Omnicom Group

Athlone Ventures has been set-up by Brendan Morrissey, a former musician

Drury added a number of new clients to roster and changed its board structure

Dublin market underperforms, with Paddy Power, Glanbia and CRH all lower

Block 8 at Richview Office Park in Dublin 14 will show a net initial yield of 7.94%

World’s largest advertising group highlights possible slowdown after hitting 2016 target

Company sees 2015 profits dip as revenues rise nearly 5% to €6.8m

World’s largest advertising group says UK market a ‘little bit softer’ since June vote

Irish firm added Tesco to portfolio and advised IAG during Aer Lingus takeover

Omnicom content agency will open new offices in Dublin following IAG contract win

Social media group gets 82% of its advertising from phones

Firm said clients generally remained cautious due to uncertain global outlook

Iseq completes biggest six-day slump since 2011, down another 0.5%

French advertising legend Maurice Lévy is still learning at the age of 73

Drury’s turnover rose by almost 10 per cent on foot of recovery in Irish economy

Advertising giant records net sales growth of 3.5% in American market

Owner of agencies Leo Burnett and Saatchi and Saatchi said sales lifted by its digital unit

Lower costs and expenses help Ogilvy & Mather improve its profits

Toy Show, Pat Kenny, Rupert Murdoch, Apple, Doctor Who, The Saturday Night Show

World’s third largest ad agency bids to get back on track after failed merger

Company closed year with pretax loss of €1.1m

A round-up of other business events happening this week

Outsourced sales solutions company looking to fill 150 permanent and 150 temporary positions

Company joins busy roster of sponsors on breakfast show

Failure of planned merger contributes to advertising group’s Q2 slowdown

Mining shares fall amid global outlook concerns

Publicis backs out of union with Omnicom after dispute over key staff appointments

Number of sticking points led to collapse of the planned merger of big advertising firms

This week: Super-yachts, screen addicts and ‘Palcohol’, aka powdered alcohol

No dividend was paid last year to its US-based parent company Omnicom

Omnicom-owned company expects further growth despite end of IBRC account

Even the promised benefits to shareholders from the deal between Omnicom and Publicis may prove illusionary

US pharma group Perrigo says acquisition of Elan will lead to redomiciling in Ireland

Development seen as tipping point in rapidly changing media landscape

The Omnicom and Publicis merger is not likely to have an immediate effect on their Irish operations

The merger of Omnicom and Publicis signals that advertising is now firmly in the business of Big Data

Advertising, media and PR agencies have combined turnover of more than €200m

Series of big deals improves sentiment in health care and media sectors

New Publicis Omnicom Group expects to generate efficiencies of about $500m

Analysis: Publicis and Omnicom are billing the merger as ‘a powerful solution’ for clients