Worried about keeping your budget under control? Here are 20 agencies that could help
Concerned about making your budget go far enough? These 20 agencies come highly rated for their ability to keep costs on target.
These agencies are rated highly by their clients for the ability to stay on budget / Unsplash
As consumer spending habits begin to hit brands this summer, marketers are likely to look to cut ad investments and keep a close eye on the piggy bank. A recent Magna study on behalf of Mediabrands found advertising spending growth had slowed globally to just 1.5% and was “flat in most western markets,“ according to Vincent Létang, the executive vice-president of global market research at Magna.
With that in mind, we took a look at the agencies in The Drum Recommends database rated highest for their skill at keeping costs within budgetary parameters.
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Below, you’ll find the names, headcount and office locations of the 20 top-scoring agencies for coming in on budget, each with 100 or more employees.
| Agency | Number of staff | Location(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Adapt | 100 | Bath, Bristol, Chester, London |
| Apadmi | 201 | Manchester |
| APS Group | 900 | Edinburgh, Manchester |
| Battenhall | 107 | London |
| Brave Bison | 169 | London |
| Eleven Miles | 110 | Bournemouth, London |
| Exposure Ninja | 110 | Nottingham |
| Gravity Global | 400 | Ashford, London, Norwich, Oxford |
| Impression | 110 | London, Nottingham |
| Jakala | 1900 | London, Madrid, Milano, New York, RIGA, Sao Paulo, Shanghai |
| Momentum | 142 | London, Manchester |
| Purple Agency | 200 | Basingstoke, Berlin, Chessington, Rome, Sao Paulo |
| Reading Room | 100 | Bristol, Lancaster, London |
| RocketMill | 150 | Brighton, London |
| Space & Time | 122 | Edinburgh, London, Manchester, Reigate |
| Stein IAS | 100 | London, Manchester, New York, Shanghai |
| The Big Group | 180 | Amsterdam, Bath, London |
| The Maverick Group | 100 | London |
| The PHA Group | 113 | Berkshire, Leeds, London, Manchester |
| The River Group | 110 | London, London |
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