28 November 2008
	PROFILES GRID WORLDWIDE

Type of agency - Branding & design Ownership - 100% local Key person - Ashantha Armogam Revenue - R43,8m Accounts gained - 38 Accounts lost - 3 Total clients - 45 Number of staff - 25 Equity - 91% Biggest client - SA Tourism Pitches entered 52; pitches won 41. New business worth R37,4m; business lost worth R165 000. Overall turnover up 75% to R43,7m. There's no escaping Grid these days. No wonder it's our design and branding agency of the year for a second time. A more detailed look at Grid is included in the awards section of this AdFocus. Its five biggest clients are SA Tourism, Virgin Mobile, Airports Company SA, Skye Group and Liberty Life. New clients last year included Investec, Standard Bank, Exclusive Books, Rand Water, Proudly SA, Stanlib, FNB and the International Marketing Council.