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Media - 2001
Spark Response is planning to create up to 300 new jobs at its call centre operations on Tyneside, and a new unit will open at Doxford Park in Sunderland next month.
31-Dec-2001
Incepta has acquired Global Intelligence & Security, the US business intelligence company, for £2.4m.
31-Dec-2001
Eagle Rock Entertainment, the music and media company, has undergone a £34m management buy-out from Edel Music of Germany.
24-Dec-2001
Maiden Group is to acquire Checkmain, the London-based outdoor advertising company that trades as Felgate Billposting and has about 100 staff.
19-Dec-2001
Channel Television, the ITV franchise for the Channel Islands, has been acquired by Iliffe News & Media for about £20m.
19-Dec-2001
Storyland is looking to set up an animation studio in Dundee at some stage in the future.
13-Dec-2001
Highland Council has received plans from Tulloch for the development of a £15m Vincero Productions film studio and visitor centre near Inverness, and work is due to start in March.
13-Dec-2001
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
The BBC may be required to spend up to £100m upgrading its transmitter networks, under government proposals to speed up the development of digital TV.
12-Dec-2001
Beattie Media is planning to expand its network of nine public relations offices with new locations in Manchester and the US.
10-Dec-2001
Mentorn is to set up a TV production office in Glasgow with the creation of at least 15 jobs.
10-Dec-2001
Taylor & Francis has acquired Curzon Press of London for £1.4m, in order to expand its academic book publishing business.
06-Dec-2001
Johnston Press has acquired Days Out UK, the travel database and guidebook publishing company.
06-Dec-2001
Oxford Metrics, the supplier of special effects systems for use in films, is planning to increase its workforce from 70 to 100 next year and is seeking larger premises in the Oxford area.
06-Dec-2001
Scottish Media Group has acquired Town & District Posters, the outdoor advertising company, for £0.4m, in order to expand its Primesight business.
04-Dec-2001
Sports Resource Group is to acquire Sports Media Consultancy, the provider of sports branding and event marketing services, for £0.1m.
04-Dec-2001
DDD Group is planning to raise £10m in a flotation on Aim to fund the development of 3D imaging technology for television.
03-Dec-2001
The BBC has submitted plans for the £400m redevelopment of Broadcasting House in London, in order to provide accommodation for BBC Radio & Music, BBC News and BBC World Services, and space for 5,000 staff.
30-Nov-2001
PrimeEnt has sold its Portman Entertainment film and TV production business to a management buy-out for £1.2m.
27-Nov-2001
WPP is to acquire Global Sportnet Beteiligungs, the German sports marketing agency with 16 staff.
23-Nov-2001
CSS Stellar has acquired The Peters Fraser & Dunlop Group, the London-based talent agency, for up to £22m.
23-Nov-2001
Guardian Media Group is to relocate the Edinburgh office of its ScotFM radio station from Leith to a 37,000 sq ft premises at the Baillieston business park.
23-Nov-2001
Highbury House Communications has acquired Millennium Magazines, the publisher of the Satellite TV Europe programme guide, for up to £1.5m.
21-Nov-2001
Intasport is planning to recruit 15 additional telesales staff at its new football marketing office at Meir in Staffordshire over the next three months.
20-Nov-2001
Pearson is investing £3.4m in a joint venture with CTV Media to provide English language training programmes in China, in preparation for the 2008 Olympics.
20-Nov-2001
WPP has acquired Penn Schoen & Berland, the US strategic research and polling consultancy with 81 staff.
19-Nov-2001
Podia is to acquire Event Vision Companies, the London-based organiser of corporate entertainment, for an initial £2m.
19-Nov-2001
Consignia and Opus Trust are forming a Leicester-based joint venture called Optecon, in order to provide direct mail and billing services with a workforce of 120.
19-Nov-2001
Scottish Radio Holdings has agreed to acquire the remaining 76% of Radio Ireland, the owner of the Today FM radio station, for £36m.
15-Nov-2001
Incepta has acquired Hauck Research Services, the marketing consultancy with 90 staff, for an initial £4m.
