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Hotchilli Design acquired by AVC Media

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By The Drum Team, Editorial

January 7, 2009 | 3 min read

Aberdeen based media company AVC has concluded another stage in its continuing expansion strategy with the acquisition of graphic design and digital agency Hotchilli Design.

The agency will be incorporated into AVC’s current design, web and graphics division which will also take on Hotchilli’s client list.

Stewart Buchanan, MD of Hotchilli will remain at the agency as well, having been named design and creative development director at AVC.

It is understood that the acquisition will see a combined turnover in creative services reach £2million in 2009 and also create five new roles at AVC which has around 100 employees.

The deal will mean that Hotchilli will be wholly owned by AVC Media Enterprises and will see it relocate to AVC’s recently extended premises. This acquisition follows the purchase of both The PR Partnership and Brand Advertising in 2007, and Remote Data Services in 2002.

“Our aim is to provide clients with a complete communications service,” explained Spencer Buchan, director of AVC Media Enterprises. The acquisition of Hotchilli will further strengthen our market position and ensure continued quality and creativity.

“As everyone is only too aware, the business sector is currently experiencing one of its most challenging periods in history. At such a time we want to be presenting the market with the optimum range of skills and services in exactly the way clients need them.

Buchanan commented: “Hotchilli has established a strong reputation in the marketplace for producing high quality, bespoke creative solutions and in order to enhance and widen our offering it seemed a natural step in our succession planning process to join such a broad and diverse organisation as AVC. The real winners here are our clients who will now experience the full force of creative solutions from our combined talent school.”

Hotchilli, formed in 2004 and has a client base which includes WM Grant Distillers, Transocean, Forrest Enterprise, Grampian Police, Sovereign Oil Plc, Cairngorms National Park and Aberdeen Journals.

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