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UK-based Chime has announced eight new appointments in its Insight & Engagement Group (CIE), spanning its Facts International, CIE Commercial, Watermelon, Cherry Picked and Opinion Leader businesses. More
Kent, UK-based fieldwork agency Facts International has announced four appointments: Ellie Osborne returns to the company as an AD, while Kirsty Bridgland, Cindy Ramnath Dawn Chapman all join the team. More
In the UK, Chime Communications-owned Facts International has won the Best Field Force category in the newly launched Market Research Society (MRS) Operations Awards, announced at a party in the McQueen bar in London's Shoreditch last night. More
UK-based Facts International has appointed former Opinion Leader and Diagnostics exec Sarah Carter as a Research Director. More
UK marcoms group Chime Communications has acquired pharma market access and data provider pH Associates (PHA) from its owners Kate Peperell and Lesley Howell, for an initial consideration of £6.92m. More
In the UK, CIE, Chime's Insight and Engagement Group, has appointed Telefonica O2's former Head of Brand and Marketing Strategy Caroline Bates as a Board Director, working across a number of large accounts. More
UK marcoms group Chime Communications has acquired a 51% share in Harvey Walsh Limited (HWL), a company which provides market access and data services to the pharmaceutical industry and the NHS. Chime has paid an initial consideration of £2.19m for the stake. More
In London, CIE - the insight and engagement division of Chime Communications PLC - has announced the appointment of eight new team members. The new roles include Research, Field Support and Marketing Managers as well as Graduate Recruits. More
UK Group Chime Communications has reported a 17% revenue hike for its Insight and Engagement division (CIE), to £12.1m for the year 2011. Operating income rose 8% to £7.9m. More
Marcoms giant WPP has increased its stake in Chime Communications to 17.17%, with the acquisition of around 13.9m shares at £0.25 each, or nearly £3.5m. More
In the UK, marcoms group Chime Communications has reported continuing recovery in its Research & Engagement division, which includes Opinion Leader Research, Facts International, acefieldwork, CaucusWorld, Naked Eye, Brand Democracy and Tree. More
UK research and comms group Chime has appointed former Post Office customer analysis leader Pam Clark as Research Director in its CIE division, further strengthening its quant financial services offering. More
Healthcare communications agency OPEN Health, a subsidiary of UK-based Chime Communications, has announced the opening of a new market research and brand planning arm, OPEN Plan. Cory Inglis will lead the new division as MD. More
CIE - the newly named Research & Engagement Division of UK-based marcoms group Chime has appointed four new team members, including former BT researcher Tricia Whitby, who joins as Research Director at Opinion Leader. More
The Research & Engagement Division of UK-based marcoms group Chime has announced the launch of the Trust Accelerator, a new tool which allows businesses to identify their trust ratings. The division is also rebranding as CIE. More
In the UK, Facts International Chairman Nick Lamb is selling his 25% stake in the business to the firm's parent company Chime Communications for £1.7m. More
UK marcoms group Chime has reported that its research arm is back in profit and growing again, with 2010 revenue up 18% to £10.3m and operating income climbing 26% to £7.3m in the past 12 months. More
In the UK, Chime Communications' Research & Engagement Division has hired Rosy Goodrick, Winston Chesterfield and Laurence Palfreyman for Opinion Leader in London, and Caroline Holman and David Winstone at Facts International in Kent. More
In the UK, Chime's Research and Engagement division - which includes Facts International, Opinion Leader Research, CaucusWorld, acefieldwork, Naked Eye and Brand Democracy - says it is expecting increased profit in the second half year. More
Chime company Facts International has announced the acquisition of London-based acefieldwork, part of Munro Global, for an undisclosed sum. The companies will continue to trade separately under their existing brand names until next year when they will merge. More
In the UK, Chime's Research & Engagement Division has hired Patrick Meakin to head up its automotive practice. More
In the UK, marcoms group Chime has reported a 10.9% increase in its Research and Engagement Division's half year adjusted operating profit to £379k. Operating income rose to £3.5m from £3m in the prior year period. More
UK group Chime Communications plc has appointed Toluna exec Mark Squires as Group Operations Director for its Research & Engagement Division. Meanwhile the Division's former bosses Viki Cooke and Deborah Mattinson are to launch a new consultancy called Britain Thinks. More
In the UK, marcoms group Chime has appointed Gill Rumbold as Research Director, to head up the Research and Analysis team at its Kent-based full service and field & tab agency Facts International. More
The Research and Engagement Division of UK-based Chime Communications has returned to profit in the first half of 2010, following a restructure initiated by recently appointed CEO Crispin Beale. More
UK-based marketing services group Chime Communications Plc has reported its 'best results ever', with full-year profit up 14% to £18.8m; despite a continued 'very disappointing' performance by its research division, where only Facts International is said to have done well. More
UK-based marcoms group Cagney has agreed the sale of its research and analysis subsidiary Tree London to Chime Communications. Along with the sale of ad agency CST the move enables Cagney to shake off debt and refocus on core activities. More
Revenue in the Research Division of UK marcoms group Chime Communications fell to £4.58m from £7.41m in the prior year period, while operating income dropped 26% to £3m. More
Negotiations between PR and research group Next Fifteen Communications Group plc and two potential buyers, Chime Communications and Huntsworth, have been terminated. More
In the UK, PR and research groups Chime Communications and Huntsworth have both confirmed their interest in making a potential offer for PR and research group Next Fifteen - which owns Context Analytics and Redshift Research. More
UK marketing services group Chime Communications is enjoying a strong first quarter with operating income up 13% from the same period last year, pre-tax profits 18% higher than 2008 at £4.8m, and operating profit margin rising 17.2%. More
UK marcoms group Chime Communications has seen a continued decline in the performance of its research division, with operating profits dropping by 73% to £400,000, and operating income falling from £7.7m to £7.0m. Results in other divisions carried the group to healthy revenue and profit growth. More
UK marcoms group Chime Communications has appointed Paul Tredwell as Chief Executive of its Research and Engagement division. More
UK marcoms group Chime Communications has described the performance of its Research division – which includes Opinion Leader, Facts International, Ledbury and Naked Eye – as 'disappointing', with profits for the first ten months of the year below the same period in 2007. More
In the UK, marcoms group Chime Communications has reported operating profits down 39% to £460,000 in its research division – which includes Opinion Leader, Facts International, Ledbury and Naked Eye. The firm is also set to launch a new digital research business in the autumn. More
UK-based Chime Communications, which owns MR agencies Opinion Leader, Ledbury Research and Facts International, is predicting that operating income will be 20% up on last year's £43.9m. Chime has also appointed former Australian politician Richard Alston as a Non-executive Director. More
UK-based Chime Communications, which owns MR agencies Opinion Leader, Ledbury Research and Facts International, has reported a 29% increase in its first quarter profits as a result of tight cost controls. Double-digit growth was reported across all areas of the business. More
Founder Barbara Lee has sold Kent-based Facts International to Chime Communications and private investor, Nick Lamb. Chime's research group already includes social research specialist, Opinion Leader Research, and luxury brand consultancy, Ledbury Research. More
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