Living Group continues expansion with acquisition of The Smiths Partnership
26 April 2010
Living Group is pleased to announce the acquisition of The Smiths Partnership, the specialist corporate reporting agency, to create a dedicated annual reporting business. ‘Living Reporting’ is the latest addition to Living Group, which already includes Living Designs, Living Digital and Living PR.
Nick Smith, Founder of The Smiths Partnership and author of SmithsRatings™, brings to Living Group over 20 years’ experience in the design and production of annual reports and will head up the new division, ‘Living Reporting’.
This venture is based on an acute awareness of the rapidly growing trend towards online reporting and the need for companies to ensure, more than ever before, transparency and consistency in the way they communicate to their investors via more ‘joined up’ communications.
Kate Shaw, Co-founder and CEO of Living Group, said: “Everyone at Living is incredibly excited to be welcoming Nick to the business. State-of-the-art online reporting is a natural extension to our business offering and underpins our unique approach to ‘joined-up' communications. With Nick’s enviable track record in producing some of the most user-friendly annual reports for FTSE companies, I have every confidence that together we can grow Living Reporting into a world class player in this space over the next three years.”
Nick Smith added: “Having built up The Smiths Partnership over the last 12 years, I wanted to expand our design and digital capabilities in keeping with our clients’ growing desire to raise their game creatively. Joining with Living Group, a company that already has a lead offering in this segment, made natural sense. The synergies with financial services communications are ideal and I’ve been impressed with Kate and Duncan’s vision and commitment to grow the business further. ”
The venture will take effect from today.
