Thanks for joining me. WPP has cut its revenue guidance for the full year as it warned about lower sales in the US from technology clients and delays in spending on technology projects.
Revenue growth excluding pass-through costs will be 1.5pc to 3pc for the full year, the UK-based advertising group sai. It had previously guided for 3pc to 5pc.
Revenue excluding pass-through costs for the first half was £5.8bn, a 2pc increase from a year earlier on a like-for-like basis.
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