The BIG Partnership, Scotland's largest PR and digital marketing agency, grew its profits by 10 per cent last year and is eyeing further expansion into England.
Glasgow-based BIG increased turnover to £7.8m from £7.1m, saw profits rise from from £1.05m to £1.16m, and added three new staff to take the total to 105.
The agency which has 300 clients recently concluded a national round of investment with new offices opened in Dunfermline, Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Liverpool.
Now Andrew Baird, Bryan Garvie and Sharon Mars have been promoted to BIG's board, joining founders Alex Barr and Neil Gibson and existing directors Zoe Ogilvie, Allan Barr, Graham Leitch and Marjorie Calder.
Alex Barr said: "We have a very stable core of senior people and the latest additions to the board have each played key roles in our continuing growth. In the cases of Bryan and Sharon, who both joined us at a junior level several years ago, these appointments to the board also underline the tangible opportunities we provide for long-term career progression."
He added: "It's been our best ever start to the year and we feel the market is definitely moving in our direction, with increasing synergies between content, digital and SEO/PPC (search engine optimisation/pay per click) opening up real opportunities for clients.
"Social media, web design and SEO are becoming ever more central to the broad range of digital marketing skills demanded by clients and we've invested heavily in a series of key digital hires including Jessica McAndrew, formerly head of online marketing at Frame, and Alice Ritchie, ex-search marketing manager at DigitasLBi who have joined the online division in Glasgow."
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