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Aegis is to shed 780 jobs at its media buying and market research operations in 40 countries. 23-Mar-2009 Aegis Group, the global media firm, is seeking a suitable 100,000 sq ft office in London's West End, in order to consolidate a number of subsidiaries. 09-Mar-2009 Aegis Group has acquired Clownfish, the London-based marketing services firm with gross assets of £0.5m. 07-Oct-2008 Aegis Group has acquired Range Online Media, the US search engine marketing agency, in order to expand its Isobar division. 12-Sep-2008 Aegis Group has acquired Peter Seagroatt & Associates, the Chelmsford-based supplier of retail sales analysis services with gross assets of £3.3m. 11-Mar-2008 Aegis is relocating the London headquarters of its Vizeum media solutions business from Upper St Martin's Lane to an 18,000 sq ft office at the Qube building in the West End. 14-Jan-2008 Aegis Group is to acquire a 70% stake in Heartland Media Group, the Chinese media agency, for £4.6m. 14-Dec-2007 Aegis Group has acquired SPSL, the Milton Keynes-based provider of market research and footfall services to retailers with gross assets of £4.2m. 12-Dec-2007 Aegis Group has acquired Metra Seis, the Spanish market research agency with 75 staff. 25-Sep-2007 Aegis is to acquire the online advertising business of Bluestreak of the US for £6.3m. 26-Jun-2007 Aegis Group is to acquire Marvellous Ideas, the mobile marketing company with gross assets of £0.8m. 15-Jun-2007 Aegis Group is to acquire AgenciaClick, the Brazilian digital marketing services company with 280 staff, for £16m. 22-Feb-2007 Aegis Group has acquired Interview-NSS, the Dutch market research company with gross assets of £5.3m. 31-Jan-2007 Aegis Group is to acquire a 70% stake in New Voice, the Chinese marketing and events company, for up to £5.4m. 05-May-2006 Aegis Group has acquired Integrator, the South African marketing company, for up to £5.6m. 23-Feb-2006 Aegis is to acquire Roland Berger's Market Research in Germany for up to £3.7m. 28-Dec-2005 Aegis is to acquire Univero, the Scandinavian market research company, for £10m. 15-Dec-2005 Aegis Group has acquired Plus REMARK, the Turkish market research company, for £4m. 25-Nov-2005 Aegis Group has acquired Planete Interactive and Webcontents, the French digital marketing agencies, for up to £6m. 04-Nov-2005 Aegis Group has acquired Just Media, the London-based media planning and buying agency, for up to £10m. 17-Oct-2005 Aegis Group has acquired Kirowski, the Hungarian digital marketing services agency, for up to £6.8m. 04-Oct-2005 Aegis, the media buying group, has received a £1.6bn preliminary takeover approach, thought to be from Publicis of France. 22-Sep-2005 Aegis Group is to acquire Brindley Advertising, the Irish advertising agency, for an initial £2.6m. 20-Sep-2005 Aegis Group has acquired Market Equity, the Australian market research company, for an initial £6.6m. 06-Sep-2005 Aegis Group is to acquire Alban Communications, the London-based media planning and buying agency, for up to £8m. 15-Aug-2005 Aegis has acquired Glue London, the London-based digital creative agency with more than 60 staff, for £15m. 12-Aug-2005 Aegis Group has acquired Digithais Network Company, the Thailand-based marketing agency, for up to £3.4m. 06-Jul-2005 Aegis Group is to acquire AMT, the Italian market research company, for an initial £1.1m, in order to expand its Synovate global research network. 10-Jun-2005 Aegis Group is to acquire the outdoor media-related assets of JKJ Media Services of the Philippines for up to £8m, as well as HYPERmedia of Poland for up to £4.9m and ARTea of France for £2m. 02-Jun-2005 Aegis is to acquire Medyaturk, the Turkish media planning & buying agency, for up to £8m. 29-Apr-2005 Aegis is to acquire Molecular Inc, US internet technology consulting firm, for up to £16m. 27-Apr-2005 Aegis has acquired Aztec Information Systems, the Australian market research company, for up to £33m. 10-Mar-2005 Aegis Group has acquired Columbus Quanti, the Belgian market research company with 40 staff, for an initial £3.8m. 03-Mar-2005 Aegis Group has acquired De-construct, the London-based digital creative agency, for an initial £1.2m. 26-Jan-2005 Aegis has acquired iProspect, the US-based internet search marketing agency, for £32m. 23-Dec-2004 Aegis Group is to acquire Velocity Sports & Entertainment, the US sponsorship and event marketing agency, for an initial £5m. 23-Nov-2004 Aegis Group has acquired Proactive Insight, the South African market research company with 300 staff, for an initial £3.4m. 23-Jun-2004 Aegis Group has acquired Symmetrics Marketing Corporation, the US customer satisfaction measurement research company, for an initial £2.9m. 10-Mar-2004 Aegis Group has acquired TRBI, the London-based market research company, from a US-based consortium headed by Maritz for £5.2m. 03-Feb-2004 Aegis has acquired PSI, the airport advertising company, for an initial £5.2m, in order to expand its Posterscope business. 21-Oct-2003 Aegis is to acquire Isis Research, the supplier of healthcare research services, for £16m. 08-Oct-2003 Aegis is to acquire Censydiam Group, the Belgian market research company, for £4.6m. 16-Sep-2003 Aegis has acquired the remaining 75% of Blackstone Market Facts, the Indian market research company, for an initial £0.6m. 09-Sep-2003 Aegis has acquired the media buying assets of Independent Media Services of the US for £5m. 17-Apr-2003 Aegis has acquired Sample Surveys, the London-based market research company, for £5.4m. 07-Aug-2002 Aegis has acquired Market & More, the European market research company with operations in Germany, Netherlands, Belgium and France, for an initial £3.6m. 08-Feb-2002 Aegis has acquired two US interactive media agencies for £1.9m - San Francisco-based Lot 21 and Massachusetts-based Vizium. 16-Jan-2002 Aegis is to acquire Demoscopie, the French market research consultancy with annual turnover of £3.5m, and MEMRB Customs Research Worldwide, which has offices in 22 countries. 24-May-2001 Aegis has acquired Copernicus, the US marketing consultancy, for up to £11m, and has also announced plans to merge its market research operations into one global network. 14-Mar-2001 Aegis is forming a £62m joint venture with Warburg Pincus to provide equity funding to e-marketing companies, and has also announced the acquisition of Asia Market Intelligence for an initial £15m. 08-Mar-2000 Aegis is considering plans to spend about $300m expanding its recently-acquired Market Facts research business around the world. 08-Sep-1999 Aegis is to acquire Market Facts, the US market research company, for £185m. 01-May-1999 Aegis is planning to build up a global media buying business by spending up to £100m on acquisitions in Asia, Latin America and the US. 02-Mar-1999 Aegis, the media buying company, is looking to set up operations in Latin America, China and Taiwan over the next two years. 09-Sep-1998 Aegis, the media buying agency, is said to be vulnerable to a hostile takeover bid following the sale of stakes worth a total £256m. 17-Apr-1998 Aegis, the media buying agency, is actively looking for acquisitions in Asia despite the economic problems in the region, as part of a strategy to provide a total global service. 12-Mar-1998 Aegis, the media buying company, is planning further international expansion via acquisitions in Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan, Singapore and Thailand. 10-Sep-1997
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