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WPP at a glance
WPP is the world leader in marketing communications services. We are made up of leading companies in:  
 
Advertising; Media Investment Management; Consumer Insight; Public Relations & Public Affairs; Branding & Identity; Healthcare Communications; Direct, Digital, Promotion & Relationship Marketing; Specialist Communications
 
Facts & figures
Number of employees: 141,000 (including associates)
Number of offices: 2,400+
Number of countries: 107
Reported revenues: £8.7bn (as at 31 December 2009)
Reported billings: £37.9bn (as at 31 December 2009)
Market capitalisation: £7.7bn (as at 31 December 2009)
 
Recognition & awards
  • Member: FTSE100, Euro FT300, Forbes Global 2000, FTSE4Good Index
  • Winner in the UK's 2009 Building Public Trust Awards, FTSE100 category, for excellence in corporate reporting – based on the Annual Report, Corporate Responsibility Report and investor presentations.
  • In 2009, WPP's website was named Best of Industry for Outstanding Achievement in Web Development by the US Web Marketing Association.
  • In the 2009 International ARC Awards, WPP took Gold for Best Online Annual Report in Class and Honors for Best Annual Report across All Classes.
  • The Annual Report on Annual Reports 2009 gave WPP an A Rating 'Excellent' and ranked it 11 out of 300 companies.
  • For the second consecutive year WPP’s global newspaper, The WIRE, was voted No.1 out of an international field of over 400 in the 2008 LACP Inspire Awards.
  • WPP's Corporate Responsibility Report contains information on WPP's ratings by socially-responsible investors and is available on WPP.com here (This page is not mobile optimised).