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| Tom Cocuzza |
The Next Solutions Group acquires Wells Tech Advisors, which offers clients devOps as a service, platform architecture, data engineering, cloud service and vendor management and process optimization. Those services will complement Next Solutions Group’s offerings, which include corporate reputation/issues management, business intelligence and cybersecurity. Wells Tech Founders, which was founded in early 2022 by former Real Chemistry practice leader, technology services Tom Cocuzza, will be rebranded as NSG Technologies. “Tom and his teams have the ability to understand business goals, translate those into specific actions and then build the right solutions, often in highly regulated marketplaces,” said Next Solutions Group founder and CEO Raymond F. Kerins Jr.
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Clarity picks up Sefiani Communications Group, a strategic communications and reputation management agency based in Sydney, Australia. The acquisition is Clarity’s first in Asia Pacific, with more planned. Sefiani will continue to operate under the Sefiani brand for the foreseeable future, as part of the Clarity Global Group. Sefiani founder Robyn Sefiani joins Clarity’s global presidents’ board as president ANZ & reputation counsel. “Sefiani’s experienced, entrepreneurial and ambitious leadership team, and their high-caliber people delivering outstanding work for a world-class roster of clients, perfectly matched our ambitions,” said Clarity founder and CEO Sami McCabe.
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| Jessica Becker, Julian Obubo |
Manifest launches a new studio in Los Angeles, joining the agency’s studios in London, Manchester, Stockholm, Sweden and Melbourne. The California team will be led by agency principal and Manifest partner Julian Obubo, who will continue his responsibilities as the group’s global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion lead. At Manifest, he has worked with consumer and corporate clients including Krispy Kreme, TikTok, Durex and Pernod Ricard. “We’ve worked with brands in LA for a long time already,” said Manifest managing partner USA & Canada Jessica Becker. “Aside from the strategic opportunity to go fully bi-coastal, this investment is about broadening our creative and cultural inspiration.”
53Six, a Dublin- and London-based sports marketing agency, is acquired by Irish experience and entertainment group FUEL... Blue Highway Advisory releases a report that looks at how the shift from CEO to AI has changed the way in which consumers access information, and offers advice on how to handle the new landscape... Get Engaged, whose services include campaign ideation, social media management, influencer marketing, celebrity partnerships, content production and paid media, joins SAMY, a social-first agency headquartered in Madrid. 
The Hoffman Agency, a Silicon Valley-based firm with offices in Europe, Asia and the U.S., teams up with United Partners Network, a global community of independent communications agencies... ChangeMakers acquires R&G Strategic, a Halifax, Nova Scotia-based firm with a practice that spans ESG and sustainability strategy and reporting; stakeholder engagement; climate and GHG consulting; sustainability campaigns; branding; communications; and marketing... AltaVista Strategic Partners, a Baltimore-based firm, opens an second office in Tampa, effective Oct. 15.
Curley & Pynn Public Relations Management rebrands as Biplane focused specifically on helping nonprofits build visibility, reputation and trust to advance their philanthropy... SKDK launches a payer negotiation practice that is designed to support health systems as they navigate increasingly complex negotiations with insurers... ChangeMakers, a strategy and communications firm with over 400 professionals across North America, launches RepScore.
Prosek Partners opens in San Francisco under the leadership of partner Nadia Damouni... Caliber Corporate Advisers, which works with clients in the fintech and financial services sectors, introduces the Caliber Authority Index (Caliber AI), a proprietary measurement platform... Herbie Thiele Consulting, a public affairs firm blending lobbying and communications, is launched by the longtime Sachs Media partner.
Bospar expands its Audit*E tool for small- and medium-sized businesses, which provides comprehensive visibility scoring, competitive analysis and platform-specific improvement recommendations, giving users actionable intelligence to help with brand positioning.... 5W is increasing its presence in Tampa and the Florida market....PR Consultants Group, a nationwide network of senior-level public relations, strategic communications and marketing specialists in more than 50 U.S. markets, has brought on 13 independently owned public relations firms across 13 markets and 12 states so far in 2026.