15-Nov-2001
Creston has acquired Real Adventure Marketing Communications, the Bath-based marketing services company, for £7.2m.
12-Nov-2001
Taylor Nelson Sofres is to acquire Theatrical Entertainment Services and sister company RapidChek Reporting, the US supplier of cinema tracking services, for £26m.
09-Nov-2001
Entertainment Rights has acquired Woodland Animations for £5.1m, in order to gain the rights to Postman Pat and other children's characters.
08-Nov-2001
Peebles Publishing, the Glasgow-based publisher of trade journals with 45 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms, and will be renamed Peebles Media.
07-Nov-2001
Scottish Radio Holdings is to acquire Southampton-based radio station Wave 105 from the Wireless Group for £18m, and is also paying £1m for a 25% stake in Fife-based Kingdom FM.
06-Nov-2001
Galleon Group, the graphics design and interactive media business, is to carry out a reverse takeover of Andaman Resources in a £13m deal that will give it a listing on Aim.
06-Nov-2001
Sportal, the sports internet company, has been acquired by UKbetting for £0.2m, and the remaining 60 UK-based staff will be made redundant.
02-Nov-2001
Distraction Formats, the Canadian media production company, is to relocate its global sales headquarters from Paris to London after securing a capital injection of £0.9m.
01-Nov-2001
VFG, the TV and film industry distributor, has sold its sales and manufacturing operations to management for £4.1m.
31-Oct-2001
John Menzies is to acquire the Sheffield and Guildford news wholesaling operations of Turners News for a reported £15m.
30-Oct-2001
Highbury House Communications has acquired Property Mart Magazine, the publisher of magazines in the East London and West Essex areas, for up to £5m.
30-Oct-2001
HIT Entertainment is to expand its children's media rights business with the acquisition of the Pingu animated penguin for £16m.
30-Oct-2001
Electric Word has acquired the schools management publishing business of The Stationery Office for a nominal sum.
29-Oct-2001
Sanctuary has acquired the Black Box Music classical and jazz record label for £0.3m.
23-Oct-2001
Ten Alps Communications is to acquire Pacesetter Holdings, the London-based events organiser, for up to £2m.
18-Oct-2001
Reed Elsevier is investing £17m in a strategic partnership with Riverdeep of Ireland to develop interactive learning products for children.
15-Oct-2001
Teamtalk Media is to acquire 80% of Radio Tara, the operator of the Atlantic 252 radio station, from RTL for £2m.
12-Oct-2001
Einstein has sold its TeN professional training business for £0.8m, in order to boost its cash position.
12-Oct-2001
Digital Animations is to acquire Black Graphic Design for £0.5m, in order to expand its internet and interactive TV design business.
11-Oct-2001
Music Copyright Solutions is raising £2m in a share offer to fund the expansion of its music royalties collection system and the acquisition of the Leosong catalogue.
09-Oct-2001
News International is planning to relocate its central Peterborough facility to a 40,000 sq ft office at Cygnet Park.
08-Oct-2001
Chime Communications has acquired MMK Markt, the German consumer and corporate public relations business, for an initial £1.8m.
03-Oct-2001
Taylor Nelson Sofres is to acquire Sponsorship Information Services, the supplier of intelligence on sponsored events with 36 staff.
02-Oct-2001
Access Partnership, the publisher of safety documents for schools, is to create 50 jobs at a new call centre in Hanley this month.
02-Oct-2001
Sports Resource Group is to acquire Multisport for up to £13m, in order to expand its sports rights business.
01-Oct-2001
Xtreme Information, the advertising monitoring service, is to be acquired by Veronis Suhler of the US for about £35m.
01-Oct-2001
AnswerCall Direct has announced the creation of 68 new jobs, following a £1m investment in a telemarketing call centre in Portadown.
28-Sep-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
The BBC is looking into the possibility of selling its 170,000 sq ft BBC Wales headquarters in Cardiff in order to relocate to the bay area of the city.
