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WPP is planning to shed a further 3,600 jobs from its global marketing services business this year. 04-May-2009 WPP, the advertising agency, is considering plans to relocate its UK headquarters to Ireland for tax reasons. 29-Sep-2008 WPP Group has acquired a 75% stake in HeathWallace, the Reading-based website design agency with 60 staff and annual revenue of £4.3m. 15-Feb-2008 WPP is in negotiations to acquire a 100,000 sq ft office at the Qube development in London W1 for one of its advertising subsidiaries. 28-Nov-2007 WPP has acquired 24/7 Real Media, the US internet advertising group, for £328m. 21-May-2007 WPP has acquired WestawayGillis Consulting, the High Wycombe-based healthcare communications company with 30 staff and annual turnover of £3.3m. 07-May-2007 WPP has acquired TAPSA, the Spanish marketing communications services group with 202 staff, as well as a 49.9% stake in London-based Clemmow Hornby Inge. 19-Apr-2007 WPP is to close its United London advertising agency with the transfer of some of the 25 staff to its Grey agency. 04-Apr-2007 WPP has acquired All Global, the London-based market research and data collection company with 44 staff. 01-Feb-2007 WPP has acquired Zaaz, the US digital marketing company with 65 staff, for undisclosed terms. 06-Jul-2006 WPP has acquired the outstanding 81% stake in MediaCom North, the Manchester-based media investment management network with 45 staff. 13-Mar-2006 WPP has acquired Pentor Instytut Badania Opinii i Rynku, the Polish market research agency with 107 staff. 04-Jan-2006 WPP is to acquire Bridge Worldwide, the US marketing agency with 120 staff. 29-Dec-2005 WPP has acquired an 80% stake in Studiocom, the US-based digital marketing services agency with 55 staff, in order to expand its VML subsidiary. 04-Nov-2005 WPP has acquired Dynamic Logic, the online market research company with 65 staff in the US and London, in order to expand its Millward Brown business. 21-Jun-2005 Tarantula International, the London-based marketing services company with 27 staff, has been acquired by WPP. 29-Mar-2005 WPP is said to be planning to shed about 17% of the 200 London-based staff at recently-acquired advertising agency Grey Global. 11-Oct-2004 WPP is to acquire Grey Global, the US advertising agency, for £845m. 13-Sep-2004 WPP has closed its Tyrell broadcast equipment business with the loss of 28 jobs in Bristol and Manchester. 16-Feb-2004 WPP is to acquire Mungenast Dialog Marketing, the German direct marketing agency with 50 staff. 08-Oct-2003 WPP has acquired Centrum voor Marketing Analyses, the Dutch market research company with 100 staff, in order to expand its Millward Brown business. 11-Jul-2003 WPP has agreed to acquire Cordiant Communications for £266m, which will strengthen its position in marketing services, Latin America and Asia. 20-Jun-2003 WPP has acquired Sadek Wynberg Research for undisclosed terms, in order to expand its Millward Brown market research division. 29-Apr-2003 WPP has acquired a 40% stake in Marktest Investimentos, the Portuguese market research and media audience management company with 210 staff, in order to expand its Kantar Media Research division. 25-Apr-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 WPP has acquired Media Club, the Italian independent media agency with 86 staff. 28-Nov-2002 WPP has acquired a 25% stake in Shanghai Advertising for undisclosed terms, in order to increase its activities in China. 05-Nov-2002 WPP has acquired Les Ouvriers du Paradis, the French advertising agency with 33 staff, in order to expand its Red Cell communications network. 02-Sep-2002 WPP has acquired Gambit AS, the Norwegian public relations agency with 22 staff, in order to expand its Hill & Knowlton subsidiary. 13-Aug-2002 WPP has acquired London-based research consultancy HeadlightVision, the Samcor Communications Company in the US and a 60% stake in Chinese PR company H-Line Worldwide. 11-Jun-2002 WPP has acquired a 60% stake in BrandOne Advertising, the Chinese direct marketing company with 22 staff, in order to expand its OgilvyOne Worldwide business. 26-Apr-2002 WPP is to acquire Irish Marketing Surveys, which has 130 staff in Dublin and Belfast, in order to expand its Millward Brown communications research business. 19-Apr-2002 WPP has acquired the media buying business of Purely Media in Manchester, and the 10 staff will be relocated to its nearby Mediaedge office. 09-Jan-2002 WPP has acquired Berlin Cameron & Partners, the US advertising agency with 40 staff, in order to expand its Red Cell global network. 12-Dec-2001 WPP is to acquire Global Sportnet Beteiligungs, the German sports marketing agency with 16 staff. 23-Nov-2001 WPP has acquired Penn Schoen & Berland, the US strategic research and polling consultancy with 81 staff. 19-Nov-2001 WPP has acquired AKKA, the French public relations firm with 22 staff, in order to expand its Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide business. 25-Sep-2001 WPP has acquired Mediafax, the marketing research agency in Puerto Rico with 72 staff, in order to expand its Kantar Media Research division. 10-Sep-2001 WPP has acquired MJM Creative Services, the US conference and event production company with 80 staff, in order to expand its Brand Union division. 16-Aug-2001 WPP is to acquire The Identity Business of Ireland, in order to expand its Enterprise IG global branding consultancy. 30-Jul-2001 WPP has acquired The Marketing & Communication Agency, the London-based internal communications consultancy, in order to expand its Brand Union division. 09-Jul-2001 WPP is to acquire QCi Assessment, the customer relationship management consultancy with annual sales of £1.8m, in order to expand its OgilvyOne division. 