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Diary: Beckett plays broker to ageist adland marriage.(Graham Beckett's Driving a Successful M&A)(Brief Article)

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Agency marriages are just like any other - high risk and often ending in tears. So let Diary offer some guidance to those off to the altar.

We are indebted to Graham Beckett, the chief executive of the corporate finance company Results. Beckett's new book, Driving a Successful M&A, offers tips to those agency founders looking to cash in their chips and buy that villa in the West Indies.

An important bit of advice from Beckett to those tying the knot is not to make a song and dance of your flashy habits. 'If you must indulge in fast cars, boats, planes and women (or men), you will be well advised to keep them out of sight,' he writes.

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