24-Sep-2001
Highbury House Communications has acquired DMG World Media's Power Portfolio of magazines for £0.8m, in order to expand its Cumulus Business Media subsidiary.
21-Sep-2001
Taylor & Francis is seeking acquisitions in Europe and the US to expand its scientific and academic publishing business.
20-Sep-2001
The BBC has announced a £220m property partnership with Land Securities' Trillium subsidiary, which will involve the creation of a media village in London's White City and provide the BBC with a further £35m to invest in programmes.
18-Sep-2001
Incepta has acquired two sponsorship consultancies - Karen Earl and Redmandarin - for a total £10m.
18-Sep-2001
E3 Media, the Bristol-based digital communications agency, is planning to open new offices in Birmingham and Manchester by next March.
17-Sep-2001
The BBC has won conditional government approval for three new TV and five new radio services, including two digital TV children's channels and a culture channel.
14-Sep-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
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
United Business Media has acquired Kenko Sangyo Shimbun, the Japanese exhibition and publishing group, for about £5m.
10-Sep-2001
Trinity Mirror has sold its Colmore Circus office in Birmingham to Pillar Property and Parlison Properties for about £8.5m, and will relocate its presses outside the city centre.
10-Sep-2001
Euromoney Institutional Investor has acquired Gulf Publishing Company, the US publishing house, for about £6m.
07-Sep-2001
Pearson has sold its FT Energy publishing business to McGraw-Hill for about £59m.
06-Sep-2001
United Business Media has acquired UK Floorcovering Exhibitions for £1.3m.
04-Sep-2001
Advance Visual Communications has acquired Xoo, the London-based new media consultancy, for £0.1m.
04-Sep-2001
Rhondda Cynon Taff County Borough Council is to consider plans from Fairfield Properties and Westair Properties for the development of a movie studio complex at Llanilid, with the creation of 2,000 jobs.
31-Aug-2001
Economist Group is to sell the Journal of Commerce transport publishing business to Commonwealth Business Media of the US for undisclosed terms.
29-Aug-2001
Highland Council is in discussions with Aberdeen-based TVP Film & Multi Media about plans to develop a £30m film studio in Inverness, and details are expected to be announced next month.
28-Aug-2001
Cinven is planning to buy the trade and health publications of Vivendi Universal of France for about £1.3bn.
28-Aug-2001
The Telegraph Newspaper Group is moving its subscriptions department to Chatham in Kent over the next few months, where it will create about 100 jobs.
27-Aug-2001
Channel 5 is looking at ways to develop alternative sources of revenue, which could lead to the introduction of home shopping programmes, merchandising and other direct sales opportunities.
27-Aug-2001
Listening Company, the call centre operator, is planning to recruit a further 200 staff at its Enterprise House office in Portsmouth.
21-Aug-2001
Scoot has sold the Loot free-advertising newspaper to Daily Mail & General Trust for £45m, and is now seeking a buyer for its remaining businesses.
20-Aug-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
Market Research Solutions has been acquired by Harris Interactive of the US, which will involve the transfer of 75 staff at offices in Oxford, North London and Newport.
16-Aug-2001
BPP Holdings has sold an 82% stake in its Blackstone Press legal publishing business to Oxford University Press for about £11m.
15-Aug-2001
NTL is to close its cable TV and telecoms call centre in Newport with the loss of up to 134 jobs, although some staff will relocate to its Swansea office.
14-Aug-2001
Video Networks is planning to raise up to £100m over the next year to fund the expansion of its broadband interactive TV service, and has just secured the video-on-demand rights to Premier League football.
14-Aug-2001
Incisive Media is acquiring Matching Hat, the publisher of financial magazines, for up to £11m.
13-Aug-2001
Incepta has acquired Gunpowder, the Italian marketing services company, for up to £12m, and Admaster and MSI Strategic Communications of the US for up to £5.7m.
10-Aug-2001
Ministry of Sound, the London nightclub, has secured a £24m investment from 3i to expand its media and music operations.
