Gatecrasher Advertising

In 2003, when WA Business News and Deloitte ran the first Rising Stars survey, the top-ranked business was advertising agency Gatecrasher.

This year’s Rising Stars awards attracted 52 entries from a wide range of business sectors, all committed to innovation and growth.

SUBIACO-BASED Gatecrasher Advertising has cut back six staff after losing one of its major accounts, Curtin University of Technology, to The Brand Agency last week.

PERTH’S ever-shrinking pool of big brands hasn’t held back the renewal of the advertising industry, with seven of the top 20 agencies 10 years old or younger, according to the data compiled for the WA Business News ‘Book of Lists.’

ADVERTISING agency 303 couldn’t keep up with coverage its Enjoy the Ride campaign attracted in social media in the days following its launch on behalf of the Office of Road Safety.

Two of the oldest names in Perth's advertising industry have disappeared as increasing competition from national firms puts pressure on local players.

The increasing demand for digital and mobile expertise in branding strategies has prompted Chameleon Creative and Reignite to formalise a six-year long relationship.

FEATURE: Emergency management and response firm Executive Risk Solutions has been named the Business News Rising Stars top award winner for 2014.

If the many different winners of the Rising Stars award have anything in common it is that all won the ability to choose their future – whether that be a trade sale, an ASX float or organic growth.