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30/10/26
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Posted: 30/10/26

Onclusive has appointed former Gorkana and CARMA business developer Jason Weekes as Head of Sales for Northern Europe, based in London.

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Posted: 30/10/26

Sir Martin Sorrell's S4 Capital has reported Q3 revenue of £156 million - equivalent to a decline of 7.3% in organic terms - but continues to focus on managing costs and says it expects full year operational EBITDA of £85 million

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Posted: 30/10/26

Consumer data company Circana is working with AI transformation company Ode with Anthropic, to develop technology for 'faster, more flexible, and more actionable insights.' This includes building end-to-end agentic workflows and an in-house AI engineering team.

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Posted: 30/10/26

Consumer intelligence firm NIQ is collaborating with Google, adding its global retail and product intelligence to the tech giant's AI commerce ecosystem to improve product discovery and local availability.

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Funds for Firm Tapping Staff Savvy for AI Roadmap

Posted: 30/10/26

London-based Ares Intelligence has landed £2.48 million in funding, with which to expand its team and find new customers. The firm uses an AI interviewer to talk to all the employees of a client company, then outputs a roadmap for implementing AI to save time and money. More

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Semantic Analytics Specialist Querio Launches with $5m

Posted: 30/10/26

In London, open-standard semantic analytics platform Querio has launched with a $5 million seed funding round, and says it will accelerate product engineering including its MCP and agentic ecosystem, expand its development team, and expand its marketing activity. More

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Mitch Barns to Lead Ipsos in the Americas

Posted: 29/10/26

Ipsos has appointed former Nielsen Chief Executive Mitch Barns as Chairman and CEO, Americas, beginning next week. Mary Ann Packo will leave the company at the end of November after a handover period, having spent two and a half years in the NA CEO role. More

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Forrester Continues Revenue Slide

Posted: 29/10/26

Forrester Research has announced Q3 revenue down 8.7% to $86.1 million, with adjusted net income of $4.7 million. CEO and Chairman George Colony says the business, which has been shrinking rapidly since 2023, is 'stabilizing', and is raising its forecast for 2026 earnings. More

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Fifty5Blue Buys Simantea and TRP Research

Posted: 29/10/26

Media measurement group Fifty5Blue has announced the acquisitions of Simantea and TRP Research, adding capabilities in audience insight, consumer behaviour and measurement technology. More

Recent Appointments

Recent Appointments...

The Trade Desk

Posted: July 17 2026

Independent ad tech company The Trade Desk has appointed Vinny Rinaldi as Vice President of Client Strategy & Growth, reporting to COO Vivek Kundra. More

Harlow Consulting

Posted: May 21 2026

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

Stagwell

Posted: May 21 2026

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

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