09-Aug-2001
VNU of the Netherlands has agreed to sell its educational information division to 3i, the UK venture capital group, for £121m.
08-Aug-2001
United Business Media is to acquire Roper Starch Worldwide, the US consumer market research and trends consultancy, for about £50m.
06-Aug-2001
Sports Resource Group is to acquire IEC, the Swedish sports media rights company, for £17m.
06-Aug-2001
MotionPoster has acquired Evtacon Productions in a £0.3m deal that will help the company to commission new advertising sites.
03-Aug-2001
BV Group is to acquire Midnight Communications, the public relations company with offices in London and Brighton, for up to £1m.
03-Aug-2001
Huntsworth is to acquire Harrison Cowley, the public relations firm, for up to £25m, in order to expand its marketing services business.
02-Aug-2001
Granada has acquired Border Television from Capital Radio for £50m, and Capital will use the proceeds to invest in its radio business.
01-Aug-2001
Cordiant has acquired Presentation Communications International, the London-based live communications specialist with 60 staff.
30-Jul-2001
WPP is to acquire The Identity Business of Ireland, in order to expand its Enterprise IG global branding consultancy.
30-Jul-2001
Daily Mail & General Trust has acquired Metrolina Antiques & Collectibles Fairs of the US from GAH International for £2.8m.
26-Jul-2001
IPC Media, the consumer magazine publisher, has been acquired by AOL Time Warner for £1.15bn.
26-Jul-2001
Cordiant Communications and Publicis of France have agreed to merge their media buying operations, which include Zenith Media and Publicis's Optimedia.
20-Jul-2001
Tempus, the owner of the CIA media buying agency, has agreed to a £425m takeover offer from Havas Advertising of France.
19-Jul-2001
Cordiant has acquired International Business Information, the Japanese business communications consultancy, for £7.5m.
18-Jul-2001
Taylor Nelson Sofres is to acquire Circulo Reider, the Mexican supplier of market information with 250 staff and annual turnover of £9m.
12-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
ITE Group has acquired a 75% stake in Extension 21, the organiser of the Harrogate Womenswear Fashion events, for an initial £1.7m.
09-Jul-2001
Profile Media has acquired Hazleton Publishing, the sports book publisher, for an initial £2.5m.
06-Jul-2001
United Business Media has acquired a 50% stake in the Dutch national news agency's press release distribution division, ANPPS, for £3.9m.
06-Jul-2001
Trinity Mirror is planning to set up a new multi million pound printing facility for the Western Mail & Echo at Pacific Park in Cardiff.
06-Jul-2001
Media Generation is planning to raise £1m in a flotation on Ofex in order to expand its Quicksilver contract publishing and exhibitions business.
03-Jul-2001
Emap has sold its Petersen magazine division in the US to Primedia for £366m, in order to focus on its core activities in the UK and France.
03-Jul-2001
GDS Publishing, the Bristol-based contract publisher, is planning to double its 160-strong worldwide workforce over the next 12 months, partly as a result of its expansion into organising e-business conferences.
02-Jul-2001
Scoot is to shed 285 jobs and stop any further expansion of its online directories business, while a cash injection is being sought to secure its future.
28-Jun-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
Teamtalk has acquired Hampson Radio, the provider of satellite-based in-store radio services, for £1.5m.
26-Jun-2001
WPP has acquired VML, the US integrated marketing services company with 200 staff, for undisclosed terms.
25-Jun-2001
Carlton Communications is forming a partnership with the Public Broadcasting Service and Corporation for Public Broadcasting to invest £14m in the production of TV programmes for the US market.
21-Jun-2001
CSS Stellar has acquired GEM, the US consumer marketing consultancy, for up to £21m, in order to expand its sports management business into North America.
21-Jun-2001
NTL has won a £25m contract to provide digital radio transmission services to MXR, which will involve the creation of a new distribution network using both the internet and radio frequencies.
21-Jun-2001
Media Square is to acquire 80-20 Marketing, the Evesham-based marketing consultancy with an annual turnover of about £0.6m.
