Communications Group plc (“Next 15″ or “the Group”), a worldwide digital marketing group, today announces its results for the six months ended 31 January 2012.

Financial Highlights:

  • Revenues increased by 11% to £45.3 million (2011: £40.8 million)
  • Organic growth in revenues of 4% over the prior period
  • Adjusted profit before tax rose by 15% to £4.25 million (2011: £3.69 million) (see note 3)
  • Diluted adjusted earnings per share increased by 12% to 4.35p (2011: 3.89p), see note 8
  • Basic earnings per share increased by 1% to 2.82p (2011: 2.79p), see note 8
  • Interim dividend increased by 10% to 0.565p per share (2011: 0.515p)
  • Net debt1 of £4.4m following £5.4m of acquisition related payments in the period (see note 9)
  • EBITDA increased to £5.1m from £4.5m in the comparative period

Corporate Progress:

  • Bite Group acquired an 80% stake in two German-based communications businesses, Trademark Public Relations and Trademark Consulting to enhance its international offering and reach
  • Launched a new business, Animo, which specialises in mobile marketing
  • Restructuring to accelerate digital transition in UK Consumer PR business, resulting in £0.25m charge in first half and £0.4m total expected for full year
  • After the balance sheet date, Next 15 entered into an arrangement to purchase the remaining 20% interest in digital marketing agency, Bourne, making it a wholly owned subsidiary

Commenting on the results, Chairman of Next 15, Richard Eyre, said: “Next 15′s strategy to focus on digital marketing is delivering positive results. The Group’s dedicated digital agencies continue to perform strongly, delivering organic revenue growth of 39%. The outperformance of our digital brands once again supports the investment we have made and continue to make in this area. The Group is now focused on ensuring that knowledge and expertise gained in digital are spread and adopted by the rest of the portfolio.”

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