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Marketing group Enero - the parent of insight agencies Jigsaw and The Leading Edge (TLE), has followed strong 2016 results with an announcement that it is back in the mood for acquisitions - following a seven-year period in which it battled for survival. More
The Enero Group, parent of Australian-based MR agencies The Leading Edge and Jigsaw Research, has reported net revenue down 9 percent to $AUD 56.2m for the half year to December 31st 2014; and profits down also with EBITDA falling 8 percent to $AUD 4.6m. More
Sydney, Australia -based insights consultancy Jigsaw has appointed John Matthews as Managing Director. More
In Sydney, The Leading Edge (TLE) MD Lee Naylor is taking over the role of Chairman from Nigel Marsh, who is leaving the firm to become a Partner at strategy consultancy Growth Mantra. More
Australian-based custom research firm The Leading Edge (TLE) has appointed Katharine Milner as Director of Qualitative Insights and Florencia Tarelli as Director of Strategy. Separately, Head of Brand Strategy Chrissy Blackburn left the company last month. More
Australia-based custom research firm The Leading Edge (TLE) has appointed Nigel Marsh as Chairman, following the departure of Global CEO Andy Bateman, who is joining telecoms giant Telstra in the newly created position of Director of Segment Marketing. More
Custom research firm TLE (formerly The Leading Edge) has transferred Client Director Derek McInnes from its Sydney office to its operations in London. More
Revenue at Sydney-based research and marcoms group Enero plunged in the last financial year, with the total figure dropping from $AUD 225.2m to $AUD 127.3m. Revenue from continuing operations was down from $AUD 174m last year; and the group's reported loss was $AUD 83m. More
TLE has restructured its Sydney office, with the promotion of Lee Naylor to Managing Director, as Tim Riches moves to a new role in the design sector. The firm has also expanded Chrissy Blackburn's position to include leadership of the Qual team. More
Research and marcoms group Enero has transferred Alex Siewert from its ad agency BMF to its research and strategy consultancy TLE in Sydney, where he takes up the role of Strategy Director. More
TLE (formerly The Leading Edge) has launched a new methodology called 'TLE Social', designed to help organisations measure how their brand is impacted by their reputation in areas such as sustainability, community fabric, climate change, child labour and animal welfare. More
Custom research firm TLE (formerly The Leading Edge) has appointed shopper research specialist Karen Sandrault as Director of Strategy at its Sao Paolo office. More
Enero Group has launched a Data Sciences Unit, in response to growing client demand for data driven marketing solutions. The unit will initially be launched in Australia and the UK, and will then be rolled out to Brazil and the US 'over the coming year'. More
The Leading Edge (TLE) has expanded in Asia with a number of new hires, including Justin Garrett as Managing Director in its Singapore office. The firm has also opened a new office in New Delhi, India. More
Chris Paxton has left the Sydney office of Australian custom researcher The Leading Edge, to return to his native UK as Managing Director of the London office. More
Shareholders in Australian research and marcoms group Photon - which owns MR agencies The Leading Edge (TLE) and Jigsaw Research - have voted in favour of renaming the troubled company Enero, the Spanish word for 'January'. More
In Australia, Photon-owned insights and strategy consultancy The Leading Edge (TLE) has appointed Chrissy Blackburn as Global Strategy Partner, Head of Brand Strategy. She will be based in the firm's Sydney office, while also working with its Asian, European and US operations. More
Australian research and marcoms group Photon - which owns MR agencies The Leading Edge (TLE) and Jigsaw Research - has promoted Matthew Melhuish to the position of Chief Executive Officer, replacing Jeremy Philips who left in December. More
Jeremy Philips has resigned as CEO of the Photon Group, the parent company of insight firms The Leading Edge and Jigsaw Research. Philips was brought in to save the debt-laden group 18 months ago, and 'though challenges remain, leaves with a sense of 'mission accomplished'. More
Australian research and marcoms group Photon - which owns MR agencies The Leading Edge and Jigsaw Research - has cleared its debts through the sale of its field marketing and retail agencies to equity firm Navis Capital Partners for the sum of $AUD 146.5m. More
Australian-based agency The Leading Edge has moved Andrew Povolny, formerly MD of its Sydney-based Digital Edge division, to New York in the role of Managing Partner. He will also serve as the firm's first 'Global Client Partner' for a key client, in this case KFC-owner Yum! Restaurants. More