20-Jun-2001
Sanctuary is in negotiations to acquire Trojan Records for about £10m, in order to expand its back catalogue of music.
20-Jun-2001
Static, the interactive media company, is being acquired by OpenTV, the US supplier of software for set-top boxes, for £42m.
15-Jun-2001
Ealing Council has approved plans from Fragile Films and the Manhattan Loft Company for the £50m redevelopment of Ealing Studios, in order to improve the TV and cinema production facilities on the 3.8 acre site.
15-Jun-2001
Precise Communications is to merge with the Unique broadcasting company to create the Unique Communications Group, which will provide a wide range of marketing, broadcasting and corporate communications services.
14-Jun-2001
Tamarind, a new sales and marketing venture, is opening a call centre at Moulton Park in Northamptonshire with the creation of 140 jobs.
14-Jun-2001
BSkyB has announced a deal with Stamford Homes of Peterborough to install satellite TV services in 450 new homes each year.
14-Jun-2001
Civilian Content has acquired Isis Productions, the producer of music and children's programmes, from Westpool Investment Trust.
13-Jun-2001
Guardian Media Group is to buy the Scot FM radio station from the Wireless Group for £25m, and will rename the business as Real Radio Scotland.
12-Jun-2001
Winchester Entertainment is to acquire The Feature Film Company, the film distributor, in exchange for 80,000 new ordinary shares.
12-Jun-2001
Peoplesound.com, the online music company, is being acquired by Vitaminic of Italy in a deal worth £21m.
11-Jun-2001
Emap is to acquire the remaining 50% of Media Nature from Bayard Group for £16m, in order to expand its magazine publishing business in France.
07-Jun-2001
Sportsworld Media has acquired Uplink Sport 2000 and Uplink Media of New Zealand for £2.5m, in order to expand its sports TV production business.
06-Jun-2001
Daily Mail & General Trust has acquired International Fine Art Expositions of Florida for £13m, in order to expand its exhibitions division in the US.
05-Jun-2001
United Business Media has acquired Allison-Fisher International, the US automotive information provider, for £32m, and will merge the business with its NOP World market research division.
04-Jun-2001
Cordiant Communications is planning to merge its Scholz & Friends advertising business in Germany with United Visions Entertainment, in order to produce TV programmes that include commercial messages.
04-Jun-2001
Wolff Olins, the brand consultant, has been acquired by Omnicom, the US-owned advertising agency, for undisclosed terms.
01-Jun-2001
Mersey TV has won planning permission to extend its Childwall site in Liverpool, which will involve new film sets and additional car parking.
31-May-2001
MacLaurin has been acquired by Hatch-Group, a new company backed by Bridgepoint Capital that is planning to create a Europe-wide public relations agency.
31-May-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
PrimeEnt is planning to set up a nationwide network of local TV stations starting with the £9m acquisition of Your TV & Radio, which has broadcasting licences in south Wales and the Isle of Wight.
29-May-2001
I Feel Good has bought three magazine titles from John Brown Publishing for £6.4m, including Viz, The Fortean Times and Bizarre.
28-May-2001
WPP is to acquire Finsbury, the public relations company, for an initial payment of about £15m.
25-May-2001
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
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
Yes Television is planning a £23m expansion of its digital TV and internet business in Cardiff, with the creation of 210 jobs over the next four years.
22-May-2001
Grampian Records is planning to invest £2.5m in the expansion of its CD factory at Wick, with the creation of up to 30 new jobs.
21-May-2001
Media Square is expanding its marketing business with the acquisition of Affiliate Agency of Manchester and Tin Can of Worcestershire.
16-May-2001
Metal Bulletin is to acquire the US publishing assets of Cahners Business Information Metals Group from Reed Elsevier for £7.6m.
15-May-2001
Research Solutions, the Stockton-based market research company, is planning to double the size of its current field team to 60.
14-May-2001
Zone Vision has secured £8.3m of private equity funding to launch new TV channels and expand into new markets such as Latin America.
