Reabold Resources Regulatory News (RBD)

5 Dec 2007 07:01

Adventis Group PLC05 December 2007 For release 7.00am 5th December 2007 Adventis Group plc (ATG/L) "Formation of New Market-Leading Healthcare Services Provider - Adventis Health Limited" Adventis Group plc ("Adventis" or the "Company"), the AIM-quoted full servicemultimedia marketing and advertising agency, announces that it has recentlyconsolidated its three healthcare creative and medical education agencies, whichformed the Adventis Healthcare services division, namely Affiniti Advertising,Roundhouse HealthAd and LeapFrog, into a new trading entity which will bebranded Adventis Health Limited ("Adventis Health"). Adventis Health will be run by three directors, namely Stuart Tennant, TimSchofield and Kevin McGetrick. All three have extensive healthcare andmanagement experience. This consolidation of Adventis Group's strength in the healthcare sector followson from the former division's earlier move into centralised premises inBeaconsfield, near to the M25 and M40, in August 2007 in addition to theCompany's existing offices in Hertford and Central London. Adventis Health, whose clients include, GSK, Pfizer, MSD, Roche, Novartis,Boehringer Ingelheim, Allergan, Baxter and Merck Serono, provides a range ofhighly skilled advertising and marketing services as well as medical education &PR programmes to the healthcare industry, targeted at both healthcareprofessionals and patients, in order to improve clients' sales and brandawareness. The Company anticipates that the formation of Adventis Health will create one ofthe industry's top five pharmaceutical industry service providers with aformidable, award-winning team of over 60 employees. The enlarged Healthcareservices operations will have the capability to provide a complete range ofintegrated marketing services, from medical education, to advertising, to newmedia. It will also provide the opportunity for an increased level ofcross-selling and the ability to provide multinational clients with a greaterlocal understanding of target markets. Charles Phillpot, Chief Executive of Adventis Group plc, commented: "The creation of this new platform servicing the healthcare sector is afantastic opportunity to leverage to the full our expertise in this arena. Wewill now be one of the few companies in the industry to offer a full servicemarketing capability and the ability to handle larger and more complex campaignsfor clients." -ENDS- Enquiries: Adventis Group PlcCharles Phillpot, CEO Tel: 020 7034 4750Peter Linnell, Finance Director Tel: 020 7034 4795 Adventis Financial PRChris Steele Tel: 020 7034 4759Tarquin Edwards Tel: 020 7034 4758 Editor's Note: Adventis Group plc provides a complete range of communications services,including corporate identity programmes, advertising campaigns, media andplanning and buying, literature, public relations, packaging, exhibitions,research and planning, interiors signage and digital media. The group employsc.150 staff in London and the southeast. Adventis has three divisions focusing on providing a range of services to theproperty, healthcare and financial sectors. Adventis Group was admitted to AIMin 2004. www.adventis.co.uk This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange