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GroupM's Acquisition of The Glitch

3rd April 2018
WPP’s GroupM, the world’s leading global media investment group, announced it agreed to acquire leading digitally-led creative agency The Glitch in India. This acquisition will demonstrate the company’s growth plans in a technology-driven communication market. The Glitch will continue to operate as an independently positioned brand, while taking advantage of GroupM’s larger infrastructure and agency […]
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Credit Suisse Granted a US$96,875,143.00 Loan to the Republic of El Salvador

3rd April 2018
In early January 2018, Credit Suisse entered into and disbursed a $96,875,143.00 loan to the Republic of El Salvador. The transaction proceeds were used to complete the country’s financing for fiscal year 2017.  The Salvadoran team included officials from the Ministry of Finance, the Central Bank and the Office of the Attorney General, including Attorney […]
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Montreux Healthcare Fund has Acquired Active Assistance

3rd April 2018
City of London law firm Druces has advised the Montreux Healthcare Fund PLC on its acquisition of Active Assistance, the leading provider of care and support for individuals with complex neurological conditions. Active Assistance provides specialist care to individuals with acquired brain injury and spinal cord injury in domiciliary and residential settings. It also owns […]
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OriginTrail Completes $22.5M ICO

3rd April 2018
OriginTrail, a European IT company known for its traceability solutions, announced the completion of its Trace token (TRACE) sale, or initial coin offering (ICO), reaching the funding round’s hard cap of $22.5 million. The success of the ICO underscores the demand to make decentralized data exchange available to every organisation and enable mass adoption to […]
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Your Thoughts: The Brexit Deadline

3rd April 2018
It’s unlikely that the UK and European Parliaments, as well as those of the 27 remaining EU member states, will continue to accept May’s continued deferment. Negotiations have progressed thus far by batting key issues down the field, but the field is only so big. So, realistically, how close is the Brexit deadline? This week […]
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InJob Acquires the Citifocus

3rd April 2018
London-based recruitment specialist Citifocus has become the Financial Services arm of In Job Group, a global recruitment firm with offices in Europe, US and Asia.Citifocus’ areas of expertise range across a wide spectrum of the financial service sectors to include banking and fund management, complementing In Job’s existing global businesses. In Job Group was founded […]
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Redwood Technologies Receives £25m Minority Investment from Scottish Equity Partners

3rd April 2018
Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) announces a £25 million investment in Redwood Technologies Group, the UK-headquartered international provider of communications technology and cloud contact centre solutions. Originally founded in 1993 by brothers Sean and Martin Taylor, Redwood, which owns the cloud communications provider Content Guru, has deployed communications solutions to more than 50 countries from its offices […]
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Are Law Firms Prepared When It Comes to Data Breaches? Here’s Why You Need to Worry

30th March 2018
A significant cyberattack in 2017 brought company-wide disruption for a leading law-firm and raised the question of whether law firms are prepared for a business outage and how would they service clients’ requirements? The Instant Group and Sandpiper Partners conducted a survey to delve into the risk of business continuity for law firms in light […]
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30% of Student Tenants “Unfairly” Cheated Out of Their Deposits

30th March 2018
New research carried out among more than 2,000 UK adults by SPCE has revealed the challenges faced by university students when attempting to claim back their deposit, finding: 30% of students claim their landlord or lettings agent has unfairly taken money from their tenancy deposit This is nearly double the national average (16%) of Generation Rent who […]
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Personal Injury Claims Are Going to Change Post-Brexit

29th March 2018
With Brexit is fast approaching, what with this mean for the claims industry? The leaving date is quickly approaching, thanks to Prime Minister Theresa May invoking Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty on March 29th 2017 — leading to a new plan that the UK will officially step away from the economic and political partnership […]
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