09-May-2001
Cordiant Communications has acquired Bulletin International, the London-based public relations agency, for up to £8.5m.
04-May-2001
Television Corporation is to raise £5.8m in a share placing to fund the expansion of its TV production business and to develop the UK Powerboat Grand Prix in Plymouth over the next six years.
03-May-2001
Highbury House Communications has acquired ten trade magazines from Reed Elsevier for £4.8m.
03-May-2001
Haywoods Design is expanding its brand management design consultancy into larger offices in Coventry, and will create an unspecified number of new jobs.
02-May-2001
Sportsworld Media has acquired Elite Sports Properties, the Australian sports marketing group, for up to £14m.
02-May-2001
Reuters is to acquire five businesses from Bridge Information Systems of the US for £190m, including North American Information Systems, EJV, eBridge, CRB Index and Bridge Trading Technologies.
01-May-2001
Huntsworth is expanding its marketing services business with a £14m share placing and the £5.3m acquisition of three companies - Woodside, Stephanie Churchill and PBC Marketing.
01-May-2001
NTL is creating 100 new jobs at its customer call centre in Nottingham, due to rising demand for its digital TV services.
30-Apr-2001
TDI, the advertising group, is planning to relocate its London office to a 32,000 sq ft scheme at Camden Lock early next year.
30-Apr-2001
Wireless Group is renegotiating its £40m banking facility in order to secure adequate resources for the development of its radio business, which could lead to the sale of some radio licences.
30-Apr-2001
Coltas Group is to create 60 new jobs at its Glasgow-based advertising agency, having won a £40m contract for Tiny computers.
27-Apr-2001
Two Way TV has secured £12m from SMI Media Invest to fund the expansion of its interactive games channel on digital TV.
24-Apr-2001
Pearson is forming a joint venture with IBM to develop interactive learning services for the home, and trials will take place in the US and a number of European countries.
23-Apr-2001
Mice Group has acquired Grant Leisure, the management and marketing consultancy, for a nominal sum, and will invest £1.5m in the business.
23-Apr-2001
Guardian Media Group has announced a deal with Emap to expand its Real Radio service across the north of England.
23-Apr-2001
Profile Media has bought Marketlink Marketing Communications, the supplier of mail order and internet sales support, for £14m.
20-Apr-2001
AirMedia has raised £9m of venture capital to expand its mobile internet marketing business into continental Europe.
19-Apr-2001
Quadriga is planning to install a new digital TV and high-speed internet system in more than 6,000 hotels across Europe and the Middle East.
18-Apr-2001
Excel Publishing is creating 50 new jobs in Manchester following a £2m expansion of its business magazines.
17-Apr-2001
CN Group has acquired two more radio stations in the Midlands - Centre FM of Tamworth and The Bear of Stratford-upon-Avon.
13-Apr-2001
Stream Group is planning to raise £4m in a flotation in order to fund a London sales office and the development of new content for mobile phones and digital TV.
11-Apr-2001
Colleagues Group, the Bath-based direct marketing group, has been sold by Moore Corporation of Canada to management for undisclosed terms.
10-Apr-2001
Newsquest has acquired Dimbleby Newspapers, the local newspaper publisher, for about £12m.
10-Apr-2001
London Underground is linking up with DHJ Media and TDI to install up to 400 advertising screens that use IMAX projection equipment at stations throughout the central zone.
09-Apr-2001
WPP has acquired Glendinning Management Consultants and a 77% stake in French branding agency CB Associes for undisclosed terms.
05-Apr-2001
Brighter Pictures, the TV programme producer, has been acquired by Endemol Entertainment of the Netherlands.
05-Apr-2001
Crown Sports has bought the publishing interests of Information Australia for up to £8m.
05-Apr-2001
C&B Communications, the London-based publisher of corporate magazines, has undergone a management buy-out from C&B Publishing.
04-Apr-2001
Cordiant is to acquire Gallagher & Kelly, the Irish public relations company, for up to £9.4m.