Embattled Photon Group - which owns MR agencies The Leading Edge and Jigsaw Research - has received a vote of confidence of a kind, investment fund Intelligent Investor buying five percent of its depressed shares. More
In Australia Auspoll, the social research company which is part of The Photon Group, has promoted David Stolper and Darry Nelson to Senior Research Partners, on the back of a series of new business wins. More
Australian research and marcoms group Photon - which owns agencies The Leading Edge and Jigsaw Strategic Research - has reported a 6% decline in revenue to $AUD 289.4m for the 10 months to April 2011, compared with last year's 4% drop. More
In Australia, Photon-owned insights and strategy consultancy The Leading Edge (TLE) has created three new senior roles as part of the expansion of its global network; moved Tim Riches to the role of MD of its Sydney office; and announced three further senior hires. More
Marcoms group Photon has added to the remit of Matthew Melhuish, its Head of Australian agencies, who will now oversee its portfolio of field marketing companies including a number of data collection and analytics firms. More
Embattled marketing group Photon has continued its efforts to simplify its management and company structure, closing digital provider Found Agency and moving its staff to its sister company Returnity. More
In Australia, Photon Group CEO Jeremy Philips has criticized the company's former management team and company culture, in a statement delivered at the marcoms giant's AGM. More
Restructuring Australian-based marketing services group Photon has issued a trading update showing earnings 'in line with last year'. It also confirmed that market research firm Auspoll has been merged with The Leading Edge (TLE). More
Australian-based custom research firm The Leading Edge has opened its first in North American office, in New York, and hired former Interbrand and McCann exec Daniel Binns as CEO and Founding Partner. More
Shareholders of Australian-based Photon Group have approved the firm's $102.5m recapitalisation plan at a Sydney EGM on Friday. Two mergers of Photon agencies have already been announced and more are said to be imminent. More
Australian marcoms and research group Photon has posted a 10% fall in revenue to $AUD 587.3m, and an $AUD 87.5m loss for the year ending 30 June 2010. Earnings in its Strategic Intelligence Division, which includes TLE and Jigsaw, fell 8% to $AUD 11.1m. More
Troubled Australian marcoms and research group Photon has been re-instated on the ASX (Australian Stock Exchange), and has already completed the first stage of its recapitalization plan by raising $AUD 76m through a $AUD 102.5m share placement. More
Tim Hughes, the founder of Australian marcoms and research group Photon, has left the company as it continues its attempts to recapitalise. More
Recent Australian research start-up Fiftyfive5 has appointed former TLE Chief Executive Mark Sundquist as a Partner. He joins his erstwhile colleagues, company founders Karen Phillips and Darren Kemp. More
Embattled Australian group Photon has given its first formal market update in almost a month, confirming press reports that it is struggling to refinance. However, CEO Jeremy Philips is said to have succeeded in renegotiating earn-out agreements with execs at most of its key subsidiaries. More
Australian marcoms and research group Photon is struggling to raise the necessary finance to recapitalise, and faces going out of business if it fails to renegotiate $AUD 176m worth of earn-out payments due to owners of some of its 50 agencies. More
Australian-based insights consultancy The Leading Edge has appointed branding specialist Errol Flanagan as Senior Consultant, Branding and Innovation. More
Australian insights consultancy The Leading Edge has made five senior appointments in Sydney, after winning several major new clients. More
In Sydney, two former Directors of The Leading Edge have set up Fiftyfive5, a market research consultancy focused on helping clients' to deliver growth from their investment in insights. More
In Australia, former Interbrand CEO Andy Bateman has joined insights consultancy The Leading Edge (TLE) as Global CEO, to drive international expansion plans which will commence with the opening of an office in New York. More
In Australia, marketing services group Photon - which owns research agencies The Leading Edge and Jigsaw Strategic Research - has appointed former News Corporation executive Jeremy Philips as its new CEO. More
Australian insights consultancy The Leading Edge has restructured its Sydney-based business with the return of overseas executives, internal promotions and the appointment of a new senior specialist. More
Firefly Research founder Simon McDonald has joined Australian agency The Leading Edge (TLE) as Managing Partner of its UK office. More
In Australia, Mark Sundquist is standing down from his post as Chief Executive Officer of consumer insight consultancy The Leading Edge (TLE), after 14 years with the company. More
