19th Nov 2007 07:13
Adventis Group PLC19 November 2007 For release on November 19th, 2007 ADVENTIS GROUP PLC "ADVENTIS FEATURED HIGHLY IN BUSINESS & INDUSTRY LEAGUE TABLE RANKINGS" Adventis Group Plc ("Adventis" or "the Company"), the AIM-listed full servicemultimedia marketing and advertising agency, is pleased to announce that thecompany has featured highly in recent business and media industry league tablerankings (quoted figures on Adventis' performance relate to the 2006 calendaryear). Business XL, the monthly award-winning magazine for growing companies, listedAdventis 12th in its annual survey, "Top 50 Rising Stars", which identified theUK's 50 best, mid sized, fast-growing companies or 'Stars'. Adventis was lauded for its growth in turnover, which had risen 60 per cent to£32 million, both organically and through acquisition following acquisitions ofHealthcare agency Roundhouse and financial services media buyer Coltman - theacquisitions accounting for half that growth. In its latest edition, Campaign, the leading weekly magazine for the advertisingand communications industry, listed Adventis 30th out of the Top 50 advertisingagencies in the UK, by way of gross income growth. The publication also singledout Adventis as one of only two agencies in the UK to have grown revenue by morethan 50 per cent. The Company featured in Campaign's 'Top Ten of UK Agencies' by operating profitmargin on gross income, where Adventis was listed as 7th equal, havinggenerating a profit margin of 19.1 per cent., on an 8.1 per cent marginimprovement over the previous period. Commenting, Charles Phillpot, Chief Executive, said "I am absolutely delighted by our league table rankings in these two such highlyregarded and authoritative business and media-industry publications and againstan august peer group. I look forward to Adventis using this recognition tofurther extend itself and accelerate its growth prospects." Enquiries: Adventis Group PlcCharles Phillpot, CEO Tel: 020 7034 4750Peter Linnell, Finance Director Tel: 020 7034 4795 Adventis Financial PRChris Steele Tel: 020 7034 4759Tarquin Edwards Tel: 020 7034 4758 Editor's Note: Adventis Group plc provides a complete range of communications services,including corporate identity programmes, advertising campaigns, media andplanning and buying, literature, public relations, packaging, exhibitions,research and planning, interiors signage and digital media. The group employsc.150 staff in London and the Southeast. Adventis has three divisions focusing on providing a range of services to theproperty, healthcare and financial sectors. The Company was admitted to AIM in2004. www.adventis.co.uk This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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