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Between the Lines: United fails to bounce back.(United London )(Brief article)

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It will be scant consolation to the 30 or so United London staff about to lose their jobs, but the agency's closure was the kindest end, given its recent miserable history (page 1).

WPP's Sir Martin Sorrell decided that United London, whose remaining clients and a handful of staff will move into its 'sister' agency Grey, had run out of places to go. Like the United network as a whole, it never succeeded in changing the ...

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