We help brands navigate M&As.

Mergers can throw up all kinds of challenges, as well as opportunities, and we can help with both. We’ve come up with new names when the two that are merging would be quite the mouthful. And, more often, we’ve helped merging companies to communicate the coming-together, and the purpose and value of the change to internal and external audiences. For example…

A wooden table surrounded by indoor plants with a frame on the table showing Rinkits 'it' language

Rinkit rebrand
Delivering everyday happiness

By Dana Robertson Creative Director and Founder of Neon. The Futures Company Signature image by Neon. On January 31 2008, Yankelovich was acquired by WPP and merged with Henley Centre HeadlightVision (an existing WPP group company). Yankelovich was the US’s leading consumer trends and lifestyle research business and Henley Centre Headlight Vision was Europe’s leading consumer trends business, providing global trends intelligence, research and consultancy services. Neon were approached to provide a new brand idea, name and identity for the merged company, along with a brand architecture that could successfully integrate existing sub brands. Inspired by the high ground of serious, grounded yet inspiring future-facing research consulting, the brand idea is Unlocking Futures and the new name is The Futures Company. Idea and design by Neon Design & Branding Consultancy www.neon-creative.com

The Futures Company
Naming, brand positioning & identity

Branding by Neon Wollens Solicitors Devon, new Wollens brand mark over dune grasses designed by Dana Robertson

Wollens
The law firm that thinks in full colour – but keeps things black & white

By Dana Robertson Creative Director and Founder of Neon. Amec Foster Wheeler brand identity safety helmet. When two become one… Amec Foster Wheeler the merger of Amec and Foster Wheeler brand identity. Mergers are never easy, and when two giants in the international engineering and construction industry came together. First came the brand idea: Connected Excellence. And, using that as a springboard, we went on to develop a powerful brand mark. The sense of movement created by our radial device suggests dynamism and growth, while the precision-interlocking of the segments reflects the company's global expertise, and the integrated way in which it's delivered. Stacking the rather long name of the new business made it neater and easier to use. And our lower case logotype conveys a light, contemporary feel - as do the fresh, and distinctively non-macho colours. Amec Foster Wheeler the merger of Amec and Foster Wheeler brand identity very much lived up to Connected Excellence by connecting with people across the unified business – an important component of the new identity was a dynamic and engaging visual language, aimed at bringing alive the company's people and processes, in a way that would help to give members of the team a sense of pride in and

Amec Foster Wheeler
Brand identity