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Foundation's Future With Experian
London-based strategic consultancy the Future Foundation Group has become the latest acquisition for global information solutions group Experian. It will join Experian's UK-based Business Strategies division.
The Future Foundation will continue trading as an independent strategic consultancy but will make use of Experian's network of international offices and worldwide client base for its nVision service, a web-based intelligence service covering consumer environment trends and analysis for the UK and Europe.
Business Strategies MD Charles Burton says these are 'genuinely exciting times' for the division, which will 'look to establish, with the Future Foundation, an international strategic consultancy offering unrivalled analysis and understanding of consumers, markets and economies in the UK and around the world, past, present and future'.
Paul Flatters, Chief Executive of the Future Foundation welcomes the 'immediate access to international markets' for his company's consultancy products. 'The Future Foundation's broader market positioning will help open up new sales opportunities for Experian's Business Strategies division whilst Experian's strong analytical resources will greatly enhance all aspects of The Future Foundation's research and analysis'.
Experian purchased US consumer behaviour specialist Simmons Research last October - see www.mrweb.com/drno/news3486.htm
Business Strategies has wholly-owned operations in eight countries: UK, France, Netherlands, Spain, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Hong Kong - and franchise operations in eight other markets - Germany, Czech Republic, Ireland, Greece, USA, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. It is online at www.businessstrategies.co.uk . Parent Experian is itself a subsidiary of GUS plc, and has headquarters
in Nottingham, UK, and Costa Mesa, California, 12,000 staff and annual sales of more than £1.3 billion.
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