Two directors left at Brilliant Media after nine quit board

There will be further speculation now Moutrie, Lane and fellow shareholders Daniel Ward, Simon Price, Sarah Mills, Stephen Empson, Rachel Empson, Paul Cooper and Catherine Burns have had their directorships terminated.

This leaves just managing director Chris Broadbent and finance director Craig Megretton as sole directors.

Broadbent could not be contacted to clarify the situation at the time of writing but it is understood the nine departed directors will still be involved in running the agency.

In the wake of the DFS and Asda losses Brilliant is understood to have refinanced, arranging a new £2m million bank facility. Lane told reporters the agency was still "solvent" after the Asda blow.

But according to reports its position has been made more precarious because of a deal that went through two years ago. In April 2009 the group’s own cash resources and a bank overdraft were used to buy out some of the shares held by Lane and Moutrie.

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