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31/8/26
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Posted: 31/8/26

Pulsar Group, formerly known as Access Intelligence and the parent of data firms Pulsar, Vuelio and Isentia, is the subject of a winding-up petition and is in talks with the UK tax authorities over timing of payments. The board says trading is stable and it expects to reach a satisfactory conclusion.

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In California, MFour Data Research has announced the appointment of Nikhil Nair, formerly of Amazon, Uber and Adobe, in the new role of SVP of Data Science & Governance.

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UK-based Eyeballs to Datapoints, the company behind recently-launched Automotive Insights, has acquired the business and key assets of Factor Sales, which provides transaction data-based market intelligence for the automotive aftermarket.

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In Australia, the IAB and Ipsos are no longer including viewers aged 14-17 in measurement by the latter's iris system. The change was deemed necessary due to privacy concerns and the 'behavioural volatility' of the younger teen age group.

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Launch and Expansion for Newly Funded fileAI

Posted: 31/8/26

Singapore-based enterprise intelligence company fileAI has new funds with which to expand its services into Japan, and deepen its investment in financial services capabilities. The firm has also launched fileScout, an AI-native unstructured data mapping solution. More

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Healthcare Fieldwork Firm QualWorld Adds AI Features

Posted: 31/8/26

Qualitative healthcare fieldwork firm QualWorld has partnered with qual analysis specialist BAI Analytics, and added a new AI-assisted solution to its offer. More

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Active Campaign Debuts Learning, Contextual AI Tool

Posted: 31/8/26

Chicago-based marketing automation platform ActiveCampaign has launched Active Intelligence: Wavelength, which taps a business's account history, performance patterns and customer data to learn its individual context and feed it into data-based campaign decisions and customer experiences. More

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NIQ Working with OpenAI Unit to Speed Roll-Out

Posted: 27/8/26

Consumer intelligence company NIQ is collaborating with The OpenAI Deployment Company ('DeployCo') to extend its NIQ Optiq Suite, including NIQ Optiq Chat, Optiq Mobile, and Optiq Bridge. The firm says this will help it deliver its proprietary intelligence directly into clients' daily enterprise workflows. More

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Questionlab Hires Leader for New Full Service Offer

Posted: 27/8/26

Quant b2b and consumer research services and data collection company Questionlab has appointed Nicholas Suggs as SVP of Revenue, charged with building and leading a new full service research practice. More

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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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