Marketing companies' merger creates new group

Two Cork-based marketing companies, H+A Visual Communications and Connection Marketing Communications, have merged.

The new organisation will be known as H+A Marketing Group.

Managing director of the new group is Brian Healy, who founded H+A in 1999 as a design and advertising consultancy.

Pat Kierans, executive director, is the founder of Connection Marketing Communications.

The new group employs 17 people with immediate plans to grow this number to 20.