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PHD South Africa posts some major client gains

Published: 26 June 2012

With its new Johannesburg office running full steam and a global business association sealed, strategic media planning agency, PHD South Africa (formerly page three media), has posted some major client gains in the past three months, bumping up its annual business by R20-million.

PHD South Africa posts some major client gains

Cape Town-based page three media, with billings totalling R1.4-billion, sealed a deal with London based PHD Worldwide recently and changed its name to PHD. Now with offices in Cape Town and Johannesburg, it is responsible for the African end of the business.

New client gains are Canon South Africa, Sony Mobile Communications, Siemens, Puma and pest control business SC Johnson & Son.

‘We are thrilled with our new acquisitions across varying industry sectors and look forward to working closely with the teams and partnering them in growing their brands,’ says PHD managing director, Anne Dearnaley. ‘We are particularly excited about sharing our new proprietary tools with them, which will revolutionise the way their media strategy is planned.”

As is its practice, PHD will be working with a diversity of creative agencies across the different clients.

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