mike baxandall clive rand chris allen tony handley keith mcphail headquarters leeds united kingdom area served international website http www.brassagency.com brass is an integrated marketing agency based in leeds united kingdom which provides marketing and advertising solutions both nationally and globally . contents 1 history 2 acquired companies 3 building 4 references 5 external links history edit brass was known as brahm ltd. before it was rebranded as brass in july 2010 . brahm limited was established in 1983 when it was known as baxandall rand allen handley mcphail limited 1 taking its name from its five founding directors mike baxandall clive rand chris allen tony handley and keith mcphail . in 2001 a management buy out commenced within the company to release the founding partners and pass the management of the business to a younger team who had already invested within it . this planned succession consisted of seven partners which covered the full spectrum of the business and was finalised in 2009 . 2 3 in 2004 brahm acquired york based foodservice specialists teamwork marketing . 4 in 2006 the company acquired adworkshop a design and marketing agency which based in farsley leeds . 5 in late 2006 brahm also acquired leeds based digital marketing agency swamp . 6 in july 2010 brahm and swamp was completed and the combined agencies rebranded as brass . 7 in december 2010 due to the uk government spending review and cuts in the public sector 8 brass was forced to make between 10 20 redundancies from its workforce . 9 acquired companies edit teamwork marketing 2004 adworkshop 2006 swamp 2006 building edit brass is based in moorfield house headingley leeds which is a grade ii listed building in the headingley conservation area . the listing describes the building as being in tudor gothic revival style . 10 references edit 1 dead link 2 dead link brahm promotes four to associate director level . brand republic . retrieved 7 march 2015 . the brahm agency acquires teamwork marketing advertising news campaign . campaignlive.co.uk . 18 june 2004 . retrieved 7 march 2015 . ad workshop cements future with brahm deal . marketresearchworld.net . retrieved 7 march 2015 . swamp acquired by brahm for undisclosed fee econsultancy . nma.co.uk . retrieved 7 march 2015 . banham mark 12 july 2010 . brahm and swamp merge to form brass . brandrepublic . brandrepublic.com . retrieved 29 may 2014 . nick robinson 20 october 2010 . bbc news spending review 2010 george osborne wields the axe . bbc.co.uk . retrieved 7 march 2015 . brass job losses threat at yorkshire marketing agency . yorkshire evening post . 16 december 2010 . retrieved 7 march 2015 . historic england . moorfield house 464803 . images of england . retrieved 7 march 2015 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title brass company & oldid 729372758 categories marketing companies of the united kingdomcompanies based in leedscompanies established in 1983hidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from march 2015use dmy dates from march 2016 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 11 july 2016 at 19 23 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view