Record profits for communications group

COMMUNICATIONS group Beattie, which has offices in Leeds, generated record profits in 2015 of £590,000, a threefold increase over the previous 12 months.

Turnover grew by 17% to £8.6m while the agency said the robust performance has continued into the first half of this financial year.

Laurna Woods, group managing director, said: “We enjoyed an exceptional year in 2015 and I’m confident 2016, our 30th anniversary year, will be even better.

“Various factors contributed to our success in 2015 but our hard-working, dedicated and innovative people are the main reason for our exceptional results.
“We have an extremely talented team and their ability to delight our clients resulted in us winning considerably more business from existing customers. At the same time we captured numerous new brands.”

New client wins included cosmetics brand Avon, Merck’s Seven Seas account and French fashion label La Redoute, which is run from the Leeds office.

11ten, the education marketing and student recruitment brand in which it has a 50% stake, also produced a strong performance with profits rising and turnover increasing by 62% to £5.1m.

Beattie Group has committed to creating 30 new jobs in 2016 to mark its 30th anniversary.

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