 Richard Eyre |
Next Fifteen Communications Group enjoyed 15 percent revenue growth to $275M for the fiscal year ended Jan. 31, 2018. Organic growth rose 5.2 percent.
Pretax profit advanced 21 percent to $41M for the UK-based parent of Text100, MBooth, Bite, Outcast Agency and TheBlueShirtGroup.
The US generated 59 percent of Next 15 revenues and more than 75 percent of overall operating profit.
“Next 15 continues to develop its services against our template of creativity, data and technology, ensuring the group’s capability to develop with the extraordinary pace of technology in our sector,” said a statement from Next 15 chairman Richard Eyre.
Eyre expects a strong performance ahead as organic growth, which picked up during the second half of the just-completed fiscal year, continued into February and March in the high single-digit range.
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