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Chime Communications has acquired Essentially Group, the London-based sports marketing company, for £18m. 23-Sep-2009 Chime Communications has acquired Fast Track Sales, the sports marketing agency with 90 staff, for an initial £15m. 14-Mar-2007 Chime Communications has acquired a 55% stake in Ledbury Research, the London-based market research consultancy, for an initial £0.1m. 30-Jan-2006 Chime Communications has acquired Baxter-Hulme, the Macclesfield-based public relations consultancy, for an initial £0.3m. 28-Jul-2005 Chime Communications is to acquire VCCP, the London-based advertising agency with 90 staff, for £30m. 29-Jun-2005 Chime Communications has acquired Traffic Werbeagentur, the German marketing communications consultancy, for an initial £0.4m. 13-Dec-2004 Chime Communications has acquired TTA Public Relations, the property marketing company, for an initial £0.6m. 16-Dec-2003 Chime Communications has sold its Smithfield Financial public relations business to management for undisclosed terms. 27-May-2003 WPP is to expand its Red Cell communications services network in London with the acquisition of a 49% stake in HHCL from Chime Communications for £3.5m. 16-Jan-2003 Chime has acquired Mansfield Lang Direct, the media buying company, for an initial £0.5m, in order to expand its Pure Media division. 03-Oct-2002 Chime Communications has acquired MMK Markt, the German consumer and corporate public relations business, for an initial £1.8m. 03-Oct-2001 Chime Communications is to shed up to 10% of the 1,000 jobs in its advertising and public relations business, and will delay plans for expansion in the US. 12-Sep-2001 Chime Communications is planning to make about four acquisitions in direct marketing and media buying this year. 21-Mar-2001 Chime Communications has expanded its advertising and public relations business with the acquisition of three agencies - Roose Holdings for £14m, Quentin Bell Organisation for £8.4m and Girardot Partners for £2.1m. 10-Nov-2000 Chime Communications has bought a 33% stake in Web Marketing, the online advertising company, for £5.8m. 15-Jun-2000 Chime Communications has acquired three companies for a total £20m - Harvard Public Relations, Insight Public Relations and Brass Tacks Publishing. 21-Mar-2000 Chime Communications is to acquire Teamspirit, the financial media and advertising agency, for up to £5m. 16-Dec-1999
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