4. A varied and evolving landscape with Havas and Together Group leading the way who both transacted on five deals in the half year period.
We then saw a spread of deals across various groups including multiple acquisitions made by WPP, Dentsu and Next15, from a more traditional network perspective, and a good deal of activity from private equity backed strategics in the performance and wider digital space including The Stagwell Group, Brainlabs, Dept, Labelium and The Marketing Practice.