In Australia, marketing services group Photon - which owns MR firms The Leading Edge and Jigsaw Strategic Research - is attempting to raise AUS$114.6m through a share offering. The money is for debt reduction and to ensure the firm can fund future earn-outs. More
Australian marcoms group Photon, which owns MR firms The Leading Edge and Jigsaw Strategic Research, has made 5% of its staff redundant - a total of 129 jobs of which 17 are in its research arm. More
In Australia, panels from Lightspeed Research and The Online Research Unit (The ORU) are the first to be accredited with the new international standard for online research, QSOAP. More
Australian-based consumer and branding specialist The Leading Edge (TLE) has named Darren Kemp as Director of its Branding and Innovation team, while Syada Jahan and Todd Eldridge have joined the firm's Advanced Quantitative Research team. More
Pioneering Australian agency The Leading Edge (TLE) has launched a new strategy called '20/10 Vision', and hinted at expansion in 'Northern Europe, the US and North Asia' in the coming months. More
Australian-based Agency The Leading Edge (TLE) has announced six new appointments across the business during the last month. Marika Lind is promoted to Senior Consultant within the firm's Asian division, while five new hires join the Sydney and Melbourne office. More
Top Australian agency The Leading Edge has announced a buoyant start to 2006 with 16 new staff added and 14 promotions since the beginning of the year. More
Australian consultancy The Leading Edge (TLE) has developed a blueprint for the use of mobile phone blogging in research. TLE says the method will result in 'in the moment' consumer insights 'as they occur'. More
Top Australian agency The Leading Edge has another new Chief Executive. Ellen Baron moves from the Sydney office to head up the team in Melbourne, replacing Dominic Lefebvre who will move to Singapore to lead the new Asia Gateway office. More
Top Australian agency The Leading Edge (TLE) has announced that long-time leader Derek Leddie is handing on his role as the company's CEO jointly to Mark Sundquist and Toby Hill, while taking up a new role as Head of the Business Intelligence Group at parent company Photon. He will continue as a Director of TLE. More
Australian research consultancy The Leading Edge is moving into a purposely-designed work space, reflecting the company's strong business growth in Victoria since launching in Melbourne only 15 months ago. More
Australian research consultancy The Leading Edge (TLE) has recently joined the newly listed Photon Group Ltd (PGA), a group of specialist marketing services companies which includes direct marketing, PR, design, advertising, retail marketing and merchandising. More
Australian research consultancy The Leading Edge has appointed Rebecca Harrison as a senior consultant. Harrison has relocated to Sydney from Spain, where she directed the Barcelona office of an international agency. More
Australian research consultancy The Leading Edge has relocated to a new purpose built work space in Millers Point, New South Wales. In keeping with the company's name and culture, the new offices are state-of-the-art with group rooms featuring simulated supermarket shelves and 360 degree CCTV for observation from anywhere in the building. More
Michael Fox has taken on the role of Director, Advanced Quantitative Techniques (AQT) at Australia's leading research based consultancy, The Leading Edge. More
Renowned Australian agency The Leading Edge has appointed Diane Shelton, who at Telstra was responsible for Australia's largest ever market research budget and marketing department, in the newly created role of Director of its Melbourne Business-to-Business (B2B) division, which was launched in March 2003. More
Australian research consultancy The Leading Edge has become the first research company to be named in the top ten Australian Communications employers, in the benchmark B&T Weekly magazine 'Stop Gap' Employer of the Year Survey 2003. More
Leading Australian online MR company Whetstone are claiming extraordinary success for an open-ended online discussion technique named 'The Research Confessional'. The system runs open-ended email discussions using a bespoke software package and makes use of a panel of 21,000 people. More
High Profile Australian MR firm The Leading Edge is providing research backing for the Reach Out! Web site, which helps young people get through tough times. A new advertising campaign for Reach Out!, informed by Leading Edge research, will be launched this week across print, radio and online. More
In a move to further strengthen its media offer, Australia's leading research consultancy, The Leading Edge, has engaged the skills of top media industry expert, Graeme Uhd. More
In a move set to develop further Australia's leading research-based consultancy, The Leading Edge, the company has appointed UK qualitative research mastermind, Sara Garcia. More
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