04-Apr-2001
LBM Solutions is planning to create 600 jobs in the Manchester area, including 500 at a new direct marketing call centre in Wythenshawe and 100 at its Altrincham headquarters.
03-Apr-2001
Wireless Group is to relocate the 96.3Q FM local radio station from Paisley to a larger studio near Glasgow city centre this summer.
02-Apr-2001
Entertainment Rights, the intellectual property rights company, has acquired Link Licensing for £15m.
29-Mar-2001
Capital Radio has confirmed plans to invest £11m in the internet, digital radio and marketing in 2001.
23-Mar-2001
ANT Marketing, the Sheffield-based telephone marketing group, is planning to create a further 200 jobs in Sheffield by setting up a new call centre at the historic Sheaf Quays building.
22-Mar-2001
BizNet Solutions, the web design and internet marketing company, has opened a new head office in Belfast and is now looking to open branches in Dublin and Boston.
21-Mar-2001
Picardy Media is planning to raise £7m in a flotation on Aim in order to fund the expansion of its digital media business.
19-Mar-2001
Applied Psychology Research has raised £6.9m of venture capital to help with the development of programme finder software for the Independent Television Commission.
19-Mar-2001
TelMe is to close its Birkenhead office with the loss of 15 jobs following a decision to abandon its business information service, while 45 other jobs will be relocated to Chester Business Park.
15-Mar-2001
Excell Multimedia is to create more than 200 jobs at a new £2.5m call centre at the Riverside Business Park in Irvine, which is expected to open in the summer.
15-Mar-2001
Acxiom is to create a further 200 jobs at its 2Touch telesales outsourcing call centre in Sunderland.
15-Mar-2001
Civilian Content has increased its stake in The Sales Company to 75%, in order to expand the film distribution side of its business.
14-Mar-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
Visual Gold, the Telford-based computer animation company, has secured a £2.7m capital investment from Aberdeen Murray Johnstone to expand its TV and film production, with the creation of 35 jobs.
13-Mar-2001
AnswerCall Direct is to create 60 jobs at its telemarketing call centre in Portadown, having just moved to larger premises.
13-Mar-2001
QVC, the TV shopping channel, is planning to create a further 1,000 jobs on Merseyside by expanding its Knowsley call centre and warehouse complex over the next two years.
12-Mar-2001
Interoute is to invest £7.6m in Virtue Broadcasting in order to help with the development of TV-quality video services for the internet.
12-Mar-2001
Direct Solutions International, the print-to-post and distribution service, is to expand its call centre in Jarrow, Tyneside, with the creation of 200 jobs.
09-Mar-2001
AOL Time Warner of the US is planning to expand its internet and media business in Europe this year by making a series of acquisitions and strategic investments.
09-Mar-2001
Music Choice Europe is planning to expand its digital music business by making acquisitions and extending its interactive TV service across Europe.
09-Mar-2001
Bertelsmann Services is to create 60 new jobs at its CD distribution business in Warley this year, with vacancies for IT staff, project managers and manual workers.
07-Mar-2001
Informa has acquired Eaton Massachusetts Business Trust, the bio-research publisher, for £22m, and will develop a series of conferences for the company's scientific journals.
07-Mar-2001
TotalFinaElf and Texaco have reached agreement with Forecourt Television for the installation of TV advertising screens at 1,500 petrol stations.
07-Mar-2001
Invaluable Group, the information provider to the antiques market, has raised £1m to further the development of its products ahead of a planned flotation this summer.
06-Mar-2001
Vitec is seeking acquisitions to expand its broadcasting and photographic services business.
06-Mar-2001
Telewest is investing £15m in SitUp, the interactive TV company that is developing a home shopping network.
06-Mar-2001
United Business Media has bought Cyperus, the French corporate communications company, for up to £15m.
06-Mar-2001
New Media Industries is planning to raise £5m in a flotation on Aim in order to expand its advertising and creative services business.
23-Feb-2001
Incepta has acquired RED Consultancy, the London-based public relations company, for £12m, and Broad Street Productions, the New York-based producer of corporate videos.
