28 November 2008
	PROFILES MERCURY MEDIA

Type of agency - Media Ownership - 100% local* Key person - Tamoledi Selane Billings - R447m Accounts gained - 6 Accounts lost - 0 Total clients - 29 Number of staff - 29 Equity - 90% Biggest client - Government Communication & Information Systems (GCIS) *54% Mhala Mhala Investments; 23,5% Moledi Investments; 12,5% SA Women Investment Holdings; 10% Spacegrow Investment Holdings The agency retained GCIS, its biggest account, mid-2008. New accounts gained during the reporting period were Hermes Multimedia, Indwe Broker Holdings, Mutual & Federal and SA Revenue Service (Sars). The billings value of new business was about R180m. The five biggest accounts are GCIS, Telkom. Sars, The Agency and Hermes Multimedia.