Group M’s Essence is opening its second Australian office, following its launch in Sydney in 2016.

Tiger Airways will be the agency’s foundation client, which was previously held by MEC.
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This is genius. Merge two agencies to save costs, then have to sink even greater costs to open a new agency to serve conflicted clients.
Wonder if the staff moving across to the new agency, potentially in different roles, got a say in it… WPP does write in their contracts that they can shift around their companies or make you redundant if you decline the offer.