22-Feb-2001
Channel 4 is to help fund the creation of jobs at independent TV production companies around the country, following a trial scheme in Glasgow.
21-Feb-2001
BSkyB is to invest about £2m connecting council estates in the London boroughs of Enfield and Newham to digital TV.
21-Feb-2001
Xtempus has acquired Talkcast, the media rights business, in a £25m deal.
19-Feb-2001
MEPC has won support from the Film Council and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport to set up a major new film studio at Leavesden near Watford, as part of a £400m film and media business park.
19-Feb-2001
Taylor & Francis has acquired the scientific and academic publishing operations of Gordon & Breach for £22m.
15-Feb-2001
NDS Group is to relocate 180 staff to a new interactive TV research centre in Chandler's Ford, Hampshire, later this year.
14-Feb-2001
The Mill, the supplier of visual effects to film studios and advertising agencies, has undergone a £24m management buy-out with the backing of 3i.
13-Feb-2001
IPC Media is to invest about £5m in a new events and exhibitions business called IPC Live.
13-Feb-2001
HIT Entertainment has acquired Lyrick Studios for £190m, in order to become a leading entertainment studio for children's characters in the US.
12-Feb-2001
Charterhouse Communications is to acquire HS Publishing, the financial publisher, from Hemmington Scott for up to £5.5m.
09-Feb-2001
Channel 4 has announced plans to set up a new company called 4 Ventures to take over its digital channels and other commercial operations.
06-Feb-2001
Daily Mail & General Trust has acquired a 25% stake in Western Exhibitors of the US for £7m, in order to expand its international exhibitions business.
06-Feb-2001
Reuters has acquired a 25% stake in Citywire, the online financial publisher, for undisclosed terms.
02-Feb-2001
Ingenta is to acquire CatchWord, the supplier of online publishing services, for £11m.
01-Feb-2001
Peer Digital of the US is planning to create 70 jobs at its new teleconferencing centre in Glasgow over the next two years.
31-Jan-2001
Advanced Alchemy, the marketing and research group, has set up a new office in Bicester and is looking to recruit up to 40 new staff.
31-Jan-2001
Taylor Nelson Sofres is to acquire MDC Research of Finland for £32m, which will expand its market research business in Scandinavia, Russia and the Baltic states.
31-Jan-2001
Maitland Consultancy is planning to sell a minority stake in its financial public relations business to Havas Advertising of France, which will enable Maitland to expand its services into continental Europe.
31-Jan-2001
MediaWave, the online broadcaster of pop concerts and business events, is to create 50 new jobs in Derby.
29-Jan-2001
The BBC has begun recruiting 80 staff for a new £4m TV and radio news broadcasting facility in Sevenoaks.
26-Jan-2001
Saga Radio has won a licence from the Radio Authority to set up a new FM radio station for the over-50s in the West Midlands.
24-Jan-2001
Informa is to acquire MCM Group, the US financial information provider, for £30m.
23-Jan-2001
The BBC has announced plans to invest £326m in digital TV and radio over the next two years, with the largest investment going to the BBC3 entertainment channel for 16 to 34-year-olds.
19-Jan-2001
Trinity Mirror is considering plans to build new printing presses in Cardiff, Ireland and the Midlands, while facilities in Teesside, Newcastle and Glasgow may be upgraded.
18-Jan-2001
Metal Bulletin is to acquire BCA Publications, the Canadian financial publisher, for £32m.
15-Jan-2001
Creston is to transform itself from a cash shell into a marketing services group by acquiring Marketing Sciences, the market research company, for £8.5m.
05-Jan-2001
4imprint is to acquire Adventures in Advertising Franchise, the US promotional products distribution network, for £8.5m.
03-Jan-2001
AdVal Group is to invest £1.5m in a new joint venture with FT Knowledge, in order to increase the number of training titles offered by its online learning business.
02-Jan-2001
Cordiant Communications is to acquire MicroArts, the US e-business consultancy, for £32m, in order to strengthen its interactive capabilities and help service online brands.
02-Jan-2001