Lowe Live London Merges With DraftWorldwide UK

Lowe Live London has merged with direct response agency DraftWorldwide UK.

The unit will immediately be renamed DraftWorldwide London. Terms were not disclosed.

The newly-emerged London operation will be headed by four managing partners – Tony Watson, Ian Taylor and Nick Young from Lowe Live, and Sez Maxted from DraftWorldwide Oxford, a division of DraftWorldwide UK. Draft will also get 100 employees from Lowe Live who have done work for such clients as Saab, 3 com, and Norwich Union Healthcare.

DraftWorldwide UK’s structure comprises a 150-person agency and research presence in London, a 60-person base in Oxford and 60 people at its Edinburgh agency.