Future shares gained 6.6% to 1,837p in early morning trading on Tuesday, after the firm announced its results were anticipated to hit the top end of management expectations in its pre-close trading update for FY 2022. The media company confirmed a return to organic audience growth in HY1 as Covid comparators were fully lapped, along […]

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Ascential shares decreased 6.4% to 273.2p in late morning trading on Monday after a widened reported operating loss of £35.2 million in HY1 2022 compared to £2.4 million in HY1 2021. Ascential attributed the loss to the amortisation of acquired intangibles at £17.5 million and share-based payments at £7.6 million, alongside non-trading items for acquisition […]

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Future shares were up 6.5% to 1,653p in early afternoon trading on Friday following its completed acquisition of US women’s lifestyle publisher Who What Wear. The group commented that the acquisition strengthened its position in the Women’s leading lifestyle vertical and provided the company with a larger scale and reach in North America to push […]

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It took time to get UKLA approval for the prospectus for the readmission of National World, but more than four months after the acquisition of JPI was completed it has happened and trading in the shares restarted. Local newspapers are a tough business, but if the strategy to generate more online revenues is a success […]

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Ebiquity (LON: EBQ) non-executive chairman Rob Woodward is the latest director to buy shares in the media consultancy following the publication of its 2020 results at the end of March. He has invested nearly £15,000 in 41,759 shares at 35.9p each. That takes his stake to 147,280 shares. Woodward is a former boss of STV. […]

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WPP (LON: WPP) has revealed a 9.8% fall in revenue for the third quarter to £2.97m. Like-for-like sales fell 5.5% to £2.97bn, however, the drop was smaller than the 11.5% fall in the second quarter. “WPP continues to demonstrate its resilience in a challenging market. We have maintained our new business momentum as clients seek […]

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Gfinity shares (LON: GFIN) soared on Friday’s opening bell as the group embarked on a strategic review that may include a sale of the business. The company released a progress update where Gfinity said it was well-positioned considerable corporate and strategic development. “The board of Gfinity remains highly confident in the prospects and position of […]

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Future plc (LON:FUTR) have remained confident that their annual results will not be impacted by the current epidemic of coronavirus. The firm noted that it has decided to cancel two of its’ biggest events, which are e Photography Show and Homebuilding & Renovating Show. Both these events had been scheduled for March however the Photography […]

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Independent TV production and distribution group, DCD Media (LON:DCD), reported stable financial progress and a swing to a profit for the year ended 31 December 2019. The company’s revenue finished at £8.98 million, up 27% from £7.05 million. This led a rise in its gross profit, from £1.64 million to £1.78 million, and a swing […]

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Ahead of its preliminary results expected towards the end of March, marketing and media consultancy firm Ebiquity (LON:EBQ) has seen its shares bounce on Wednesday following an update for the year ended 31 December 2019, which showed that it had continued to improve its debt position. The company said it traded in line with the […]

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Media consumables distributor Connect Group PLC (LON: CNCT) announced that its subsidiary, Smith News, had secured a long-term contract with The Telegraph. The agreement covers all of the Smith News existing distribution arrangements with The Telegraph. The contract goes from October 2019 and extends to September 2024. which will bring in annual revenues of £100 […]

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