Next Fifteen Communications
| Public Company | |
| Traded as | : |
| Industry | Communications |
| Founded | 1981 |
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Key people
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Richard Eyre (Chairman), Tim Dyson (CEO), Peter Harris (FD), Alicja Lesniak (NED), Genevieve Shore (NED) |
| Products | Digital Communications, Digital Marketing & Public Relations |
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Number of employees
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Over 1,350 (2016) |
| Website | http://www.next15.com |
Next Fifteen Communications Group Plc is a digital marketing communications and public relations group. It has more than 1,350 employees working across 32 offices in 14 countries. It owns four independent public relations brands: Text 100 and The OutCast Agency focus on technology, business and corporate communications; Lexis and M Booth both specialise in consumer communications. The Group also owns a global marketing services agency (Bite), research businesses (MIG Global - including Morar HPI & Viga), a policy communications and corporate advocacy business (Vrge Strategies), a strategic investor relations consultancy (Blueshirt Group), a creative agency (ODD London), a technical marketing communications agency (Publitek), a B2B marketing agency (Twogether) and a digital agency (Beyond).
The Group was formed in 1981 in London by Tom Lewis and Mark Adams. Its first major client were Microsoft and Fortune Systems, which it launched in Europe in 1982. In 1984 Tim Dyson joined the firm, later becoming its CEO. He oversaw its international expansion and flotation on the London Stock Exchange in late 1999.
Next Fifteen is governed by a board of directors, which consist of Richard Eyre, Chairman; Tim Dyson, Chief Executive Officer; Peter Harris, Finance Director & Company Secretary; Alicja Lesniak, Non-Executive Director & Senior Independent Director; and Genevieve Shore, Non-Executive Director.
Beyond is a digital consultancy, launched in September 2010 by integrating Context Analytics (Next 15’s research and analytics business), Type 3, a recently acquired digital creative agency, and consultants from Bite Communications. Beyond has offices in London, San Francisco and New York and uses earned, owned and paid media to lure traffic to "brand properties" and "experiences". Beyond’s clients include Apple, YouTube, Google and Cisco.
Bite is a global marketing services agency founded in 1995. Bite was formed in 2012 by the merger of Bite Communications, a strategic communications consultancy, and Bourne, a creative digital marketing agency.
Clients include: Citi, Dell, eClerx, Equinix, FedEx, Marriott, Microsoft, Sony, Telefónica Digital and Hasbro, as well as others.
The Blueshirt Group, with offices in San Francisco and New York, provides strategic investor relations counsel to companies and venture capital firms to help them effectively communicate with Wall Street, investors and the media. Blueshirt is best known for its involvement in IPOs.
Next 15 bought a 25% stake in Lexis in 2005, and in 2008 increased its ownership to 100%. Now employing over 90 members of staff in London, Lexis is a full-service agency with consumer, corporate, healthcare, sport and youth divisions.
New York-based M Booth caters for the consumer-PR market and specialises in building strong and powerful brands.
Employing over 125 members of staff in San Francisco, New York and Los Angeles, OutCast devises communications strategies.
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