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The Board of ad effectiveness insights firm System1 has rejected a bid from its largest shareholder, ad group Brave Bison, saying the share-based deal equivalent to around £43.1 million 'materially undervalues' the company.
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noyb, the Austrian privacy group headed up by activist lawyer Max Schrems, has called on the EU to begin an 'orderly withdrawal' from the framework by which US companies receive personal data from within its boundaries. Failure to do so will lead to a legal challenge in a matter of weeks.
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Newly unified UK company FIS Group has launched a fieldwork testing business called Noted, backed by a 'significant investment'. Noted will operate two dedicated UK testing sites, as well as international capacity, and plans to develop further hubs before the end of the year.
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Ipsos has hired Caolan Ward as Managing Director of its Northern Ireland team, a key part of its UK & Ireland Public Affairs service line.
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UK-based digital insights firm incling has further enhanced its suite of AI-based research tools with the launch of incAI Enquire, a conversational AI assistant built into all its communities for no extra cost, allowing clients to query the data and receive rapid replies. More
Kantar has promoted longtime employee Imma Bardés to Chief People Officer, EMEA & Corporate Functions. More
In Cincinnati, Ohio, qual research and strategy firm FeltonBuford Partners has announced the acquisition of full service qual and quant MR firm Zeldis Research Associates. More
B2B event intelligence and predictive marketing platform Vendelux has raised $50 million in Series B funding, which it will use to deepen its core AI infrastructure, accelerate product development, and expand its global corporate sales engineering divisions. More
In New York, behavioral intelligence specialist StatSocial has added an AI-based 'focus group' platform to its recently-launched digital twins offering. More
Harlow Consulting, a custom research agency based in Harrogate, Yorkshire, has appointed Mary Meredith as a Research Manager, supporting mixed-methods research and evaluation services. More
Marcoms group Stagwell has appointed former Omnicom / Annalect and WPP executive Dru Sil in the new role of Global Product Managing Director for its Stagwell Media Platform (SMP). More
Panels and research tech firm Borderless Access has appointed Arun Kumar as Vice President, Business Development for APAC. He brings more than 22 years of experience in market research and data services in the region. More
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