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  • WPP shares plunge again on halved dividend and strategic review

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    Shares in advertising giant WPP dropped by as much as 4.7 per cent on Thursday morning after it revealed it would launch a strategic review and halve its interim dividend amid falling profit and stagnant revenue. The embattled media group, which owns major agencies like global PR shop Burson and creative juggernaut Ogilvy, revealed its [...]

    WPP has had a difficult start to the year.
  • Exclusive: WPP ad agencies Ogilvy and Grey have not yet introduced four-day office policy

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    Two of WPP’s flagship advertising agencies have not been able to introduce their holding company’s contested return-to-office mandate because they do not have enough desks to accommodate the influx of staff. Morning Wire has learned that Ogilvy and Grey’s London offices have not yet implemented WPP’s demand for staff to work four days a week [...]

    WPP ad agency Ogilvy is based in the Sea Containers building

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