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Baker Tilly predicts consolidation in digital sector | Print |  Email to a friend
Tuesday, 23 June 2009

Baker Tilly’s corporate finance director in Manchester believes that there will be an increase in mergers and acquisitions in the North West digital sector over the next year.

Baker Tilly predicts consolidation in digital sector
Adrian Gare’s comments were made in a press release for Creative Lynx, which has just seen its turnover rise by 17%.

He advised the agency’s buy-out team last year and thinks that niche digital firms are likely to see considerable consolidation.

“Manchester’s creative agencies have been quick to adapt to digital opportunities. I suspect large and small firms will now be looking closely at their strategic options which in turn will drive renewed M&A [merger & acquisition] activity and sector consolidation over the next 12 months.

“In the case of Creative Lynx, the MBO gives greater focus to key individuals and this has helped drive the business forward during a challenging time for the sector.”



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 1 By Nick Rhind, on 23-06-2009 17:50
Interesting article. My company is a niche business concentrating on the technical side of web development. We have a team of 18 developers and no dedicated designers. We have always collaborated on projects with other agencies with more design skills to produce projects. 
 
I have always believed more niche business would work together but a trend does seem to be that established agencies are buying out other agencies or merging to quickly get a experienced and co-ordinated team together.
 2 By Simon Wharton website, on 23-06-2009 18:37
I suspect that there will be some consolidation over the next two years and also a great proliferation of micro businesses. I suspect a few mergers will fail spectacularly. Working methods in a niche business and a big agency are very different. not necessarily worse.
 3 By David Edmundson-Bird, on 24-06-2009 12:25
There may be some mergers, there may be some consolidation (possibly by agencies with limited digital repertoire looking to deal with business from clients that can't service), but there will still be a significant role for boutique firms providing a service to smaller clients, and also providing very specialist services to meet specific needs.

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