and mark jarvis headquarters london england services advertising marketing website the7stars.co.uk the7stars is a british media agency . the organization develops promotional content and television advertising along with social media marketing for clients who have included music labels cooking vinyl emi records and atlantic records . 1 2 3 in 2008 marketing magazine listed the agency as 34 in the top 50 media agencies in the world rising from 53 in 2007 . 4 in 2015 campaign magazine ranked the7stars the 12th biggest media agency in britain . 5 contents 1 history 2 clients 3 awards 4 references 5 external links history edit the7stars was established in 2005 6 by jenny biggam mark jarvis and colin mills 7 along with a group of senior management from media agency carat uk who developed the organisation to compete with independent media agencies . the opportunities afforded the agency by working in direct competition with independent groups provided an advantage in the marketplace which had been slow to develop due to prohibitively high start up costs that were commonplace but feasible for large media agency networks . 8 the funding required for the creation of the agency came from private individuals rather than from venture capitalists or a media network 6 making the7stars the first high profile media and planning agency to launch since christine walker set up walker media in 1997 . 6 9 the name of the agency was chosen by mills who chose the name in honor of a pub in holborn near carat s headquarters . 10 in 2009 the7stars conducted research on the effect the global economic downturn had on media consumption in the uk . it was reported that older consumers had stated that if prices for newspapers increased 46 percent would stop buying newspapers . there was also an overall increase in expectation for media such as newspapers to be free and freely available . 11 clients edit since starting out with a focus on music labels the7stars has grown it s client portfolio to include a diverse range of businesses from a variety of sectors . clients now include suzuki 12 save the children 13 hmv 14 iceland 15 and nintendo 16 amongst others . awards edit in 2015 the7stars won both campaign and media week s media agency of the year award . 17 18 in 2016 they placed 4th on the sunday times 100 best small companies to work for . 19 references edit staff writer november 20 2008 . the7stars wins media account for cooking vinyl . marketing week . retrieved 2012 04 25 . subscription required help . arif durrani 2008 10 28 . the7stars wins emi records planning account worth 4m . marketing . retrieved 2012 04 26 . sophie maden 2011 10 20 . the7stars scoops atlantic media job . pr week . retrieved 2012 04 25 . staff writer 2009 05 13 . top 50 media agencies . marketing . retrieved 2012 12 09 . subscription required claire beale 2016 03 17 . campaign school report 2016 top 50 media agencies . retrieved 2016 06 30 . a b c staff writer 2005 09 01 . ex carat chiefs to launch own media shop . marketing week . retrieved 2012 12 09 . subscription required the7stars ipa member agency . institute of practitioners in advertising . 2011 10 20 . retrieved 2012 12 09 . catherine turner 2006 07 20 . consortium aims to tip scales for media planning . marketing week . retrieved 2012 12 09 . subscription required darren davidson 2006 01 27 . media all about ... independent media agencies . campaign . retrieved 2012 12 09 . jeremy lee 2005 09 01 . former carat md mills names media start up the7stars . campaign . retrieved 2012 12 09 . alexandra taylor 2009 06 10 . recession and free media expansion impact further on media consumption patterns research shows . mediaweek . retrieved 2012 12 09 . maisie mccabe 2012 02 24 . suzuki appoints the7stars to 6m media account . campaign . retrieved 2016 06 30 . natalie mortimer 2014 08 14 . save the children selects the7stars for christmas campaign . retrieved 2016 06 30 . louise ridley 2013 05 20 . the7stars wins media brief to resurrect hmv . retrieved 2016 06 30 . natalie mortimer 2015 01 29 . iceland replaces mediacom with the7stars for media buying account . thedrum . retrieved 2016 06 30 . alex seedhouse 2016 06 04 . the7stars to work with nintendo uk on media planning . nintendo insider . retrieved 2016 06 30 . staff writer 2015 12 10 . media agency of the year 2015 the7stars . campaign . retrieved 2016 06 30 . media agency of the year 2015 the7stars . mediaweek . retrieved 2016 06 30 . best 100 companies . the sunday times . retrieved 2016 06 30 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title the7stars & oldid 728886026 categories advertising agencies of the united kingdomcompanies established in 2005hidden categories pages containing links to subscription only content navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main 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