27-Jun-2001 WPP has acquired VML, the US integrated marketing services company with 200 staff, for undisclosed terms. 25-Jun-2001 WPP has acquired Communique Public Relations, the Manchester-based public relations company with 35 staff, in order to expand its Burson-Marsteller business. 30-May-2001 WPP is to acquire Finsbury, the public relations company, for an initial payment of about £15m. 25-May-2001 WPP has acquired Springbok Technologies, the Texas-based public relations company with 60 staff, through its Cohn & Wolfe subsidiary in the US. 23-May-2001 WPP has acquired Glendinning Management Consultants and a 77% stake in French branding agency CB Associes for undisclosed terms. 05-Apr-2001 WPP has acquired Premiere Group Holdings, the sports marketing consultancy, for undisclosed terms. 14-Dec-2000 WPP is in negotiations to acquire Finsbury, the public relations company. 20-Oct-2000 WPP has acquired a 4% stake in Inferentia, the Italian e-business consultancy, for £5m, as part of a strategy to develop its new media operations. 03-Aug-2000 WPP has agreed a £2.8bn merger with Young & Rubicam of New York, which will create the largest advertising group in the world. 15-May-2000 WPP Group has acquired Rada Recruitment Communications through its J Walter Thompson Specialised Communications division, for undisclosed terms. 09-Feb-2000 WPP has acquired Hiller Wust & Partners, the German public relations company, for undisclosed terms. 03-Dec-1999 WPP is to acquire BWR Public Relations of the US for undisclosed terms. 19-Oct-1999 WPP has acquired The Brand Union, the parent company of the advertising and branding business Lambie-Nairn. 09-Oct-1999 WPP has acquired Mediaquest Sarl, the French advertising agency, for undisclosed terms. 26-Aug-1999 WPP has acquired Shire Hall Group, the healthcare communications consultancy with annual turnover of about £4m. 20-Aug-1999 WPP is to acquire IntelliQuest, the US-based information provider, for up to £28m. 14-Aug-1999 WPP has acquired the remaining 49% of the Austrian advertising agency Grill & Gull Thompson for undisclosed terms. 22-Jul-1999 WPP is to acquire NoHo Digital, the new media agency, and the business will be merged with its OgilvyOne division. 10-Jun-1999 WPP Group is acquiring a 49% stake in Market Segment Group of the US for undisclosed terms. 11-May-1999 WPP is to relocate its Ogilvy & Mather advertising business in the West End of London to Canary Wharf. 22-Apr-1999 WPP has acquired a 49% stake in International Presentations, and has an option to buy the remainder. 09-Feb-1999 WPP is acquiring a 20% stake in Brierley & Partners, the customer loyalty concern. 19-Jan-1999 WPP, the marketing services company, has bought Tyrell, the provider of computer-based production equipment, for undisclosed terms. 31-Dec-1998 WPP Group has bought Performers Group, the Belgian healthcare specialist with annual sales of $4m. 19-Nov-1998 WPP has acquired an 80% stake in Marcom, the Polish direct marketing agency with annual sales of about £5m. 26-Oct-1998 WPP is acquiring a 30% stake in AGB Italia, the Italian provider of TV audience research, for undisclosed terms. 08-Sep-1998 WPP is acquiring Crossab, the holding company for the Sexton group of advertising and marketing companies in Sweden. 14-Aug-1998 WPP has acquired Barry Gowers Advertising, the London-based healthcare agency, for an initial £0.7m. 11-Aug-1998 WPP is forming an alliance with Asatsu, the Japanese advertising agency, with each company taking a stake of about £100m in the other. 31-Jul-1998 WPP has acquired Conway/Milliken & Associates, the US customer research company, as part of a strategy to expand its information and consultancy operations. 04-Jun-1998 WPP is acquiring Goldfarb Corporation, the Canadian marketing research consultancy, for £24m. 24-Apr-1998 WPP is acquiring DSBS Reclamebureau, the Dutch advertising agency with net assets of £1m. 09-Apr-1998 WPP Group has bought two US marketing consultancies - Charles Rivers Strategies and MSC Channel Research and Consulting. 26-Mar-1998 GGT, the advertising agency, has agreed to a £141m takeover offer from Omnicom of the US, following a collapse in its share price that was caused by the loss of the Procter & Gamble account in the US. 29-Jan-1998 WPP has acquired an initial 37% stake in Batey, the Singapore advertising agency, and has the option to take control of Batey for about £30m. 21-Nov-1997 WPP is said to be planning to acquire a minority stake in Chime Communications, the public relations company that is preparing to acquire the Henry Chaldecott Lury advertising agency. 28-Oct-1997 WPP has confirmed plans to merge the media operations of J Walter Thompson and Ogilvy & Mather to create a new company called Mindshare, and it will also go-ahead with the acquisition of Buchanan Communications. 23-Sep-1997 WPP is planning to merge the UK media buying operations of its two advertising units, J Walter Thompson and Ogilvy & Mather. 20-Sep-1997 WPP is to acquire Buchanan Communications, the public relations company, for up to £15m. 12-Sep-1997 WPP is taking a 49% stake in two new market research ventures in China - one in Hong Kong and the other in Guangzhou. 18-Aug-1997 WPP has bought a 69.7% stake in Bellanger Foucaucourt & Associes, the French direct marketing company, for £2.65m, and has an option to buy the remainder. 07-Aug-1997 WPP, the marketing services company, has acquired Addison Investments, the producer of corporate literature, for £5m. 05-Aug-1997 WPP is acquiring a 14.4% stake in CIA, Europe's second largest independent media buying company, and some analysts believe that a closer alliance or a full bid could follow. 04-Jun-1997
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